Exam question 2 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: dwellings

This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwellings	det
10	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 majority	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 majority	det
13	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dwellings	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 population	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 population	det
16	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 majority	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Rome	case
18	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 population	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome				of the following statements; accurately property	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

Tents disposed outside the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	disposed	dispose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tents	acl
3	outside	outside	ADP	_	5 walls	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 walls	det
5	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispose	participle		Tents not said here				outside the walls	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Caverns beneath the seven hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caverns	cavern	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 hills	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hills	det
4	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hills	nummod
5	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Caverns	nmod

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

Option 3

Spacious villas with gardens and mosaics

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spacious	spacious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 villas	amod
2	villas	villa	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 gardens	case
4	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 villas	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mosaics	cc
6	mosaics	mosaic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 villas	conj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Crowded tenement blocks termed insulae

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blocks	amod
2	tenement	tenement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocks	compound
3	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	termed	term	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 blocks	acl
5	insulae	insulae	X	Foreign=Yes	4 termed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	term	participle		Crowded tenement blocks not said here					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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