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title: ★★★ A cartoon shows Cleopatra snacking on chocolate. «It's giving an… — Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A cartoon shows Cleopatra snacking on chocolate. «It's giving ancient queen», says Ava. What's the real spot? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★

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★★★ A cartoon shows Cleopatra snacking on chocolate. «It's giving ancient queen», says Ava. What's the real spot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, chocolate, Ava, real spot · **What happens:** show, snack, give, say, be · **To what, where:** Cleopatra, ancient queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» 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/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A cartoon shows Cleopatra snacking on chocolate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:1
# text = ★★★ A cartoon shows Cleopatra snacking on chocolate.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	snacking	snack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | ★ ★ a cartoon |  | Cleopatra |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cleopatra=Recipient |
| 2 | **snack** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on chocolate | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on chocolate=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* «It's giving ancient queen», says Ava.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:2
# text = «It's giving ancient queen», says Ava.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	_
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | chocolate | ancient queen |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ava |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the real spot?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:3
# text = What's the real spot?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real spot |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only the shiny wrapper is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:o1:1
# text = Only the shiny wrapper is wrong
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wrapper	wrapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the shiny wrapper |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; cocoa grew all over Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing; cocoa grew all over Egypt
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Nothing cocoa |  |  | Egypt |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over egypt=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chocolate had been banned in Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:o3:1
# text = Chocolate had been banned in Egypt
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · perfect · passive |  | Chocolate |  | Egypt |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Chocolate came from the Americas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t3:o4:1
# text = Chocolate came from the Americas
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Chocolate |  |  | the Americas |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from americas=Initial\_Location |

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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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