Test 7 · The Silk Road

Why did the Mongols make travel easier?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mongols · What happens: make · To what, where: travel

This is test 7 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 make	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Mongols	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mongols	det
4	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
7	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the Mongols	travel				easy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent travel=Product

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

One power ruled most of the routes and kept them safer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 power	nummod
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ruled	nsubj
3	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 ruled	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 routes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 routes	det
7	routes	route	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 most	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ruled	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kept	obj
11	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 ruled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	One power	most of the routes				safe property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme
2	keep	past	One power not said here	routes = route					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

They gave every trader a free camel and a guard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 trader	det
4	trader	trader	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 camel	det
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 camel	amod
7	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 guard	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 guard	det
10	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 camel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	every trader					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent trader=Recipient camel=Theme

Option 3

They removed all the deserts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 deserts	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deserts	det
5	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	They	all deserts					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Theme

Option 4

They built a long railway across the whole of Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 railway	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 railway	amod
5	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	10 Asia	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Asia	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Asia	amod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Asia	case
10	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	They	a long railway		the whole Asia			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset railway=Product

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