Exam question 4 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

Ascertain the origin of the greater part of the gladiators.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: origin

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 part	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 gladiators	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gladiators	det
10	gladiators	gladiator	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 part	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the greater part of the gladiators					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic

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

Priests of the temples, chosen by lot each year in the great forum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chosen	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 temples	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temples	det
4	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Priests	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chosen	punct
6	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 lot	case
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chosen	obl
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chosen	obl:unmarked
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 forum	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forum	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 forum	amod
14	forum	forum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chosen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	participle · passive	lot	Priests of the temples		the great forum	year		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

Officers of the legions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 legions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 legions	det
4	legions	legion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Officers	nmod

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

Option 3

Members of the Senate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 Senate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Senate	det
4	Senate	Senate	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Members	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Enslaved persons and prisoners, together with some volunteers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 prisoners	cc
4	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persons	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 volunteers	punct
6	together	together	ADV	_	9 volunteers	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 volunteers	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 volunteers	det
9	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persons	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enslave	participle							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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