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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Rome: the empire, the legions and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Boudica. Exam question 4 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 right
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# Exam question 4 · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Boudica.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Boudica.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
10	Boudica	Boudica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A queen of the Iceni who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e4:o1:1
# text = A queen of the Iceni who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Iceni	Iceni	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	revolt	revolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | a queen of the Iceni | a revolt |  | Roman rule in Britain |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revolt=Theme against rule=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The architect of Hadrian's Wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e4:o2:1
# text = The architect of Hadrian's Wall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	architect	architect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Hadrian	Hadrian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	Wall	Wall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The first empress of Rome, wife of Augustus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e4:o3:1
# text = The first empress of Rome, wife of Augustus
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	empress	empress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Augustus	Augustus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A general of Carthage who fought beside Hannibal against Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:e4:o4:1
# text = A general of Carthage who fought beside Hannibal against Rome
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Carthage	Carthage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hannibal	Hannibal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | a general of Carthage |  |  | Hannibal |  | against Rome | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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