--- title: How did Ibn Battuta's book help historians today? — The Islamic golden age and the wider m… · tree and pragmatics description: How did Ibn Battuta's book help historians today? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world How did Ibn Battuta's book help historians today? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** book · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** historians This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t9:1 # text = How did Ibn Battuta's book help historians today? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Ibn Ibn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 Battuta Battuta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 6 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 historians historian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **help** | present | Ibn's book | historians | | | today | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent historian=Beneficiary | 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 {#o1} It gave the rules of jousting for knights ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t9:o1:1 # text = It gave the rules of jousting for knights 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 jousting joust VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | It | the rules | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | | 2 | **joust** | gerund | the rules *not said here* | | | | | for knights | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was a map of the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t9:o2:1 # text = It was a map of the Moon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a map | | | | of the Moon | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It describes many lands of the medieval world he saw ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t9:o3:1 # text = It describes many lands of the medieval world he saw 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | It | many lands of the medieval world | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | he | the medieval world *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was a book of sums and puzzles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:22-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world:t9:o4:1 # text = It was a book of sums and puzzles 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sums sum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 puzzles puzzle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a book | | | | of sums and puzzles | tree rules | **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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