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title: What was the precise consequence of the prolonged drought upon the r… — Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the precise consequence of the prolonged drought upon the rivers and springs of the forest? Exam question 2 of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

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What was the precise consequence of the prolonged drought upon the rivers and springs of the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, prolong · **To what, where:** precise consequence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» of the books 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/books/1260-pg3282-part61/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e2:1
# text = What was the precise consequence of the prolonged drought upon the rivers and springs of the forest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	drought	drought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	springs	spring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the precise consequence |  |  |  | of the prolonged drought upon the rivers and springs of the forest | tree rules |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: 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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They dried up completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e2:o1:1
# text = They dried up completely
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry up** | past | They |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were almost all gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e2:o2:1
# text = They were almost all gone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | all, gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were drained of every drop of water until the forest floor was baked hard

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e2:o3:1
# text = They were drained of every drop of water until the forest floor was baked hard
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	drained	drain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
15	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | of every drop of water | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme of drop=Source |
| 2 | **bake** | past · passive |  | the forest floor |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They turned into dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e2:o4:1
# text = They turned into dust
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | They |  |  | dust |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into dust=Trajectory |

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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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