Exam question 2 · Kings, queens and emperors

Identify the principal reason for which the account of Nero playing the fiddle during the conflagration of Rome cannot be accurate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, account · What happens: identify, play, not be, account · To what, where: principal reason, fiddle, Nero

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 accurate	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 accurate	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Nero	case
10	Nero	Nero	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
11	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 account	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fiddle	det
13	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 playing	obj
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 conflagration	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conflagration	det
16	conflagration	conflagration	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 playing	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Rome	case
18	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 conflagration	nmod
19	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 accurate	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 accurate	advmod
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 accurate	cop
22	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	play	gerund	the account of Nero not said here	the fiddle	during the conflagration of Rome		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme
3	not is	can	the account of Nero			for the principal reason; accurate property	tree rules
4	account			Nero			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

The fiddle had not been invented at that time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddle	det
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 invented	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 invented	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 invented	aux:pass
6	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	obl

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

Option 2

The fire occurred during the reign of another emperor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurred	nsubj
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 reign	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reign	det
6	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurred	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 emperor	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 emperor	det
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	past	the fire				during the reign of another emperor		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Musical performance was prohibited during fires by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 performance	amod
2	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 fires	case
6	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl:agent
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	past · passive	fires	Musical performance				by law	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 4

Nero was demonstrably incapable of music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nero	Nero	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
3	demonstrably	demonstrably	ADV	_	4 incapable	advmod
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 music	case
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Nero	incapable				of music; demonstrably property	tree rules

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