--- title: What was the principal consequence of the fire at the base of the po… — pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Co… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal consequence of the fire at the base of the pool? Exam question 4 of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1304-pg3454-part29/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Co…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1304-pg3454-part29/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes s… What was the principal consequence of the fire at the base of the pool? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** principal consequence, base This is exam question 4 of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» 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/1304-pg3454-part29/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:e4:1 # text = What was the principal consequence of the fire at the base of the pool? 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 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal consequence | | the base of the pool | | of the fire | tree rules | 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 {#o1} It continued to burn brightly beneath the surface of the pool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:e4:o1:1 # text = It continued to burn brightly beneath the surface of the pool 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | It | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **burn** | to-infinitive | | | | the surface of the pool | | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath surface=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It kept on burning fiercely under the water for many hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:e4:o2:1 # text = It kept on burning fiercely under the water for many hours 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ _ 5 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | It | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **burn** | gerund | | | | the water | hour | fiercely *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under water=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It continued to burn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:e4:o3:1 # text = It continued to burn 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | It | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **burn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It sank out of sight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:e4:o4:1 # text = It sank out of sight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | It | | | sight | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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