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title: how did he drink water down there, no cap? — Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did he drink water down there, no cap? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…

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how did he drink water down there, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** drink · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1831-pg7128-part15/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t4:1
# text = how did he drink water down there, no cap?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · do-support | he | water |  | there |  | no cap *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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the rats hauled buckets of river water down the tunnel every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t4:o1:1
# text = the rats hauled buckets of river water down the tunnel every single night
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hauled	haul	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | past | the rats | buckets of river water |  |  | night | down the tunnel | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they dripped water from the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t4:o2:1
# text = they dripped water from the roof
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dripped	drip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drip** | past | they | water |  | the roof |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from roof=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a tiger dropped a skin of water through a gap in the cellar roof every day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t4:o3:1
# text = a tiger dropped a skin of water through a gap in the cellar roof every day
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | a tiger | a skin of water |  | a gap | day | in the cellar roof | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent skin=Theme through gap=Destination in roof=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
squeezing the wet clothes the rats brought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t4:o4:1
# text = squeezing the wet clothes the rats brought
1	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | gerund |  | the wet clothes |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme rat=Result |
| 2 | **bring** | past | squeezing |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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