Exam question 2 · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, contribute · To what, where: contribution, Baghdad, House

This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 contribution	det
10	contribution	contribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 House	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 House	det
13	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 contribution	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Wisdom	case
15	Wisdom	Wisdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 House	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 Baghdad	case
17	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the contribution of the House of Wisdom	Baghdad	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	contribute		the House of Wisdom			nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The invention of the printing press

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 invention	det
2	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 press	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 press	det
5	printing	printing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 press	compound
6	press	press	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent			the printing press					nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The conquest of China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conquest	det
2	conquest	conquest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 China	case
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conquest	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The translation of Greek, Persian and Indian works into Arabic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 translation	det
2	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 works	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Greek	case
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 translation	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Persian	punct
6	Persian	persian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Greek	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Indian	cc
8	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Greek	conj
9	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 Arabic	case
11	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	the translation of Greek			Arabic			vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into arabic=Product

Option 4

The construction of castles throughout Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 castles	case
4	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	6 Europe	case
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			castles			throughout Europe		nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient throughout=obl

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