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title: What was the immediate consequence of the Crawfishes' burrowing, as… — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the immediate consequence of the Crawfishes' burrowing, as described in the tale of the flood? Exam question 3 of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer…

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What was the immediate consequence of the Crawfishes' burrowing, as described in the tale of the flood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Crawfishes, flood · **What happens:** be, burrow, describe, tell · **To what, where:** immediate consequence, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» 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/569-pg2306-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e3:1
# text = What was the immediate consequence of the Crawfishes' burrowing, as described in the tale of the flood?
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	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Crawfishes	crawfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	burrowing	burrow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burrow** | gerund | the Crawfishes | the immediate consequence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the immediate consequence *not said here* |  | the tale of the flood |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **tell** |  | the flood |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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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The waters rose and drowned the creatures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = The waters rose and drowned the creatures
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | the waters |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drown** | past | the waters *not said here* | the creatures |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The waters dried up and the animals were saved from the flood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = The waters dried up and the animals were saved from the flood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry up** | past | the waters |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **save** | past · passive |  | the animals |  | the flood |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from flood=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The waters rose higher and higher and drowned all the creatures on the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = The waters rose higher and higher and drowned all the creatures on the land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | the waters |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drown** | past | the waters *not said here* | all creatures |  | the land |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The land was flooded fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = The land was flooded fast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	flooded	flood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | past · passive |  | the land |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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