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title: Ascertain the circumstances under which the Mughal Empire was establ… — The Mughals, the Ming and the empires… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the circumstances under which the Mughal Empire was established. Exam question 2 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» 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 righ
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# Exam question 2 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia

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Ascertain the circumstances under which the Mughal Empire was established.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, establish · **To what, where:** circumstances, Mughal Empire

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the circumstances under which the Mughal Empire was established.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Mughal	Mughal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstances |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic |
| 2 | **establish** | past · passive |  | the Mughal Empire |  | the circumstances |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Safavids founded it in 1501

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e2:o1:1
# text = The Safavids founded it in 1501
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Safavids	safavid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	founded	found	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1501	1501	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | past | the Safavids | it |  | 1501 |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shah Jahan purchased it from the Kingdom of Portugal in 1632

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e2:o2:1
# text = Shah Jahan purchased it from the Kingdom of Portugal in 1632
1	Shah	Shah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Jahan	Jahan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1632	1632	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | past | Shah | it |  | the Kingdom of Portugal |  | in 1632 | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from kingdom=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi at Panipat in 1526

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e2:o3:1
# text = Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi at Panipat in 1526
1	Babur	Babur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	defeated	defeat	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	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Panipat	Panipat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1526	1526	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past | Babur | the Sultan of Delhi |  | Panipat |  | in 1526 | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Akbar inherited it from the Ming in 1556

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:e2:o4:1
# text = Akbar inherited it from the Ming in 1556
1	Akbar	Akbar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	inherited	inherit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Ming	Ming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1556	1556	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inherit** | past | Akbar | it |  | the Ming |  | in 1556 | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from ming=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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