Test 10 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

the roman guys chopped the bridge so fast, it's wild

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: roman guys, bridge · What happens: chop, be · To what, where: bridge

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 352 «Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guys	det
2	roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 guys	amod
3	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chopped	nsubj
4	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chopped	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 chopped	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wild	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wild	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 wild	cop
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chopped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	past	the roman guys	the bridge				fast property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient
2	is	present	bridge					wild property	tree rules

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

they chopped the posts until the walls began to crack

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 chopped	nsubj
2	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 posts	det
4	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chopped	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 began	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walls	det
7	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chopped	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 crack	mark
10	crack	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 began	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	chop	past	they	the posts	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Patient
2	begin	past	the walls		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	crack	to-infinitive	the walls not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

they lifted the stones until the carts began to move

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 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stones	det
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lifted	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 began	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carts	det
7	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 move	mark
10	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 began	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lift	past	they	the stones	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	begin	past	the carts		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	move	to-infinitive	the carts not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

they cut the ropes

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ropes	det
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	they	the ropes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they chopped the beams until the bridge began to tremble

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 chopped	nsubj
2	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beams	det
4	beams	beam	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chopped	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 began	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chopped	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tremble	mark
10	tremble	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 began	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	chop	past	they	the beams	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Patient
2	begin	past	the bridge		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	tremble	to-infinitive	the bridge not said here		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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