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title: For what reason did Ulysses decline to restore the lions, tigers and… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what reason did Ulysses decline to restore the lions, tigers and wolves to human form? Exam question 3 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins ba…

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For what reason did Ulysses decline to restore the lions, tigers and wolves to human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ulysses · **What happens:** decline, not restore · **To what, where:** lions, human form

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2068 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 27: Ulysses wins back his men from the swine and sees the sea nymphs» 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/2068-pg976-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e3:1
# text = For what reason did Ulysses decline to restore the lions, tigers and wolves to human form?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	decline	decline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past · do-support | Ulysses |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **restore** | to-infinitive | Ulysses *not said here* | the lions and tigers and wolves | human form |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Theme to form=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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So that their cruel dispositions might be openly displayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = So that their cruel dispositions might be openly displayed
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dispositions	disposition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | might · passive |  | their cruel dispositions |  |  |  | openly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So that their fierce tempers might serve as a visible warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = So that their fierce tempers might serve as a visible warning
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tempers	temper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | might | their fierce tempers |  |  |  |  | as a visible warning | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as warning=Attribute |
| 2 | **temper** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Because the gods had commanded that all cruel men must remain beasts for the rest of their lives on this island and beyond

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = Because the gods had commanded that all cruel men must remain beasts for the rest of their lives on this island and beyond
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past · perfect · passive |  | the gods |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **remain** | must | all cruel men | beasts |  | this island |  | for the rest of men's lives | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme beast=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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So that their cruel dispositions might be openly displayed to every traveller who passed by the island in future years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2068-pg976-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = So that their cruel dispositions might be openly displayed to every traveller who passed by the island in future years
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dispositions	disposition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | might · passive |  | their cruel dispositions | every traveller |  |  | openly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to traveller=Recipient |
| 2 | **pass** | past | every traveller |  |  |  | year | by the island | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by island=Location |

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