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title: Why did the Aswan High Dam help and harm Egypt at the same time? — The great rivers · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Aswan High Dam help and harm Egypt at the same time? Test 11 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · The great rivers

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why did the Aswan High Dam help and harm Egypt at the same time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aswan · **What happens:** do, help, harm · **To what, where:** Egypt

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This is test 11 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» of the geography 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/geography/16-the-great-rivers/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t11:1
# text = Why did the Aswan High Dam help and harm Egypt at the same time?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	Aswan	Aswan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Dam	Dam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** |  | Aswan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **harm** | infinitive | Aswan *not said here* | Egypt |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus egypt=Experiencer |

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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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It brought floods every week but no water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t11:o1:1
# text = It brought floods every week but no water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	floods	flood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | It | floods |  |  | week |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent flood=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It gave the fields more silt but took away all the river's water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t11:o2:1
# text = It gave the fields more silt but took away all the river's water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | It | the fields |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent field=Recipient silt=Theme |
| 2 | **take away** | past |  | the river's water |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It gave steady water and power but held back the rich silt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t11:o3:1
# text = It gave steady water and power but held back the rich silt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | It | steady water and power |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent water=Recipient silt=Theme |
| 2 | **hold back** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It made the Nile flow backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t11:o4:1
# text = It made the Nile flow backwards
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Nile	Nile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flow	flow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **flow** | present | the Nile |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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