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title: Owen says Romans had vomitoriums for being sick at feasts. What was… — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Owen says Romans had vomitoriums for being sick at feasts. What was a vomitorium for? Test 3 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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 3 · Ancient times and famous stories

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Owen says Romans had vomitoriums for being sick at feasts. What was a vomitorium for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Owen, Romans, vomitoriums · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** vomitoriums, feasts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Owen says Romans had vomitoriums for being sick at feasts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t3:1
# text = Owen says Romans had vomitoriums for being sick at feasts.
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	vomitoriums	vomitorium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Owen |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | past | Romans | vomitoriums |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vomitorium=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | vomitoriums *not said here* |  |  | feasts |  | sick *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was a vomitorium for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t3:2
# text = What was a vomitorium for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
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	vomitorium	vomitorium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for a vomitorium | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Storing leftover food after feasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t3:o1:1
# text = Storing leftover food after feasts
1	Storing	store	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	leftover	leftover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | gerund |  | leftover food |  |  | after feasts |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Training gladiators before fights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t3:o2:1
# text = Training gladiators before fights
1	Training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	gladiators	gladiator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Letting crowds pour out of a stadium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t3:o3:1
# text = Letting crowds pour out of a stadium
1	Letting	let	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stadium	stadium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pour out** | infinitive | Letting crowds | a stadium |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stadium=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keeping lions under the arena

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t3:o4:1
# text = Keeping lions under the arena
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	arena	arena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | lions |  | the arena |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lion=Theme under arena=Location |

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