Test 10 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

Did the Romans fancy the old serpent god so much they built him a temple?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Romans · What happens: fancy, build · To what, where: old serpent god, temple, him

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Romans	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Romans	det
3	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 fancy	nsubj
4	fancy	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 god	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 god	amod
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 god	compound
8	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fancy	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 much	advmod
10	much	much	ADV	_	12 built	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 built	nsubj
12	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancy	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 built	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 temple	det
15	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 built	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fancy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	present	the Romans	the old serpent god					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus
2	build	past	Romans = roman	a temple	him = he				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary temple=Product

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 · ✓ the right answer

yes, after a plague they built one on an island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 plague	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plague	det
5	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 built	nsubj
7	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 built	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 island	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 island	det
11	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	they	one		a island	after a plague		vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme on island=Source

Option 2

yes, after a war they built one on a hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 war	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 war	det
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 built	nsubj
7	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 built	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	they	one		a hill	after a war		vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme on hill=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yes, they built a huge temple on the Tiber island, honoring Asclepius and the serpent

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	nsubj
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 temple	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temple	amod
7	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 island	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 island	det
10	Tiber	Tiber	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 island	compound
11	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 temple	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 honoring	punct
13	honoring	honor	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 built	advcl
14	Asclepius	Asclepius	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 honoring	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 serpent	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 serpent	det
17	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Asclepius	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	they	a huge temple		the Tiber island			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent temple=Theme on island=Source
2	honor	gerund	they not said here	Asclepius and the serpent					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asclepius=Theme

Option 4

yes, they built it after a long drought, a gift the senators offered to Apollo at Delos

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	nsubj
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 built	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 drought	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 drought	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drought	amod
9	drought	drought	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gift	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 gift	det
12	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drought	appos
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 senators	det
14	senators	senator	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 offered	nsubj
15	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 gift	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 Apollo	case
17	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 offered	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 Delos	case
19	Delos	Delos	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Apollo	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	they	it			after a long drought		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	offer	past	the senators	a gift not said here	Apollo at Delos				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to apollo=Goal

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