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title: a youtube video says aliens built the pyramids bc humans couldn't. w… — Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: a youtube video says aliens built the pyramids bc humans couldn't. what's the truth? Test 1 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs

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a youtube video says aliens built the pyramids bc humans couldn't. what's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youtube video, aliens · **What happens:** say, build, be · **To what, where:** pyramids, truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t1:1
# text = a youtube video says aliens built the pyramids bc humans couldn't. what's the truth?
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youtube	YouTube	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	bc	BC	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a youtube video |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** | past | aliens | the pyramids |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pyramid=Product |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the truth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Aliens did help with the heavy top stones, the rest was people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t1:o1:1
# text = Aliens did help with the heavy top stones, the rest was people
1	Aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past · do-support | Aliens |  |  |  |  | with the heavy top stones | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stone=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the rest | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nobody built them, they are hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t1:o2:1
# text = Nobody built them, they are hills
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Nobody | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |
| 2 | **is a** | present | they | hills |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Romans built them later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t1:o3:1
# text = Romans built them later
1	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Romans | them *= they* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Egyptian workers did it with sledges, ramps and teamwork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t1:o4:1
# text = Egyptian workers did it with sledges, ramps and teamwork
1	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sledges	sledge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ramps	ramp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	teamwork	teamwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Egyptian workers | it |  |  |  | with sledges and ramps and teamwork | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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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