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title: If one consul wanted to start a silly war and the other said no, wha… — Rome: from a town on seven hills to a… · tree and pragmatics
description: If one consul wanted to start a silly war and the other said no, what happened? Test 3 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.
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# Test 3 · Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic

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If one consul wanted to start a silly war and the other said no, what happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one consul, other · **What happens:** want, start, say, happen · **To what, where:** silly war · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t3:1
# text = If one consul wanted to start a silly war and the other said no, what happened?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	consul	consul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
17	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | one consul |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **start** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one consul *not said here* | a silly war |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 {#o1}

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The king decided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t3:o1:1
# text = The king decided
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Senate was closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t3:o2:1
# text = The Senate was closed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	closed	close	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 | **close** | past · passive |  | the Senate |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Neither could act alone, so it was blocked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t3:o3:1
# text = Neither could act alone, so it was blocked
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	act	act	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | could |  |  |  |  |  | alone, neither *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **block** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The first consul won anyway and marched off to war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic:t3:o4:1
# text = The first consul won anyway and marched off to war
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	consul	consul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | the first consul |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **march off** | past | the first consul *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to war *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to war=Result |

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