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title: Lads, what were the two fighters first turned into? — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lads, what were the two fighters first turned into? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the story…

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Lads, what were the two fighters first turned into?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lads · **What happens:** be, turn · **To what, where:** two fighters

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of Duv Laca» 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/1067-pg2892-part35/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t2:1
# text = Lads, what were the two fighters first turned into?
1	Lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	fighters	fighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the two fighters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | past | Lads |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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giant stags butting with their foreheads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t2:o1:1
# text = giant stags butting with their foreheads
1	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stags	stag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	butting	butt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	foreheads	forehead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **butt** | gerund | giant stags *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with stags's foreheads | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with forehead=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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wild bulls goring with their horns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t2:o2:1
# text = wild bulls goring with their horns
1	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	goring	gore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gore** | gerund | wild bulls *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with bulls's horns | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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great boars charging with their tusks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t2:o3:1
# text = great boars charging with their tusks
1	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boars	boar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	charging	charge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tusks	tusk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | gerund | great boars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with boars's tusks | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with tusk=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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two lions snarling and clawing at each other across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t2:o4:1
# text = two lions snarling and clawing at each other across the sea
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snarling	snarl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	clawing	claw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	5	obl	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snarl** | gerund | two lions |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **claw** | gerund | two lions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | across the sea; at each | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at each=Patient |

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