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title: Felix's poster says "Julius Caesar, first emperor of Rome". What sho… — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: Felix's poster says "Julius Caesar, first emperor of Rome". What should it say? Test 8 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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 8 · Kings, queens and emperors

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Felix's poster says "Julius Caesar, first emperor of Rome". What should it say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** poster, Felix, it · **What happens:** say, post · **To what, where:** Julius · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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/myths/19-kings-queens-and-emperors/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Felix's poster says "Julius Caesar, first emperor of Rome".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t8:1
# text = Felix's poster says "Julius Caesar, first emperor of Rome".
1	Felix	Felix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Julius	Julius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
10	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Felix's poster | Julius |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent julius=Topic |
| 2 | **post** |  | Felix |  |  |  |  |  | nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should it say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t8:2
# text = What should it say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Julius Caesar, first king of Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t8:o1:1
# text = Julius Caesar, first king of Rome
1	Julius	Julius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome; Augustus was the first emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t8:o2:1
# text = Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome; Augustus was the first emperor
1	Julius	Julius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dictator	dictator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	Augustus	Augustus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Augustus | the first emperor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Julius Caesar, first emperor of Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t8:o3:1
# text = Julius Caesar, first emperor of Egypt
1	Julius	Julius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is right, so it should not change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t8:o4:1
# text = It is right, so it should not change
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **change** | should | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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