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title: Arrows rain down on a group of soldiers. Which Roman trick helps? — Rome: the empire, the legions and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Arrows rain down on a group of soldiers. Which Roman trick helps? Test 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

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Arrows rain down on a group of soldiers. Which Roman trick helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Roman trick · **What happens:** trick, help

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 14 «Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads» 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/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arrows rain down on a group of soldiers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t4:1
# text = Arrows rain down on a group of soldiers.
1	Arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Which Roman trick helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t4:2
# text = Which Roman trick helps?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present | Roman trick |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Throwing away their shields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t4:o1:1
# text = Throwing away their shields
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shields	shield	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | gerund |  | their shields |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shield=Theme |

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

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Locking shields into a tortoise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t4:o2:1
# text = Locking shields into a tortoise
1	Locking	lock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shields	shield	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shield** | present |  |  |  | a tortoise |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lying down in a ditch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t4:o3:1
# text = Lying down in a ditch
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | gerund |  |  |  | a ditch |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ditch=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Running away in all directions as fast as possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t4:o4:1
# text = Running away in all directions as fast as possible
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | gerund |  |  |  | all directions |  | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory |

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