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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Silk Road · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diminished importance of the overland routes after about 1500. Exam question 3 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 o
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# Exam question 3 · The Silk Road

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diminished importance of the overland routes after about 1500.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, diminish · **To what, where:** response, diminished importance

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diminished importance of the overland routes after about 1500.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	diminished	diminish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
17	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	about	about	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	1500	1500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the diminished importance of the overland routes after 1500 |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus importance=Experiencer |
| 4 | **diminish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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The deserts of Central Asia became wholly impassable owing to a change of climate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e3:o1:1
# text = The deserts of Central Asia became wholly impassable owing to a change of climate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Central	Central	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	impassable	impassable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the deserts of Central Asia |  |  |  |  | impassable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund | the deserts of Central Asia *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a change of climate *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to change=Goal |
| 3 | **change** |  | climate |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The camel became extinct throughout Central Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e3:o2:1
# text = The camel became extinct throughout Central Asia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Central	Central	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the camel |  |  |  | throughout Central Asia | extinct *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

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A greater share of trade between Europe and Asia was conveyed by sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e3:o3:1
# text = A greater share of trade between Europe and Asia was conveyed by sea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past · passive | sea | a greater share of trade between Europe and Asia |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 2 | **share** |  |  | trade between Europe and Asia |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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China ceased altogether the production of goods for export

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:e3:o4:1
# text = China ceased altogether the production of goods for export
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	altogether	altogether	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	export	export	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | past | China |  |  |  |  | altogether the production of goods; for export | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **produce** |  |  | goods |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

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