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title: Identify the extent of the Roman Empire at its greatest dimensions. — Rome: the empire, the legions and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the extent of the Roman Empire at its greatest dimensions. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads» 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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# Exam question 1 · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

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Identify the extent of the Roman Empire at its greatest dimensions.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, extend · **To what, where:** extent, greatest dimensions, Roman Empire

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e1:1
# text = Identify the extent of the Roman Empire at its greatest dimensions.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the extent of the Roman Empire |  | Empire's greatest dimensions |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent extent=Theme |
| 2 | **extend** |  |  | the Roman Empire |  |  |  |  | nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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From Gaul in the west as far as China in the east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e1:o1:1
# text = From Gaul in the west as far as China in the east
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Gaul	Gaul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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From Britain to Egypt and from Spain to Syria

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e1:o2:1
# text = From Britain to Egypt and from Spain to Syria
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Syria	Syria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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From Iceland to India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e1:o3:1
# text = From Iceland to India
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Iceland	Iceland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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From Italy to Greece only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e1:o4:1
# text = From Italy to Greece only
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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