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title: Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs". What… — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs". What would you add? Test 4 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · Kings, queens and emperors

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Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs". What would you add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gemma, Cleopatra, you · **What happens:** say, be, add · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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/myths/19-kings-queens-and-emperors/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t4:1
# text = Gemma says Cleopatra was "Egyptian like the pyramid pharaohs".
1	Gemma	Gemma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pyramid	pyramid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pharaohs	pharaoh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gemma |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Cleopatra |  |  |  |  | like the pyramid pharaohs; egyptian *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What would you add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t4:2
# text = What would you add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She was the very first pharaoh of all, long before the pyramids were built

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t4:o1:1
# text = She was the very first pharaoh of all, long before the pyramids were built
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the first pharaoh |  |  |  | of all; long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | past · passive |  | the pyramids |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She built the Great Pyramid for her tomb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t4:o2:1
# text = She built the Great Pyramid for her tomb
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Pyramid	Pyramid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | She | the Great Pyramid |  |  |  | for her tomb | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent pyramid=Product for tomb=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was Roman and never set foot in Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t4:o3:1
# text = She was Roman and never set foot in Egypt
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | roman *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **set** | infinitive | She *not said here* | foot |  | Egypt |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in egypt=Destination |

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

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She ruled Egypt, but her family was Greek and came much later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t4:o4:1
# text = She ruled Egypt, but her family was Greek and came much later
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | She | Egypt |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Result |
| 2 | **is** | past | Egypt's family |  |  |  |  | greek *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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