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title: To what effect did Jason's stone act upon the assembled warriors? — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what effect did Jason's stone act upon the assembled warriors? Exam question 1 of lesson 2083 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors sprout from the teeth and fight to the death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors spr…

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To what effect did Jason's stone act upon the assembled warriors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** effect, Jason · **What happens:** do, assemble, act · **To what, where:** stone act

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2083 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors sprout from the teeth and fight to the death» 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/2083-pg976-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e1:1
# text = To what effect did Jason's stone act upon the assembled warriors?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | effect | Jason's stone act |  |  |  | upon the assembled warriors | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Eventuality |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **act** |  | Jason |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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It caused their mutual slaughter here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = It caused their mutual slaughter here
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mutual	mutual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | It | their mutual slaughter |  | here |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition slaughter=Patient |
| 2 | **slaughter** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom slaughter «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It set them against one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = It set them against one another
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | It | them *= they* |  |  |  | against one | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme against one=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It induced mutual combat among them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = It induced mutual combat among them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	induced	induce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mutual	mutual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | past | It | mutual combat |  |  |  | among them *= they* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combat=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It caused the warriors to turn upon one another in mutual combat and die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = It caused the warriors to turn upon one another in mutual combat and die
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	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	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	fixed	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	mutual	mutual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | It | the warriors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive | the warriors *not said here* | one |  |  |  | in mutual combat | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent one=Patient in combat=Topic |
| 3 | **die** | infinitive | the warriors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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