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title: Identify the principal source of the prosperity of Venice between ap… — Why some places grew rich · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal source of the prosperity of Venice between approximately the years one thousand and fifteen hundred. Exam question 1 of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 1 · Why some places grew rich

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Identify the principal source of the prosperity of Venice between approximately the years one thousand and fifteen hundred.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal source

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» 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/72-why-some-places-grew-rich/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal source of the prosperity of Venice between approximately the years one thousand and fifteen hundred.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	compound	_	_
15	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	compound	_	_
18	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal source of the prosperity of Venice |  |  | year |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme |

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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}

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Tribute paid by the Chinese emperors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e1:o1:1
# text = Tribute paid by the Chinese emperors
1	Tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	emperors	emperor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle |  | Tribute *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Chinese emperors | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Extensive cultivation of grain upon the islands of the lagoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e1:o2:1
# text = Extensive cultivation of grain upon the islands of the lagoon
1	Extensive	extensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cultivate** |  |  | grain |  |  |  | upon the islands of the lagoon | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Commerce between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e1:o3:1
# text = Commerce between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean
1	Commerce	commerce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The extraction of gold from beneath the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e1:o4:1
# text = The extraction of gold from beneath the city
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	extraction	extraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extract** |  |  | gold |  | the city |  |  | nom extraction «process transitive»: of=patient from=place |

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