--- title: If the Rosetta Stone had only hieroglyphs on it, what would be diffe… — Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and h… · tree and pragmatics description: If the Rosetta Stone had only hieroglyphs on it, what would be different? Test 5 · ★★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs If the Rosetta Stone had only hieroglyphs on it, what would be different? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rosetta Stone, hieroglyphs · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** hieroglyphs, it This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t5:1 # text = If the Rosetta Stone had only hieroglyphs on it, what would be different? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Rosetta Rosetta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Stone Stone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hieroglyphs hieroglyph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Rosetta Stone | hieroglyphs | | it | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hieroglyph=Patient | | 2 | **is** | would | hieroglyphs | | | | | different *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It would have been easier to read ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t5:o1:1 # text = It would have been easier to read 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would · perfect | It | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Champollion would have read it faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t5:o2:1 # text = Champollion would have read it faster 1 Champollion Champollion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | would · perfect · passive | | Champollion | | | | fast *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient it=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It would not have helped to read them ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t5:o3:1 # text = It would not have helped to read them 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | would · perfect · passive | | It | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **read** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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