--- title: A town picks its spot where a river can be crossed. Why is that clev… — Rome: from a town on seven hills to a… · tree and pragmatics description: A town picks its spot where a river can be crossed. Why is that clever? 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Why is that clever? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** town · **What happens:** pick, cross, be · **To what, where:** spot, river This is test 10 of lesson 13 «Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic» of the history 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/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A town picks its spot where a river can be crossed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t10:1 # text = A town picks its spot where a river can be crossed. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | present | a town | town's spot | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient | | 2 | **cross** | can · passive | | a river | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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. *Sentence 2:* Why is that clever? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t10:2 # text = Why is that clever? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Rivers keep the town warm in the winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t10:o1:1 # text = Rivers keep the town warm in the winter 1 Rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Rivers | the town | | | winter | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} No enemies can swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t10:o2:1 # text = No enemies can swim 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | can | no enemies | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fish jump straight into the houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t10:o3:1 # text = Fish jump straight into the houses 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jump jump VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | present | Fish | | | | | into the houses *result*; straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into house=Result | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Traders and travellers pass through it ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t10:o4:1 # text = Traders and travellers pass through it 1 Traders trader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | present | Traders and travellers | | | it | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through it=Location | **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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