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Test 2 · Kings, queens and emperors

A film shows Nero playing a violin while Rome burns. What is wrong with the scene?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: film, Rome · What happens: show, play, burn, be · To what, where: Nero, violin

This is test 2 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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

Sentence 1: A film shows Nero playing a violin while Rome burns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Nero	Nero	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
5	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 shows	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 violin	det
7	violin	violin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 burns	mark
9	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 burns	nsubj
10	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 playing	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a film	Nero					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent nero=Recipient clause=Topic
2	play	gerund	a film not said here	a violin					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent violin=Theme
3	burn	present	Rome						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

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.

Sentence 2: What is wrong with the scene?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 scene	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scene	det
6	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with the scene; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He should be playing it in a different part of Rome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 playing	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 playing	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 playing	aux
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 playing	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 part	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Rome	case
11	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	should · progressive	He	it		a different part of Rome			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Nothing, the film is exactly like the history books say it happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 happened	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 film	det
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 happened	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	cop
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	11 say	advmod
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 say	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 books	det
9	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 books	compound
10	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 film	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj
13	happened	happen	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	is	present	the history books	the film not said here				exactly, say property	tree rules
2	happen	past	Nothing						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Violins did not exist then, and Tacitus says he was away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Violins	violin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exist	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 exist	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 exist	advmod
4	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 exist	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
8	Tacitus	Tacitus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exist	parataxis
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 away	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 away	cop
12	away	away	ADV	_	9 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past · do-support	Violins				then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Tacitus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Tacitus					away property	tree rules

Option 4

It should be a guitar, which the Romans loved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 guitar	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 guitar	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 guitar	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 guitar	det
5	guitar	guitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 loved	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 loved	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Romans	det
9	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 loved	nsubj
10	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 guitar	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	should	It	a guitar					tree rules
2	love	past	the Romans	a guitar					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

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