Test 3 · ★★ · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius

What would happen if a Roman learned the secret of the silkworms?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Roman · What happens: happen, learn · To what, where: secret

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 learned	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Roman	det
6	Roman	Roman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 learned	nsubj
7	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learned	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 silkworms	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 silkworms	det
12	silkworms	silkworm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 secret	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	learn a condition, not said to happen	past	a Roman	the secret of the silkworms					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=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

Option 1

China would grow richer than ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grow	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 grow	xcomp
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	China					rich property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Silk could be made outside China and get cheaper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 get	cc
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	conj
9	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	could · passive		Silk				outside China	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	get	infinitive						cheap property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Silkworms would stop spinning and die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silkworms	silkworm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 die	cc
6	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stop	would	Silkworms	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	spin	gerund	Silkworms not said here	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	die	present	Silkworms not said here	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

Nothing changes, silk was free anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 free	punct
4	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 free	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 free	cop
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 changes	ccomp
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 free	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Nothing						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	silk					anyway, free property	tree rules

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