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title: Roman wealth depended on unfree people. Which shows that? — Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Roman wealth depended on unfree people. Which shows that? Test 10 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

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Roman wealth depended on unfree people. Which shows that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Roman wealth · **What happens:** depend, show · **To what, where:** that

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This is test 10 of lesson 15 «Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity» 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/15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Roman wealth depended on unfree people.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t10:1
# text = Roman wealth depended on unfree people.
1	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	depended	depend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	unfree	unfree	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | past | Roman wealth |  |  |  |  | on unfree people | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on people=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which shows that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t10:2
# text = Which shows that?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Everyone in Rome was paid well for every job they did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t10:o1:1
# text = Everyone in Rome was paid well for every job they did
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | Everyone |  |  |  | for every job; well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for job=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | they | every job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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

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Enslaved people worked houses, fields and mines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t10:o2:1
# text = Enslaved people worked houses, fields and mines
1	Enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enslave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | past | Enslaved people | houses and fields and mines |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent house=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Slavery was banned in Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t10:o3:1
# text = Slavery was banned in Rome
1	Slavery	slavery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · passive |  | Slavery |  | Rome |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only animals did any heavy work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t10:o4:1
# text = Only animals did any heavy work
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | animals | any heavy work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |

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