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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the price of gold in Cairo subsequent to the pilgrimage of Mansa Musa. Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the price of gold in Cairo subsequent to the pilgrimage of Mansa Musa.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, price, Cairo subsequent

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the price of gold in Cairo subsequent to the pilgrimage of Mansa Musa.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Mansa	Mansa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	Musa	Musa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the price of gold |  | Cairo subsequent to the pilgrimage of Mansa |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus price=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It fell, owing to the quantity of gold he distributed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e3:o1:1
# text = It fell, owing to the quantity of gold he distributed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the quantity of gold *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to quantity=Goal |
| 3 | **distribute** | past | he | the quantity of gold *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It remained wholly unaltered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e3:o2:1
# text = It remained wholly unaltered
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | It |  |  |  |  | unaltered, wholly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It rose sharply, owing to a shortage throughout the region

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e3:o3:1
# text = It rose sharply, owing to a shortage throughout the region
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shortage	shortage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | It |  |  |  |  | sharply *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund |  |  |  |  | throughout the region | to a shortage *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to shortage=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gold was thereafter prohibited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e3:o4:1
# text = Gold was thereafter prohibited
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | past · passive |  | Gold |  |  |  | thereafter *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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