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title: Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to s… — The Islamic golden age and the wider m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to see. Who proved this wrong long ago? Test 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 question and of each op
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

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Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to see. Who proved this wrong long ago?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little sister, eyes · **What happens:** think, shoot out, see, prove · **To what, where:** beams · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world» of the history 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/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to see.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t2:1
# text = Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to see.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shoot	shoot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	beams	beam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	superhero	superhero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Your little sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **shoot out** | present | eyes | beams |  |  |  | like a superhero | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | eyes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who proved this wrong long ago?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t2:2
# text = Who proved this wrong long ago?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proved	prove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | past |  |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Genghis Khan, who rode horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t2:o1:1
# text = Genghis Khan, who rode horses
1	Genghis	Genghis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Khan	Khan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | Genghis | horses |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ibn Battuta, who travelled to China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t2:o2:1
# text = Ibn Battuta, who travelled to China
1	Ibn	Ibn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Battuta	Battuta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | Ibn |  | China |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to china=Destination |

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

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Ibn al-Haytham, who showed light enters the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t2:o3:1
# text = Ibn al-Haytham, who showed light enters the eyes
1	Ibn	Ibn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	al	Al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Haytham	Haytham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | Ibn |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **enter** | present | light | the eyes |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mansa Musa, who studied gold and how it shines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t2:o4:1
# text = Mansa Musa, who studied gold and how it shines
1	Mansa	Mansa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Musa	Musa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	studied	study	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	shines	shine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | past | Mansa | gold |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |
| 2 | **shine** | present | gold |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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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