Test 6 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

the tyrant dionysius was so sus, everyone hated him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tyrant dionysius, everyone · What happens: be, hate · To what, where: him

This is test 6 · ★ 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 dionysius	det
2	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dionysius	compound
3	dionysius	dionysius	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sus	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sus	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 sus	advmod
6	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hated	punct
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 hated	nsubj
9	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sus	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the tyrant dionysius					suspect property	tree rules
2	hate	past	everyone	him = he					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

everyone hated him because he was cruel and unfair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 cruel	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cruel	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cruel	cop
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hated	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 unfair	cc
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hate	past	everyone	him = he		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is	past	he		cruel property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules

Option 2

everyone hated him because he was cruel and unfair to the poor people of the city

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 cruel	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cruel	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cruel	cop
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hated	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 unfair	cc
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cruel	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 people	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 people	det
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 people	amod
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 unfair	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 city	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 city	det
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hate	past	everyone	him = he		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is	past	he		cruel property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here		to the poor people of the city	tree rules

Option 3

everyone feared him because he was rich and proud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 rich	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rich	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rich	cop
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feared	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 proud	cc
9	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	everyone	him = he		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is	past	he		rich property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules

Option 4

everyone hated him because he was cruel and unfair and always ruled by fear alone

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 cruel	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cruel	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cruel	cop
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hated	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 unfair	cc
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cruel	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ruled	cc
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 ruled	advmod
12	ruled	rule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cruel	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 fear	case
14	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obl
15	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 hated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hate	past	everyone	him = he	by fear; alone property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is	past	he		cruel property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules
4	rule	participle	he not said here		always property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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