Test 13 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…
the statue part was fire, but the land part is even better, no lie
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statue part, land part · What happens: be · To what, where: fire
This is test 13 · ★ 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 part | det |
| 2 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 part | compound |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fire | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fire | cop |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 better | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 better | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 part | det |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 part | compound |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 better | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 better | cop |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 better | advmod |
| 13 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 fire | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lie | punct |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 lie | det |
| 16 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fire | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the statue part | fire and no lie | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the land part | good 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 · ← Mova's choice
horatius got a gold crown and a fine silver cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | horatius | horatius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 crown | det |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crown | compound |
| 5 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cup | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cup | det |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cup | amod |
| 9 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cup | compound |
| 10 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crown | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | horatius | a gold crown and a fine silver cup | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
horatius got as much land as he could plow around in one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | horatius | horatius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 land | amod |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 plow | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 plow | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 plow | aux |
| 9 | plow | plow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | advcl |
| 10 | around | around | ADV | _ | 9 plow | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 day | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 day | nummod |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | horatius | much land | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | plow around | could | horatius | day | around property | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
horatius got as much land as he could plow around in one day, plus a fine house in the forum
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | horatius | horatius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 land | amod |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 plow | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 plow | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 plow | aux |
| 9 | plow | plow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | advcl |
| 10 | around | around | ADV | _ | 9 plow | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 day | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 day | nummod |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plow | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 house | punct |
| 15 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 18 house | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 house | det |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 house | amod |
| 18 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 forum | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 forum | det |
| 21 | forum | forum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 house | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | horatius | much land | a fine house in the forum obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | plow around | could | horatius | day | around property | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
horatius got as much land as he could plow around in one whole day, and the Romans built a statue of him
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | horatius | horatius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 land | amod |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 plow | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 plow | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 plow | aux |
| 9 | plow | plow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | advcl |
| 10 | around | around | ADV | _ | 9 plow | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 day | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 day | nummod |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 day | amod |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plow | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 built | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 built | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Romans | det |
| 18 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 19 built | nsubj |
| 19 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | parataxis |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 statue | det |
| 21 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 built | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 statue | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | horatius | much land | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | plow around | could | horatius | day | around property | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | build | past | the Romans | a statue of horatius | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Product |
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