--- title: Ascertain the land in which the numerals nought to nine, commonly te… — The Islamic golden age and the wider m… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the land in which the numerals nought to nine, commonly termed Arabic, were originally developed. Exam question 4 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 question and o --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world Ascertain the land in which the numerals nought to nine, commonly termed Arabic, were originally developed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, term, develop · **To what, where:** land, Arabic, nought This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the land in which the numerals nought to nine, commonly termed Arabic, were originally developed. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 numerals numeral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 compound _ _ 8 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 18 nsubj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 termed term VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 14 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 originally originally ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 developed develop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic | | 2 | **term** | participle | | Arabic | | | | commonly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent arabic=Result | | 3 | **develop** | past · passive | | nought | | the land | | originally *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | 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} India ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e4:o1:1 # text = India 1 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Greece ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e4:o2:1 # text = Greece 1 Greece Greece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Arabia ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e4:o3:1 # text = Arabia 1 Arabia Arabia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Spain and Portugal ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:e4:o4:1 # text = Spain and Portugal 1 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Portugal Portugal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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