--- title: Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor, right? — Rome: from a town on seven hills to a… · tree and pragmatics description: Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor, right? Test 2 of lesson 13 «Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/t2/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Rome: from a town on seven hills to a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/) / t2 # Test 2 · Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor, right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Julius · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** first Roman emperor This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t2:1 # text = Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor, right? 1 Julius Julius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 Caesar Caesar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 6 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Julius | the first Roman emperor | | | | | 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 {#o1} Yes, he was crowned emperor in 44 BC ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, he was crowned emperor in 44 BC 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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:pass _ _ 5 crowned crown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 44 44 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 9 BC BC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crown** | past · passive | | he | | 44 BC | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, he ruled for 40 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, he ruled for 40 years 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past | he | | | | year | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, Romulus was ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t2:o3:1 # text = No, Romulus was 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Romulus Romulus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Romulus | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, Augustus was the first emperor ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t2:o4:1 # text = No, Augustus was the first emperor 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Augustus Augustus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Augustus | the first emperor | | | | | tree rules | **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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