--- title: If diseases also travelled along the Silk Road, what does that tell… — China: the Silk Road and the Tang · tree and pragmatics description: If diseases also travelled along the Silk Road, what does that tell us? Test 7 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · China: the Silk Road and the Tang If diseases also travelled along the Silk Road, what does that tell us? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** diseases, that · **What happens:** travel, tell · **To what, where:** Silk Road, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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/54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t7:1 # text = If diseases also travelled along the Silk Road, what does that tell us? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 diseases disease NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Silk Silk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Road Road PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | diseases | | | the Silk Road | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient what=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} Traders never got ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t7:o1:1 # text = Traders never got ill 1 Traders trader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | past | Traders | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Germs cannot travel ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t7:o2:1 # text = Germs cannot travel 1 Germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **travel** | can | Germs | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Trade routes carry germs as well as goods ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t7:o3:1 # text = Trade routes carry germs as well as goods 1 Trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 routes route NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 3 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Trade routes | germs | | | | as goods | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Only silk can travel ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:54-china-the-silk-road-and-the-tang:t7:o4:1 # text = Only silk can travel 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | can | silk | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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