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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Silk Road? Exam question 1 of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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.
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# Exam question 1 · China: the Silk Road and the Tang

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Silk Road?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises 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	11	det	_	_
10	Silk	Silk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Road	Road	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 Silk Road |  |  |  | of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A network of overland and maritime routes, traversed by merchants of numerous peoples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e1:o1:1
# text = A network of overland and maritime routes, traversed by merchants of numerous peoples
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	maritime	maritime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	traversed	traverse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **traverse** | participle · passive | merchants of numerous peoples | a network of overland routes |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A canal linking Beijing with Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e1:o2:1
# text = A canal linking Beijing with Rome
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	linking	link	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	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 | **link** | gerund | a canal *not said here* | Beijing |  |  |  | with Rome | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent beijing=Patient with rome=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A route reserved exclusively for the trade in silk and forbidden to all other merchandise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e1:o3:1
# text = A route reserved exclusively for the trade in silk and forbidden to all other merchandise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	merchandise	merchandise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | participle |  | a route *not said here* |  |  |  | for the trade in silk; exclusively *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for trade=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **forbid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to all other merchandise | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A single paved highway constructed by the Tang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e1:o4:1
# text = A single paved highway constructed by the Tang
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	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Tang	Tang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 | **construct** | participle |  | a single paved highway *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Tang | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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