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title: What was the final outcome of the warriors' conflict with one another? — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the final outcome of the warriors' conflict with one another? Exam question 4 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 que
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# Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors spr…

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What was the final outcome of the warriors' conflict with one another?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** warriors · **What happens:** be, conflict · **To what, where:** final outcome

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e4:1
# text = What was the final outcome of the warriors' conflict with one another?
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	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	appos	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 final outcome |  |  |  | of the warriors's conflict | tree rules |
| 2 | **conflict** |  | the warriors |  |  |  |  |  | nom conflict «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The last survivor killed his brothers and then fled the field alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e4:o1:1
# text = The last survivor killed his brothers and then fled the field alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	survivor	survivor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | the last survivor | survivor's brothers |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
| 2 | **flee** | past | the last survivor *not said here* | the field |  |  | then | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Most fled, one stayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e4:o2:1
# text = Most fled, one stayed
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
5	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | past | Most |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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All died save the last survivor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e4:o3:1
# text = All died save the last survivor
1	All	all	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	survivor	survivor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past |  |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **save** | infinitive |  | the last survivor |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent survivor=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All died except the last survivor, who fell at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e4:o4:1
# text = All died except the last survivor, who fell at once
1	All	all	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	except	except	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	survivor	survivor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past |  |  |  |  |  | except the last survivor; all *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the last survivor |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

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