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title: so the legions got land or cash when they quit after 25 yrs? — Rome: the empire, the legions and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the legions got land or cash when they quit after 25 yrs? Test 9 · ★ 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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# Test 9 · ★ · Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads

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so the legions got land or cash when they quit after 25 yrs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** legions · **What happens:** get, quit · **To what, where:** land

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t9:1
# text = so the legions got land or cash when they quit after 25 yrs?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	legions	legion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	quit	quit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	yrs	year	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the legions | land or cash |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus |
| 2 | **quit** | present | legions *= legion* |  |  |  | year |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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No, they got nothing at all, not even thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t9:o1:1
# text = No, they got nothing at all, not even thanks
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they | nothing |  | all |  | thanks *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, and many settled in the provinces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, and many settled in the provinces
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	provinces	province	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | past | many |  |  | the provinces |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in province=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They became kings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t9:o3:1
# text = They became kings
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | They | kings |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had to go back to Rome forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads:t9:o4:1
# text = They had to go back to Rome forever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go back** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  | Rome |  |  | forever *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to rome=Result |

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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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