--- title: What would have happened to many Greek books if nobody had translate… — The Islamic golden age and the wider m… · tree and pragmatics description: What would have happened to many Greek books if nobody had translated them into Arabic? Test 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 of each option; Mova's cho --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world What would have happened to many Greek books if nobody had translated them into Arabic? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Arabic · **What happens:** happen, translate · **To what, where:** nobody This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t4:1 # text = What would have happened to many Greek books if nobody had translated them into Arabic? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | | | | to many Greek books | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **translate** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | Arabic | nobody | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Many would probably have been lost for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t4:o1:1 # text = Many would probably have been lost for ever 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would · perfect · passive | | Many | | | | probably *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They would have turned into Latin by themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t4:o2:1 # text = They would have turned into Latin by themselves 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Latin Latin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would · perfect | They | | | Latin | | by themselves *= they* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into latin=Source by themselves=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would have been written in English ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t4:o3:1 # text = They would have been written in English 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | would · perfect · passive | | They | | English | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in english=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, everyone in Europe read Greek ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t4:o4:1 # text = Nothing, everyone in Europe read Greek 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 conj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | Nothing | | | | | greek *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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