--- title: Kilwa was very rich in the 1300s. What happened to it in 1505? — The spice trade and the Indian Ocean · tree and pragmatics description: Kilwa was very rich in the 1300s. What happened to it in 1505? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [The spice trade and the Indian Ocean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The spice trade and the Indian Ocean Kilwa was very rich in the 1300s. What happened to it in 1505? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kilwa · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** 1300s, it, 1505 This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» of the geography 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/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kilwa was very rich in the 1300s. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t11:1 # text = Kilwa was very rich in the 1300s. 1 Kilwa Kilwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 1300s 1300 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Kilwa | | | the 1300s | | rich *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happened to it in 1505? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t11:2 # text = What happened to it in 1505? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1505 1505 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | it | 1505 | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1505=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It became the capital of China ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t11:o1:1 # text = It became the capital of China 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | It | the capital of China | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It sank into the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t11:o2:1 # text = It sank into the sea 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | It | | | the sea | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was bought by the Dutch for gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t11:o3:1 # text = It was bought by the Dutch for gold 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Dutch dutch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past · passive | the Dutch for gold | It | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It was sacked by the Portuguese ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t11:o4:1 # text = It was sacked by the Portuguese 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sacked sack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Portuguese Portuguese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sack** | past · passive | the Portuguese | It | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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