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title: A cartoon shows Cleopatra watching the Great Pyramid being built. Fi… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows Cleopatra watching the Great Pyramid being built. Fix it. Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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A cartoon shows Cleopatra watching the Great Pyramid being built. Fix it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, you · **What happens:** show, watch, build, fix · **To what, where:** Cleopatra, Great Pyramid, Pyramid

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world 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/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows Cleopatra watching the Great Pyramid being built.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t12:1
# text = A cartoon shows Cleopatra watching the Great Pyramid being built.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Pyramid	Pyramid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 S\_INF»: agent=Agent cleopatra=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **build** | gerund · passive |  | the Great Pyramid |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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:* Fix it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t12:2
# text = Fix it.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | Pyramid |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The pyramid was already over 2,000 years old in her time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t12:o1:1
# text = The pyramid was already over 2,000 years old in her time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pyramid	pyramid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the pyramid |  |  |  | time; year | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The pyramid was built after she died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t12:o2:1
# text = The pyramid was built after she died
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pyramid	pyramid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | the pyramid |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **die** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She built it herself in AD 30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t12:o3:1
# text = She built it herself in AD 30
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	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | She | it |  | AD |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary herself=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She did watch it, in 2560 BC

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t12:o4:1
# text = She did watch it, in 2560 BC
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	2560	2560	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
8	BC	BC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past · do-support | She | it |  | 2560  BC |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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