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title: how did Apollo wipe out the Greek camp in the Iliad? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tith… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did Apollo wipe out the Greek camp in the Iliad? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 508 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the dawn goddess loses her lover to old age, and Apollo is born on Delos» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the d…

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how did Apollo wipe out the Greek camp in the Iliad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Apollo · **What happens:** wipe out · **To what, where:** Greek camp, Iliad

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 508 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Eos and Tithonus, part 14: the dawn goddess loses her lover to old age, and Apollo is born on Delos» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/508-pg22381-part14/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:t12:1
# text = how did Apollo wipe out the Greek camp in the Iliad?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Iliad	Iliad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe out** | past · do-support | Apollo | the Greek camp |  | the Iliad |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent camp=Theme in iliad=Trajectory |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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with a plague of arrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:t12:o1:1
# text = with a plague of arrows
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plague** |  |  | arrows |  |  |  |  | nom plague «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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with a storm of spears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:t12:o2:1
# text = with a storm of spears
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **storm** |  | spears |  |  |  |  |  | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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with a plague of arrows sent from the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:t12:o3:1
# text = with a plague of arrows sent from the sky
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | arrows *not said here* |  | the sky |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from sky=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **plague** |  |  | arrows |  |  |  |  | nom plague «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by sending a raging plague of arrows over the whole camp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:508-pg22381-part14:t12:o4:1
# text = by sending a raging plague of arrows over the whole camp
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | a raging plague of arrows |  | the whole camp |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plague=Theme |
| 2 | **rage** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **plague** |  |  | arrows |  |  |  |  | nom plague «state transitive»: of=patient |

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