--- title: According to the narrator, to what did the misfortune of Ulysses's f… — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the narrator, to what did the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet principally owe its origin? Exam question 4 of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course of Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f… According to the narrator, to what did the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet principally owe its origin? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, do, owe · **To what, where:** narrator, misfortune, origin This is exam question 4 of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e4:1 # text = According to the narrator, to what did the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet principally owe its origin? 1 According accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 to to SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 principally principally ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | to the narrator *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrator=Goal | | 2 | **do** | past | | the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Eventuality | | 3 | **owe** | present | | fleet's origin | | | | principally *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent origin=Theme | 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} The cruel anger of the sea gods. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e4:o1:1 # text = The cruel anger of the sea gods. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **anger** | | the sea gods | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The foolish curiosity of his shipmates, who untied the leathern bags. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e4:o2:1 # text = The foolish curiosity of his shipmates, who untied the leathern bags. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shipmates shipmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 untied untie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 leathern leathern NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **untie** | past | the foolish curiosity of curiosity's shipmates | the leathern bags | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The poor steering of the captain's helm. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e4:o3:1 # text = The poor steering of the captain's helm. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 steering steering NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 helm helm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steer** | | | the captain's helm | | | | | nom steering «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A storm from the north. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:e4:o4:1 # text = A storm from the north. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/e3/) - next →: [Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2063-pg976-part22/t1/) - ↑ back to [Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/)