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title: horatius took a dart to the eye and still kept going, lowkey legend — Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge:… · tree and pragmatics
description: horatius took a dart to the eye and still kept going, lowkey legend Test 12 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

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horatius took a dart to the eye and still kept going, lowkey legend

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horatius · **What happens:** take, keep, go · **To what, where:** dart, eye

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t12:1
# text = horatius took a dart to the eye and still kept going, lowkey legend
1	horatius	horatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | horatius | a dart |  | the eye |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dart=Theme to eye=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | past | horatius *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | horatius *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he threw his spear at the leading horseman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t12:o1:1
# text = he threw his spear at the leading horseman
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | he | his spear |  | the leading horseman |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme at horseman=Destination |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he threw his sword at the nearby man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t12:o2:1
# text = he threw his sword at the nearby man
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | he | his sword |  |  |  | at the nearby man | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sword=Theme at man=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he threw his spear at the leading horseman and then swam across the river with his armor on

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t12:o3:1
# text = he threw his spear at the leading horseman and then swam across the river with his armor on
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | he | his spear |  | the leading horseman |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme at horseman=Destination |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **swim** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the river | then | with his armor | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across river=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he threw his spear at the leading horseman and kept fighting with his shield as the bridge fell

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t12:o4:1
# text = he threw his spear at the leading horseman and kept fighting with his shield as the bridge fell
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | he | his spear |  | the leading horseman |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme at horseman=Destination |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fight** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his shield | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with shield=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **fall** | past | the bridge |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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