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title: Ascertain the principal means whereby Islam was conveyed to the Indo… — What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, hor… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal means whereby Islam was conveyed to the Indonesian archipelago. Exam question 4 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 4 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…

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Ascertain the principal means whereby Islam was conveyed to the Indonesian archipelago.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, convey · **To what, where:** principal, Islam, Indonesian archipelago · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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/71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal means whereby Islam was conveyed to the Indonesian archipelago.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Indonesian	indonesian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | infinitive |  | the principal |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent principal=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **convey** | past · passive |  | Islam | the Indonesian archipelago |  |  | whereby *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to archipelago=Recipient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through the Spanish voyages of the sixteenth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:e4:o1:1
# text = Through the Spanish voyages of the sixteenth century
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	voyages	voyage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sixteenth	sixteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **voyage** |  |  | the sixteenth century |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through a single military conquest by Arabian armies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:e4:o2:1
# text = Through a single military conquest by Arabian armies
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through radio broadcasts in the twentieth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:e4:o3:1
# text = Through radio broadcasts in the twentieth century
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	broadcasts	broadcast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through merchants and teachers from the thirteenth century onwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:e4:o4:1
# text = Through merchants and teachers from the thirteenth century onwards
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	thirteenth	thirteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	onwards	onwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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