Test 9 · ★ · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

so the legions got land or cash when they quit after 25 yrs?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: legions · What happens: get, quit · To what, where: land

This is test 9 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 legions	det
3	legions	legion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 cash	cc
7	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 land	conj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 quit	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 quit	nsubj
10	quit	quit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	advcl
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 yrs	case
12	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 yrs	nummod
13	yrs	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	10 quit	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the legions	land or cash					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus
2	quit	present	legions = legion				year		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

No, they got nothing at all, not even thanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 got	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 nothing	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thanks	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 thanks	advmod
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 thanks	advmod
11	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	they	nothing		all		thanks obl	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset

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

Yes, and many settled in the provinces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 settled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 settled	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 settled	cc
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 settled	nsubj
5	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 provinces	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 provinces	det
8	provinces	province	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 settled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	past	many			the provinces			vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in province=Location

Option 3

They became 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	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	They	kings					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They had to go back to Rome forever

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Rome	case
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	They						tree rules
2	go back	to-infinitive	They not said here		Rome			forever property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to rome=Result

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