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title: Ascertain the principal reason for which later pharaohs were interre… — Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal reason for which later pharaohs were interred in concealed tombs within the Valley of the Kings. Exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs

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Ascertain the principal reason for which later pharaohs were interred in concealed tombs within the Valley of the Kings.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, inter, conceal · **To what, where:** principal reason, pharaohs, concealed tombs

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the principal reason for which later pharaohs were interred in concealed tombs within the Valley of the Kings.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
8	pharaohs	pharaoh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	interred	inter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	tombs	tomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Valley	Valley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Kings	King	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **inter** | past · passive |  | pharaohs |  | concealed tombs |  | for the principal reason; within the Valley of the Kings; late *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conceal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pyramids had been prohibited by Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e3:o1:1
# text = Pyramids had been prohibited by Rome
1	Pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | past · perfect · passive | Rome | Pyramids |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The valley was situated upon the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e3:o2:1
# text = The valley was situated upon the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **situate** | past · passive |  | the valley |  | the sea |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon sea=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pyramids were readily located by tomb robbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e3:o3:1
# text = Pyramids were readily located by tomb robbers
1	Pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	located	locate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | past · passive | tomb robbers | Pyramids |  |  |  | readily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pyramids were insufficiently tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:e3:o4:1
# text = The pyramids were insufficiently tall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	insufficiently	insufficiently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the pyramids |  |  |  |  | insufficiently, tall *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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