Test 1 · Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic

my cousin says Romulus and Remus are proven history. what's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Romulus · What happens: say, prove, be · To what, where: proven history, truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 13 «Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic» of the history 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Romulus	Romulus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 history	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Remus	cc
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Romulus	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 history	cop
8	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 history	amod
9	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 truth	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 truth	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 truth	det
14	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	prove	participle			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	Romulus and Remus	proven history	tree rules
4	is a	present		the truth	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 · ✓ the right answer

It is a legend; Rome grew from villages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 legend	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 legend	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 legend	det
4	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	ccomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 legend	punct
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 villages	case
9	villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legend					tree rules
2	grow	past	Rome					from villages	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from village=Patient

Option 2

It is proven by the old bronze statue of the wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 proven	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proven	aux:pass
3	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 statue	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 statue	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 statue	amod
7	bronze	bronze	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 statue	amod
8	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proven	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wolf	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 statue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · passive	the old bronze statue of the wolf	It					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

The wolf's bones were found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bones	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 wolf	case
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 found	aux:pass
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		the wolf's bones					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

They were real Greek kings

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	5 kings	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kings	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kings	amod
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kings	amod
5	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	real Greek kings					tree rules

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