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title: Why was a fire in the insulae so dangerous? — Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was a fire in the insulae so dangerous? Test 8 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 8 · Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity

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Why was a fire in the insulae so dangerous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** fire

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t8:1
# text = Why was a fire in the insulae so dangerous?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	insulae	insulae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	nsubj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | a fire |  |  |  |  | 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 flats were made of ice and melted in the heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t8:o1:1
# text = The flats were made of ice and melted in the heat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flats	flat	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	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the flats |  |  |  | of ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  | the heat |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Firefighters were not allowed in by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t8:o2:1
# text = Firefighters were not allowed in by law
1	Firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow in** | past · passive | law | Firefighters |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many people lived crowded together in tall blocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t8:o3:1
# text = Many people lived crowded together in tall blocks
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	crowded	crowd	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	blocks	block	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crowd together** | past · passive |  | Many people |  | tall blocks |  | together *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in block=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody lived there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity:t8:o4:1
# text = Nobody lived there
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Nobody |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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