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title: Identify the principal reason for which a confrontation cannot proce… — Walking away · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a confrontation cannot proceed once one party withdraws. Exam question 1 of lesson 371 «Walking away» of the everyday 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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# Exam question 1 · Walking away

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Identify the principal reason for which a confrontation cannot proceed once one party withdraws.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, confrontation, one party · **What happens:** identify, not proceed, withdraw · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 371 «Walking away» of the everyday 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/everyday/371-walking-away/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a confrontation cannot proceed once one party withdraws.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	confrontation	confrontation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **proceed** | can | a confrontation |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **withdraw** | present | one party |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP 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 {#o1}

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The withdrawing party is automatically declared the victor of the dispute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:e1:o1:1
# text = The withdrawing party is automatically declared the victor of the dispute
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	withdrawing	withdraw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	victor	victor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the withdrawing party |  |  |  | automatically *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme victor=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A fight necessarily requires the participation of two persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:e1:o2:1
# text = A fight necessarily requires the participation of two persons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | a fight | the participation of two persons |  |  |  | necessarily *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme participation=Precondition |
| 2 | **participate** |  | two persons |  |  |  |  |  | nom participation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The remaining party is obliged by law to depart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:e1:o3:1
# text = The remaining party is obliged by law to depart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive | law | the remaining party |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive | law *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Withdrawal is invariably followed by immediate punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:e1:o4:1
# text = Withdrawal is invariably followed by immediate punishment
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present · passive | immediate punishment | Withdrawal |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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