--- title: Identify the religion that, originating in India, was transmitted in… — China: the Silk Road and the Tang · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the religion that, originating in India, was transmitted into China by way of the Silk Road. Exam question 2 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 ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/e2/) [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/) / [China: the Silk Road and the Tang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · China: the Silk Road and the Tang Identify the religion that, originating in India, was transmitted into China by way of the Silk Road. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, religion, way · **What happens:** identify, originate, transmit · **To what, where:** religion, India, China This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e2:1 # text = Identify the religion that, originating in India, was transmitted into China by way of the Silk Road. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 originating originate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 transmitted transmit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Silk Silk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Road Road PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the religion | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent religion=Theme | | 2 | **originate** | gerund | the religion | | | India | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **transmit** | past · passive | way of the Silk Road | | | China | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Philosophical Daoism ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e2:o1:1 # text = Philosophical Daoism 1 Philosophical philosophical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Daoism Daoism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Shinto of Japan ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e2:o2:1 # text = The Shinto of Japan 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Shinto Shinto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Confucianism ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e2:o3:1 # text = Confucianism 1 Confucianism Confucianism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Buddhism ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:e2:o4:1 # text = Buddhism 1 Buddhism Buddhism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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