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title: What was the immediate cause of Eurylochus's expressed disquiet rega… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the immediate cause of Eurylochus's expressed disquiet regarding the purple bird? Exam question 2 of lesson 2063 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors follow the smell of roast meat up to the palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors…

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What was the immediate cause of Eurylochus's expressed disquiet regarding the purple bird?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, express, regard · **To what, where:** immediate cause

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2063 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors follow the smell of roast meat up to the palace» 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/2063-pg976-part22/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e2:1
# text = What was the immediate cause of Eurylochus's expressed disquiet regarding the purple bird?
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	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Eurylochus	Eurylochus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
10	disquiet	disquiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 immediate cause |  |  |  | of Eurylochus | tree rules |
| 2 | **express** | participle |  | the immediate cause *not said here* |  |  |  | regard the purple bird; disquiet *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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His belief that the bird was a spy for the island king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e2:o1:1
# text = His belief that the bird was a spy for the island king
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | His belief that the bird | a spy |  |  |  | for the island king | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | that the bird | nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent that=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His firm conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them and wished to warn them away from the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e2:o2:1
# text = His firm conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them and wished to warn them away from the palace
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conviction	conviction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | His firm conviction that the bird |  |  |  |  | of some harm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of harm=Stimulus |
| 2 | **await** | gerund | some harm *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wish** | past | His firm conviction that the bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **warn away** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | His firm conviction that the bird *not said here* |  | them *= they* | the palace |  | away *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 5 | **convict** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | that the bird | nom conviction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent that=obl |

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

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His conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e2:o3:1
# text = His conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	conviction	conviction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | His conviction that the bird |  |  |  |  | of some harm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of harm=Stimulus |
| 2 | **await** | gerund | some harm *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **convict** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | that the bird | nom conviction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent that=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bird's bright purple feathers and odd cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2063-pg976-part22:e2:o4:1
# text = The bird's bright purple feathers and odd cry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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