Test 9 · ★ · Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befri…
Why'd the crowd in Rome go soft on him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crowd · What happens: go
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» of the books 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 go | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crowd | det |
| 4 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Rome | case |
| 6 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 crowd | nmod |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 go | xcomp |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 soft | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | would | the crowd in Rome | soft property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They saw the lion lick his feet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 5 | lick | lick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saw | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 feet | nmod:poss |
| 7 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | They | the lion | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lick | infinitive | the lion not said here | lion's feet | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent foot=Source |
Option 2
The emperor sent word that he should be spared because the lion had saved a Roman life
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 spared | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spared | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 spared | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 spared | aux:pass |
| 9 | spared | spare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 word | acl:relcl |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 saved | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lion | det |
| 12 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 saved | aux |
| 14 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 spared | advcl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 life | det |
| 16 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 life | amod |
| 17 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 saved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the emperor | word | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spare | should · passive | word | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset | |||||
| 3 | save | past · perfect · passive | the lion | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme |
Option 3
They got bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
They saw the emperor's order
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 order | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 emperor | case |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | They | the emperor's order | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer order=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | order | the emperor | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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