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description: What was the immediate consequence of the tortoise releasing the stick? Exam question 3 of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p…

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What was the immediate consequence of the tortoise releasing the stick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** immediate consequence · **What happens:** be, release · **To what, where:** immediate consequence, stick

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» 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/1835-pg7128-part19/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e3:1
# text = What was the immediate consequence of the tortoise releasing the stick?
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	immediate	immediate	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	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	releasing	release	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 immediate consequence |  |  |  | of the tortoise | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | gerund | the immediate consequence *not said here* | the stick |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer stick=Source |

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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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He fell into the courtyard and split in two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e3:o1:1
# text = He fell into the courtyard and split in two
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into the courtyard *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into courtyard=Result |
| 2 | **split** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | two |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sank into the pond and drowned slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e3:o2:1
# text = He sank into the pond and drowned slowly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | He |  |  | the pond |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drown** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was caught by a kite and carried off over the mountains to the far south lake

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e3:o3:1
# text = He was caught by a kite and carried off over the mountains to the far south lake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive | a kite | He |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **carry off** | past | a kite *not said here* |  |  | the mountains |  | to the far south lake | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to lake=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He flew away and got lost in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:e3:o4:1
# text = He flew away and got lost in the forest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly away** | past | He |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in forest=Eventuality |

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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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