Test 1 · ★ · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

uncle says nero fiddled while rome burned. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, rome · What happens: say, fiddle, burn · To what, where: nero · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads» 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	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nero	nero	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
4	fiddled	fiddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 nero	acl
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 burned	mark
6	rome	rome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burned	nsubj
7	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fiddled	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 true	punct
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	uncle	nero	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nero=Topic
2	fiddle	participle		nero not said here	vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	burn	past	rome		vn light_emission-43.1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, he played a long violin solo from the palace roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 played	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 played	nsubj
4	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 solo	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 solo	amod
7	violin	violin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 solo	compound
8	solo	solo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 played	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roof	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roof	compound
12	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	he	a long violin solo		the palace roof			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solo=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the fiddle had not even been invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fiddle	det
4	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invented	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 invented	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 invented	advmod
7	even	even	ADV	_	9 invented	advmod
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 invented	aux:pass
9	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not invent	past · perfect · passive		the fiddle					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

Yes, and the Senate clapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 clapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clapped	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 clapped	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Senate	det
5	Senate	Senate	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 clapped	nsubj
6	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	past	the Senate						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 4

No, he played the drums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 played	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 played	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 played	nsubj
4	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drums	det
6	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 played	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	he	the drums					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme

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