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title: no way, what were the statues on the Capitol? — Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgili… · tree and pragmatics
description: no way, what were the statues on the Capitol? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 13 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

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no way, what were the statues on the Capitol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** way · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** statues, Capitol

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1814-pg641-part65/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t13:1
# text = no way, what were the statues on the Capitol?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Capitol	Capitol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | no way | the statues |  | the Capitol |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Emperors who ruled the empire well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t13:o1:1
# text = Emperors who ruled the empire well
1	Emperors	emperor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | Emperors | the empire |  |  |  | well *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empire=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gods of Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t13:o2:1
# text = Gods of Rome
1	Gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gods honoured by the Roman senate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t13:o3:1
# text = Gods honoured by the Roman senate
1	Gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	honoured	honour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	senate	senate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | participle |  | Gods *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Roman senate | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Gods worshipped by every nation under Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t13:o4:1
# text = Gods worshipped by every nation under Rome
1	Gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | participle |  | Gods *not said here* |  |  |  | by every nation under Rome | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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