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# Exam question 2 · Trade: why people swap, and the great trade routes

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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 70 «Trade: why people swap, and the great trade routes» 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/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes: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 routes along which goods passed through many hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:e2:o1:1
# text = A network of routes along which goods passed through many hands
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nmod	_	_
8	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | a network of routes  which goods |  |  | many hands |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through hand=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A single paved highway travelled end to end by each merchant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:e2:o2:1
# text = A single paved highway travelled end to end by each merchant
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	5	nsubj	_	_
5	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | **travel** | past | a single paved highway | end |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme end=Trajectory |
| 3 | **end** | to-infinitive | a single paved highway *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by each merchant | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A railway constructed in 1877 between Beijing and Venice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:e2:o3:1
# text = A railway constructed in 1877 between Beijing and Venice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1877	1877	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** | participle |  | a railway *not said here* |  | 1877 |  | between Beijing and Venice | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A canal conveying silk from China to Rome by barge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes:e2:o4:1
# text = A canal conveying silk from China to Rome by barge
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	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	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 | China |  | by barge | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent silk=Theme from china=Initial\_Location to rome=Destination |

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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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