Test 3 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

Why does every computer program depend on a word from a scholar in Baghdad?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, depend · To what, where: computer program

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 depend	advcl
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 program	det
4	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 program	compound
5	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 word	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depend	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 scholar	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 scholar	det
12	scholar	scholar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depend	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Baghdad	case
14	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 depend	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 depend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		every computer program					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent program=Eventuality
2	depend	present						from a scholar; in Baghdad; on a word	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on word=Theme

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

Every program is written in Arabic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 program	det
2	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Arabic	case
6	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		every program		Arabic			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in arabic=Destination

Option 2

Al-Khwarizmi built the very first computer out of brass and wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Al	Al	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 built	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Khwarizmi	punct
3	Khwarizmi	Khwarizmi	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Al	flat
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 computer	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 first	advmod
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 computer	amod
8	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	11 brass	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 brass	case
11	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wood	cc
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brass	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Al	the first computer		brass and wood			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Product

Option 3

Computers were invented in Baghdad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 invented	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	aux:pass
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Baghdad	case
5	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		Computers		Baghdad			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Programs run on algorithms, named after al-Khwarizmi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Programs	program	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 run	nsubj
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 algorithms	case
4	algorithms	algorithm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 run	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 named	punct
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 algorithms	acl
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 Khwarizmi	case
8	al	Al	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Khwarizmi	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 al	punct
10	Khwarizmi	Khwarizmi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Programs			algorithms			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on algorithm=Trajectory
2	name	participle		algorithms not said here			after al Khwarizmi		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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