Expected: the first orange cell covers rows 1–2 of column 1; later cells in those rows shift right. The green cell has tall content spanning rows 3–4 — those two rows together must be tall enough to contain it. The final rowspan=5 is clamped to the remaining single row.
| rows 1-2 | r1c2 | r1c3 |
| r2c2 | r2c3 | |
| r3c1 | tall content line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 | r3c3 |
| r4c1 | r4c3 | |
| r5c1 | rowspan 5 (clamped) | r5c3 |