--- title: Was Androclus scared in the arena or nah? — Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Androclus scared in the arena or nah? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/351-pg18442-part11/t8/) [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/) / [Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/351-pg18442-part11/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befri… Was Androclus scared in the arena or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» 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/351-pg18442-part11/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t8:1 # text = Was Androclus scared in the arena or nah? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 Androclus Androclus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arena arena NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | 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} Nah, he was calm and steady ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, he was calm and steady 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | calm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, he ran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, he ran 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | he | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he was shaking badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was shaking badly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he | | | | | badly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, he was hugging the lion ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, he was hugging the lion 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | past · progressive | he | the lion | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Co-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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