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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome? Exam question 2 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 
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# Exam question 2 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** dwellings

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the dwellings of the majority of the population of Rome |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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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Tents disposed outside the walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e2:o1:1
# text = Tents disposed outside the walls
1	Tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispose** | participle |  | Tents *not said here* |  |  |  | outside the walls | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Caverns beneath the seven hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e2:o2:1
# text = Caverns beneath the seven hills
1	Caverns	cavern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spacious villas with gardens and mosaics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e2:o3:1
# text = Spacious villas with gardens and mosaics
1	Spacious	spacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	villas	villa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mosaics	mosaic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Crowded tenement blocks termed insulae

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:e2:o4:1
# text = Crowded tenement blocks termed insulae
1	Crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	tenement	tenement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	blocks	block	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	termed	term	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	insulae	insulae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | participle |  | Crowded tenement blocks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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