---
title: Why does every computer program depend on a word from a scholar in B… — The Islamic golden age and the wider m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does every computer program depend on a word from a scholar in Baghdad? Test 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
---

<!-- md -->
[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/t3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t3

# Test 3 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why does every computer program depend on a word from a scholar in Baghdad?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, depend · **To what, where:** computer program

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t3:1
# text = Why does every computer program depend on a word from a scholar in Baghdad?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | every computer program |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent program=Eventuality |
| 2 | **depend** | present |  |  |  |  |  | from a scholar; in Baghdad; on a word | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on word=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every program is written in Arabic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t3:o1:1
# text = Every program is written in Arabic
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | every program |  | Arabic |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in arabic=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Al-Khwarizmi built the very first computer out of brass and wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t3:o2:1
# text = Al-Khwarizmi built the very first computer out of brass and wood
1	Al	Al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Khwarizmi	Khwarizmi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Al | the first computer |  | brass and wood |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Computers were invented in Baghdad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t3:o3:1
# text = Computers were invented in Baghdad
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | Computers |  | Baghdad |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Programs run on algorithms, named after al-Khwarizmi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t3:o4:1
# text = Programs run on algorithms, named after al-Khwarizmi
1	Programs	program	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	algorithms	algorithm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	al	Al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Khwarizmi	Khwarizmi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Programs |  |  | algorithms |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on algorithm=Trajectory |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  | algorithms *not said here* |  |  | after al Khwarizmi |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The Islamic golden age and the wider m…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/t2/)
- next →: [The Islamic golden age and the wider m…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/t4/)
- ↑ back to [The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world/)