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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Why some places grew rich · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences for Spain of the silver of Potosí? Exam question 2 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 option; Mov
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# Exam question 2 · Why some places grew rich

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences for Spain of the silver of Potosí?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** consequences

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences for Spain of the silver of Potosí?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Potosí	Potosí	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the consequences |  |  |  | of the following statements; for Spain of the silver of Potosí; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was wholly distributed among the Spanish peasantry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e2:o1:1
# text = It was wholly distributed among the Spanish peasantry
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distribute** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | among the Spanish peasantry; wholly *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme among peasantry=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Much was expended upon wars, prices rose, and a great part passed onward to China

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e2:o2:1
# text = Much was expended upon wars, prices rose, and a great part passed onward to China
1	Much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	expended	expend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
15	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expend** | past · passive |  | Much |  |  |  | upon wars | tree rules |
| 2 | **rise** | past | prices | wars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location war=Theme |
| 3 | **pass** | participle | a great part |  |  | China |  | onward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to china=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was never transported out of the Americas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e2:o3:1
# text = It was never transported out of the Americas
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	transported	transport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **transport** | past · passive |  | It |  | the Americas |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme out americas=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It ensured permanent and unrivalled prosperity for Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:e2:o4:1
# text = It ensured permanent and unrivalled prosperity for Spain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ensured	ensure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	unrivalled	unrivalled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | past | It | permanent prosperity |  |  |  | for Spain | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition prosperity=Theme for spain=Beneficiary |

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**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.

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