--- title: What would happen if a Roman learned the secret of the silkworms? — Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk R… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a Roman learned the secret of the silkworms? Test 3 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius What would happen if a Roman learned the secret of the silkworms? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Roman · **What happens:** happen, learn · **To what, where:** secret This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t3:1 # text = What would happen if a Roman learned the secret of the silkworms? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Roman Roman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 silkworms silkworm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **learn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a Roman | the secret of the silkworms | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic | 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} China would grow richer than ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t3:o1:1 # text = China would grow richer than ever 1 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | China | | | | | rich *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Silk could be made outside China and get cheaper ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t3:o2:1 # text = Silk could be made outside China and get cheaper 1 Silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 outside outside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | could · passive | | Silk | | | | outside China | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | | | | | | cheap *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Silkworms would stop spinning and die ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t3:o3:1 # text = Silkworms would stop spinning and die 1 Silkworms silkworm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | Silkworms | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **spin** | gerund | Silkworms *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **die** | present | Silkworms *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing changes, silk was free anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius:t3:o4:1 # text = Nothing changes, silk was free anyway 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | silk | | | | | anyway, free *property* | tree rules | **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. 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