--- title: Why do many roads in Europe today still follow Roman routes? — Rome: the empire, the legions and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do many roads in Europe today still follow Roman routes? Test 5 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/t5/) [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: the empire, the legions and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads Why do many roads in Europe today still follow Roman routes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many roads · **What happens:** do, follow · **To what, where:** Roman routes This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t5:1 # text = Why do many roads in Europe today still follow Roman routes? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 routes route NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many roads in Europe today *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **follow** | present | many roads in Europe today | Roman routes | | | still | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent route=Theme | 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} Roman roads were made of gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t5:o1:1 # text = Roman roads were made of gold 1 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | Roman roads | | | | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Romans banned anyone from building new roads ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t5:o2:1 # text = The Romans banned anyone from building new roads 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 banned ban VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 building build VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | past | the Romans | anyone | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anyone=Theme | | 2 | **build** | gerund | | new roads | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset road=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Romans chose good straight lines and built them well ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t5:o3:1 # text = The Romans chose good straight lines and built them well 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | the Romans | good straight lines | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme | | 2 | **build** | past | the Romans *not said here* | lines *= line* | | | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Roads can never be moved, even a little ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t5:o4:1 # text = Roads can never be moved, even a little 1 Roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **move** | can · passive | | Roads | | | | a little *obl* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | **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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