--- title: Some Egyptian cures worked and some were spells. Which one probably… — Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h… · tree and pragmatics description: Some Egyptian cures worked and some were spells. Which one probably worked? Test 11 · ★★ 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs Some Egyptian cures worked and some were spells. Which one probably worked? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Egyptian cures, one · **What happens:** work, be · **To what, where:** spells This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Some Egyptian cures worked and some were spells. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t11:1 # text = Some Egyptian cures worked and some were spells. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 Egyptian Egyptian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cures cure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past | some Egyptian cures | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | some Egyptian cures *not said here* | some spells | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which one probably worked? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t11:2 # text = Which one probably worked? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | participle | which one | | | | | probably *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Saying a magic word at a snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t11:o1:1 # text = Saying a magic word at a snake 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | a magic word | | | | at a snake | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Painting an eye on the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t11:o2:1 # text = Painting an eye on the door 1 Painting paint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | gerund | | a eye | | the door | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on door=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wearing a lucky beetle ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t11:o3:1 # text = Wearing a lucky beetle 1 Wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | gerund | | a lucky beetle | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent beetle=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Setting a broken arm straight ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t11:o4:1 # text = Setting a broken arm straight 1 Setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | gerund | | a broken arm | | | | straight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient arm=Result | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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