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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the routes hereinafter designated the Silk Road? Exam question 2 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 2 · The Silk Road

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the routes hereinafter designated the Silk Road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** routes · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate · **To what, where:** Silk Road

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» of the geography 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/geography/28-the-silk-road/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the routes hereinafter designated the Silk Road?
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	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Silk	Silk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | past | the routes | the Silk Road |  |  |  | hereinafter *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A network of overland routes along which goods passed between successive markets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e2:o1:1
# text = A network of overland routes along which goods passed between successive markets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	_
9	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | a network of overland routes  which goods |  |  | successive markets |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between market=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A canal excavated between China and the Mediterranean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e2:o2:1
# text = A canal excavated between China and the Mediterranean
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	excavated	excavate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excavate** | participle |  | a canal *not said here* |  | China and the Mediterranean |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between china=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A single paved highway traversed in full by every merchant from China to the Mediterranean

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e2:o3:1
# text = A single paved highway traversed in full by every merchant from China to the Mediterranean
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	paved	pave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	highway	highway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	traversed	traverse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **traverse** | participle |  | a single paved highway *not said here* |  | full |  | by every merchant from China to the Mediterranean | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A maritime passage circumnavigating the continent of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e2:o4:1
# text = A maritime passage circumnavigating the continent of Africa
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	maritime	maritime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	circumnavigating	circumnavigate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circumnavigate** | gerund | a maritime passage *not said here* | the continent of Africa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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