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Test 11 · Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic

Augustus kept saying the Republic still existed. Was he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Augustus, Republic · What happens: keep, say, exist, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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

Sentence 1: Augustus kept saying the Republic still existed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Augustus	Augustus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Republic	det
5	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 existed	nsubj
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 existed	advmod
7	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Augustus						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	Augustus not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	exist	past	the Republic				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Was he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Republic					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, real power was now with him as emperor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 real	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 power	amod
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 him	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 him	cop
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 him	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 emperor	case
10	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 him	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	real power				now	with him = he; as emperor	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, nothing changed at all when he took over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 changed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 took	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 changed	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 took	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 took	nsubj
9	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	over	over	ADP	_	9 took	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	participle	nothing			all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take over	past	he						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, he made Rome a Greek city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 city	det
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 city	amod
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	he	a Greek city	Rome				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset rome=Beneficiary city=Product

Option 4

Yes, the consuls ruled him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 ruled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consuls	det
4	consuls	consul	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ruled	nsubj
5	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ruled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	the consuls	him = he					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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