--- title: Why would a pharaoh want his tomb hidden instead of a huge pyramid? — Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h… · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a pharaoh want his tomb hidden instead of a huge pyramid? Test 4 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs Why would a pharaoh want his tomb hidden instead of a huge pyramid? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pharaoh, tomb · **What happens:** want, hide · **To what, where:** tomb This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t4:1 # text = Why would a pharaoh want his tomb hidden instead of a huge pyramid? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pharaoh pharaoh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 pyramid pyramid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | would | a pharaoh | pharaoh's tomb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | participle | pharaoh's tomb *not said here* | | | | | instead a huge pyramid | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} So robbers could not find and empty it ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t4:o1:1 # text = So robbers could not find and empty it 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 empty empty VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find** | could | robbers | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **empty** | infinitive | robbers *not said here* | it | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hidden tombs were warmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t4:o2:1 # text = Hidden tombs were warmer 1 Hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 tombs tomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Hidden tombs | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He wanted to save his money for wars against his enemies ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t4:o3:1 # text = He wanted to save his money for wars against his enemies 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **save** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his money | | | | for wars; against his enemies | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme for war=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pyramids were too small for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t4:o4:1 # text = Pyramids were too small for him 1 Pyramids pyramid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Pyramids | | | | | for him *= he*; small *property* | tree rules | **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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