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description: Did the Romans fancy the old serpent god so much they built him a temple? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

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Did the Romans fancy the old serpent god so much they built him a temple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Romans · **What happens:** fancy, build · **To what, where:** old serpent god, temple, him

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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/530-pg22381-part36/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t10:1
# text = Did the Romans fancy the old serpent god so much they built him a temple?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fancy	fancy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | present | the Romans | the old serpent god |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus |
| 2 | **build** | past | Romans *= roman* | a temple | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary temple=Product |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yes, after a plague they built one on an island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t10:o1:1
# text = yes, after a plague they built one on an island
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | they | one |  | a island | after a plague |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme on island=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, after a war they built one on a hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t10:o2:1
# text = yes, after a war they built one on a hill
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | they | one |  | a hill | after a war |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme on hill=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yes, they built a huge temple on the Tiber island, honoring Asclepius and the serpent

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t10:o3:1
# text = yes, they built a huge temple on the Tiber island, honoring Asclepius and the serpent
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Tiber	Tiber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	honoring	honor	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
14	Asclepius	Asclepius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | they | a huge temple |  | the Tiber island |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent temple=Theme on island=Source |
| 2 | **honor** | gerund | they *not said here* | Asclepius and the serpent |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asclepius=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they built it after a long drought, a gift the senators offered to Apollo at Delos

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t10:o4:1
# text = yes, they built it after a long drought, a gift the senators offered to Apollo at Delos
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	drought	drought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	senators	senator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Delos	Delos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | they | it |  |  | after a long drought |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **offer** | past | the senators | a gift *not said here* | Apollo at Delos |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to apollo=Goal |

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