Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

Bruv, why'd the Sabines even want to come into Rome?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sabines · What happens: want, come · To what, where: Rome

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 want	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 want	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 want	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sabines	det
6	Sabines	sabine	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 want	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 want	advmod
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 come	mark
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 Rome	case
12	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 come	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	would	the Sabines					Bruv vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Sabines not said here			Rome			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into rome=Initial_Location

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

to make a treaty after their long war with the Tiber people in the north

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 treaty	det
4	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 war	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 war	nmod:poss
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 war	amod
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 people	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 people	det
11	Tiber	Tiber	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 people	compound
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 north	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 north	det
15	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a treaty		the north	after their long war	with the Tiber people	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset treaty=Product
2	war		their = they						nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

they had been invited by the Roman senate to a festival of peace in the city

The tree, 16 words

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	4 invited	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invited	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 invited	aux:pass
4	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 senate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 senate	det
7	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 senate	amod
8	senate	senate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invited	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 festival	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 festival	det
11	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invited	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 peace	case
13	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 festival	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 city	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 city	det
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	past · perfect · passive	the Roman senate	they		the city		to a festival of peace	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they wanted revenge for the abduction

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 abduction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 abduction	det
6	abduction	abduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they	revenge				for the abduction	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme

Option 4

they came to conquer the Roman lands

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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 conquer	mark
4	conquer	conquer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 came	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lands	det
6	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lands	amod
7	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conquer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	they						tree rules
2	conquer	to-infinitive	they not said here	the Roman lands					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient

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