Test 8 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

fr the river part, horatius prayed to a river like it's his bff

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr part horatius, horatius · What happens: pray, be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horatius	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 part	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	compound
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horatius	compound
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 part	punct
6	horatius	horatius	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prayed	nsubj
7	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prayed	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	15 bff	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bff	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 bff	cop
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 bff	nmod:poss
15	bff	bff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	fr part horatius					to a river	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	horatius					like his bff	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

he asked the river to carry his boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 carry	mark
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boat	nmod:poss
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he	the river					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent river=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	the river not said here	his boat					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 2

he called on the tiber to keep his life safe as he dove into the deep and muddy water

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 tiber	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tiber	det
5	tiber	tiber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 dove	case
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dove	nsubj
13	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obl
14	into	into	ADP	_	19 water	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 water	det
16	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 water	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 muddy	cc
18	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 deep	conj
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	he			the tiber			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive	he not said here	his life		the deep water		as dove; safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he called on the tiber to keep his life safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 tiber	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tiber	det
5	tiber	tiber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	he			the tiber			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive	he not said here	his life				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 4

he called on the tiber to keep his life safe and then leaped down with his armor and shield

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 tiber	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tiber	det
5	tiber	tiber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 leaped	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 leaped	advmod
13	leaped	leap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 called	conj
14	down	down	ADP	_	13 leaped	compound:prt
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 armor	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 armor	nmod:poss
17	armor	armor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaped	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 shield	cc
19	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 armor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	he		the tiber			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive	he not said here	his life			safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
3	leap down	participle	he not said here			then	with his armor and shield	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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