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description: Explain the cause of the calm that delayed the departure of the fleet at Aulis. Exam question 4 of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 4 · Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is s…

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Explain the cause of the calm that delayed the departure of the fleet at Aulis.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, calm, fleet · **What happens:** explain, delay, cause, depart · **To what, where:** cause, departure, calm

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 513 «Greek Myths, Meleager and Atalanta, part 19: the boar is slain, the uncles fall, Atalanta's race ends in a trick, and the temple of Artemis burns» 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/513-pg22381-part19/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e4:1
# text = Explain the cause of the calm that delayed the departure of the fleet at Aulis.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	calm	calm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	delayed	delay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Aulis	Aulis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the calm |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 2 | **delay** | past | the calm | the departure of the fleet at Aulis |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent departure=Source |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the calm |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **depart** |  | the fleet at Aulis |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Agamemnon's killing of a stag in a sacred grove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = Agamemnon's killing of a stag in a sacred grove
1	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** |  | Agamemnon | a stag in a sacred grove |  |  |  |  | nom killing «event transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Agamemnon's killing of a sacred stag in the grove, which the goddess took as an insult to her shrine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = Agamemnon's killing of a sacred stag in the grove, which the goddess took as an insult to her shrine
1	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	shrine	shrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **goddess** |  | the grove and the goddess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past | Agamemnon's killing of a sacred stag in the grove and the goddess |  |  |  |  | as a insult; to killing's shrine *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to shrine=Result |
| 3 | **kill** |  | Agamemnon | a sacred stag in the grove and the goddess |  |  |  |  | nom killing «event transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Poseidon's anger over an unpaid sacrifice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = Poseidon's anger over an unpaid sacrifice
1	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anger** |  | Poseidon |  |  | a unpaid sacrifice |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent over=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Agamemnon's slaying of a sacred stag in the grove of Artemis that angered her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:513-pg22381-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = Agamemnon's slaying of a sacred stag in the grove of Artemis that angered her
1	Agamemnon	Agamemnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Artemis	artemis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	angered	anger	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anger** | past | Artemis | Agamemnon |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 2 | **slay** |  | Agamemnon | a sacred stag in the grove of Artemis |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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