Test 1 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

dude says Arabic numerals were invented in Arabia obviously its in the name. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dude, Arabia · What happens: say, invent · To what, where: Arabic numerals, name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 numerals	compound
4	numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 invented	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 invented	aux:pass
6	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Arabia	case
8	Arabia	Arabia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 invented	obl:agent
9	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	6 invented	advmod
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 obviously	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 name	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 name	det
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
15	right	right	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	dude					right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	invent	past · passive	Arabia	Arabic numerals		the name		obviously property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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

No, they were first developed in India

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 developed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 developed	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 developed	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 developed	aux:pass
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 developed	advmod
6	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 India	case
8	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 developed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	past · passive		they		India		first property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

Yes, Mansa Musa invented them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Mansa	Mansa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 invented	nsubj
4	Musa	Musa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Mansa	flat
5	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 invented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	Mansa	them = they					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result

Option 3

Yes, they come only from Arabia and nowhere else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 Arabia	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Arabia	case
7	Arabia	Arabia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nowhere	cc
9	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 come	advmod
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 nowhere	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	they			Arabia		nowhere property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from arabia=Initial_Location

Option 4

No, they come from Rome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Rome	case
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	they			Rome			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from rome=Initial_Location

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