--- title: Identify the approximate date at which Egypt was united as a single… — From band to nation: families, tribes,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the approximate date at which Egypt was united as a single kingdom. Exam question 1 of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/e1/) [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/) / [From band to nation: families, tribes,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires a… Identify the approximate date at which Egypt was united as a single kingdom. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, unite · **To what, where:** approximate date, Egypt This is exam question 1 of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» 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/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e1:1 # text = Identify the approximate date at which Egypt was united as a single kingdom. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 7 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 united unite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate date | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent date=Theme | | 2 | **unite** | past · passive | | Egypt | | the approximate date | | as a single kingdom | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 {#o1} Circa nineteen forty-five ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e1:o1:1 # text = Circa nineteen forty-five 1 Circa Circa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 nineteen nineteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 list _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Circa five hundred CE ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e1:o2:1 # text = Circa five hundred CE 1 Circa Circa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 CE ce NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Circa three thousand one hundred BCE ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e1:o3:1 # text = Circa three thousand one hundred BCE 1 Circa Circa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ _ 6 BCE BCE PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Circa eighteen sixty-one of the common era ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries:e1:o4:1 # text = Circa eighteen sixty-one of the common era 1 Circa Circa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 list _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 era era NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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