Exam question 4 · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Boudica.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 Boudica	case
10	Boudica	Boudica	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 facts	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

A queen of the Iceni who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 led	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Iceni	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Iceni	det
5	Iceni	Iceni	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 queen	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 led	nsubj
7	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 revolt	det
9	revolt	revolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 led	obj
10	against	against	ADP	_	12 rule	case
11	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rule	amod
12	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 led	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Britain	case
14	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	a queen of the Iceni	a revolt		Roman rule in Britain			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revolt=Theme against rule=Destination

Option 2

The architect of Hadrian's Wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 architect	det
2	architect	architect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Wall	case
4	Hadrian	Hadrian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wall	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Hadrian	case
6	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 architect	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The first empress of Rome, wife of Augustus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 empress	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 empress	amod
3	empress	empress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Rome	case
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 empress	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wife	punct
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 empress	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Augustus	case
9	Augustus	Augustus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wife	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A general of Carthage who fought beside Hannibal against Rome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 general	det
2	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fought	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Carthage	case
4	Carthage	Carthage	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 general	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fought	nsubj
6	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 Hannibal	case
8	Hannibal	Hannibal	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fought	obl
9	against	against	ADP	_	10 Rome	case
10	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	a general of Carthage			Hannibal		against Rome	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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