Exam question 3 · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the price of gold in Cairo subsequent to the pilgrimage of Mansa Musa.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, price, Cairo subsequent

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 price	det
11	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 gold	case
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 price	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 subsequent	case
15	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 subsequent	compound
16	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 price	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 pilgrimage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 pilgrimage	det
19	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 subsequent	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Mansa	case
21	Mansa	Mansa	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 pilgrimage	nmod
22	Musa	Musa	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Mansa	flat
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the price of gold	Cairo subsequent to the pilgrimage of Mansa		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus price=Experiencer

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 right answer

It fell, owing to the quantity of gold he distributed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 owing	punct
4	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fell	advcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 quantity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 quantity	det
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owing	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 gold	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quantity	nmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 distributed	nsubj
11	distributed	distribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 quantity	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fall	past	It			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	owe	gerund			to the quantity of gold goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to quantity=Goal
3	distribute	past	he	the quantity of gold not said here		vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme

Option 2

It remained wholly unaltered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 remained	advmod
4	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remained	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	It					unaltered, wholly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It rose sharply, owing to a shortage throughout the region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rose	nsubj
2	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	2 rose	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 owing	punct
5	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rose	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 shortage	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shortage	det
8	shortage	shortage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	11 region	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 region	det
11	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	It					sharply property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	owe	gerund					throughout the region	to a shortage goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to shortage=Goal

Option 4

Gold was thereafter prohibited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
3	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	4 prohibited	advmod
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	past · passive		Gold				thereafter property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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