--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The Islamic golden age and the wider m… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad? Exam question 2 of lesson 22 «The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/e2/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The Islamic golden age and the wider m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, contribute · **To what, where:** contribution, Baghdad, House This is exam question 2 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 contribution contribution NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Wisdom Wisdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Baghdad Baghdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the contribution of the House of Wisdom | | Baghdad | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **contribute** | | | the House of Wisdom | | | | | nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The invention of the printing press ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e2:o1:1 # text = The invention of the printing press 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | | | the printing press | | | | | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The conquest of China ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e2:o2:1 # text = The conquest of China 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The translation of Greek, Persian and Indian works into Arabic ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e2:o3:1 # text = The translation of Greek, Persian and Indian works into Arabic 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Persian persian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 9 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | the translation of Greek | | | Arabic | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into arabic=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} The construction of castles throughout Europe ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e2:o4:1 # text = The construction of castles throughout Europe 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 construction construction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 castles castle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **construct** | | | castles | | | throughout Europe | | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient throughout=obl | **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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