--- title: Which individual was entrusted by the Roman Fathers with supreme aut… — Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cin… · tree and pragmatics description: Which individual was entrusted by the Roman Fathers with supreme authority over the city? Exam question 1 of lesson 350 «Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman leaves his field to save Rome and then gives back his power» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/350-pg18442-part10/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/350-pg18442-part10/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman… Which individual was entrusted by the Roman Fathers with supreme authority over the city? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Roman Fathers · **What happens:** entrust · **To what, where:** individual, city This is exam question 1 of lesson 350 «Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman leaves his field to save Rome and then gives back his power» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/350-pg18442-part10/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e1:1 # text = Which individual was entrusted by the Roman Fathers with supreme authority over the city? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 entrusted entrust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Roman Roman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Fathers Father PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 supreme supreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entrust** | past · passive | the Roman Fathers | which individual | | the city | | with supreme authority | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient with authority=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Cincinnatus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e1:o1:1 # text = Cincinnatus 1 Cincinnatus cincinnatus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Lucius Flaccus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e1:o2:1 # text = Lucius Flaccus 1 Lucius Lucius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Flaccus Flaccus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The old farmer who was plowing in the field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e1:o3:1 # text = The old farmer who was plowing in the field 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 plowing plow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plow** | past · progressive | the old farmer | | | the field | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Napoleon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e1:o4:1 # text = Napoleon 1 Napoleon Napoleon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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