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description: Identify the volcanic eruption whereby the town of Pompeii was interred in the year 79. Exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

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Identify the volcanic eruption whereby the town of Pompeii was interred in the year 79.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, inter · **To what, where:** volcanic eruption, town

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity» 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/15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e1:1
# text = Identify the volcanic eruption whereby the town of Pompeii was interred in the year 79.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Pompeii	Pompeii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	interred	inter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	79	79	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 volcanic eruption |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent eruption=Theme |
| 2 | **inter** | past · passive |  | the town of Pompeii |  |  | year | whereby *property* | tree rules |

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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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The eruption of Etna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e1:o1:1
# text = The eruption of Etna
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Etna	Etna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** |  | Etna |  |  |  |  |  | nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The eruption of Hekla

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e1:o2:1
# text = The eruption of Hekla
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hekla	Hekla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** |  | Hekla |  |  |  |  |  | nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eruption of Krakatoa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e1:o3:1
# text = The eruption of Krakatoa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Krakatoa	Krakatoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** |  | Krakatoa |  |  |  |  |  | nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The eruption of Vesuvius

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e1:o4:1
# text = The eruption of Vesuvius
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Vesuvius	Vesuvius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** |  | Vesuvius |  |  |  |  |  | nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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