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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called Silk Road? Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called Silk Road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, call · **To what, where:** called Silk Road · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» 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/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called 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	14	det	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	Silk	Silk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 called Silk Road |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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A network of overland trade routes linking China with Persia and the Mediterranean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:e2:o1:1
# text = A network of overland trade routes linking China with Persia and the Mediterranean
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	linking	link	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **link** | gerund | overland trade routes *not said here* | China |  |  |  | with Persia and the Mediterranean | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent china=Patient with persia=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A canal conveying silk from the Yellow River to Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:e2:o2:1
# text = A canal conveying silk from the Yellow River to Rome
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conveying	convey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Yellow	Yellow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | gerund | a canal *not said here* | silk | Rome | the Yellow River |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent silk=Theme from river=Initial\_Location to rome=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fortification upon the northern frontier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:e2:o3:1
# text = A fortification upon the northern frontier
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fortification	fortification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A single paved highway lying wholly within China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:e2:o4:1
# text = A single paved highway lying wholly within China
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	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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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 | **lie** | gerund | a single paved highway *not said here* |  |  |  |  | within China; wholly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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