Exam question 2 · The Silk Road

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the routes hereinafter designated the Silk Road?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 routes	det
10	routes	route	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 designated	nsubj
11	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	_	12 designated	advmod
12	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Road	det
14	Silk	Silk	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Road	compound
15	Road	Road	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 designated	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	past	the routes	the Silk Road	hereinafter property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A network of overland routes along which goods passed between successive markets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 network	det
2	network	network	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 passed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 routes	case
4	overland	overland	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 routes	amod
5	routes	route	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 network	nmod
6	along	along	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 goods	det
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 routes	nmod
9	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	between	between	ADP	_	12 markets	case
11	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 markets	amod
12	markets	market	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	a network of overland routes which goods			successive markets			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between market=Location

Option 2

A canal excavated between China and the Mediterranean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 canal	det
2	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	excavated	excavate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 canal	acl
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 China	case
5	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 excavated	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Mediterranean	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mediterranean	det
8	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 China	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excavate	participle		a canal not said here		China and the Mediterranean			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between china=Location

Option 3

A single paved highway traversed in full by every merchant from China to the Mediterranean

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 highway	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 highway	amod
3	paved	pave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 highway	amod
4	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	traversed	traverse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 highway	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 full	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 traversed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 merchant	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 traversed	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 China	case
12	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 merchant	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 Mediterranean	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mediterranean	det
15	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 merchant	nmod

#	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	traverse	participle		a single paved highway not said here		full		by every merchant from China to the Mediterranean	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A maritime passage circumnavigating the continent of Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 passage	det
2	maritime	maritime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 passage	amod
3	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	circumnavigating	circumnavigate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 passage	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 continent	det
6	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 circumnavigating	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Africa	case
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 continent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circumnavigate	gerund	a maritime passage not said here	the continent of Africa					tree rules

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