--- title: wait, why was the Roman army stuck? — Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cin… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why was the Roman army stuck? Test 4 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/350-pg18442-part10/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman… wait, why was the Roman army stuck? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Roman army · **What happens:** wait, be, stick This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:t4:1 # text = wait, why was the Roman army stuck? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 1 parataxis _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stick** | participle | the Roman army | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Lost in fog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:t4:o1:1 # text = Lost in fog 1 Lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | | | fog | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in fog=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Out of food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:t4:o2:1 # text = Out of food 1 Out out ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Trapped in a narrow pass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:t4:o3:1 # text = Trapped in a narrow pass 1 Trapped trap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trap** | participle | | | | a narrow pass | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pass=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Caught in a deep ravine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:t4:o4:1 # text = Caught in a deep ravine 1 Caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | participle | | | | a deep ravine | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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