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title: What consequence did the destruction of the bridge produce for the d… — Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What consequence did the destruction of the bridge produce for the defence of the city, as stated in the text? Exam question 3 of lesson 352 «Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 3 · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

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What consequence did the destruction of the bridge produce for the defence of the city, as stated in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence · **What happens:** do, state, destroy, defend · **To what, where:** destruction, text, bridge produce, city

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 352 «Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army» 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/352-pg18442-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:e3:1
# text = What consequence did the destruction of the bridge produce for the defence of the city, as stated in the text?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	produce	produce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	defence	defence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | consequence | the destruction of the bridge produce |  |  |  | for the defence of the city | tree rules |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | consequence *not said here* |  |  | the text |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **destroy** |  |  | the bridge produce |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **defend** |  |  | the city |  |  |  |  | nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The bridge was saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = The bridge was saved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past · passive |  | the bridge |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The city was lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = The city was lost
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | the city |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Horatius believed the enemy would cross the river by boat at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = Horatius believed the enemy would cross the river by boat at dawn
1	Horatius	Horatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | Horatius |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cross** | would | the enemy | the river |  |  | dawn | by boat | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

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

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Horatius perceived that the city was safe once the bridge had fallen into the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = Horatius perceived that the city was safe once the bridge had fallen into the river
1	Horatius	Horatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
8	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | past | Horatius |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the city |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | past · perfect | the bridge |  |  |  |  | into the river *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into river=Result |

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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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