---
title: Which name did Odysseus give Polyphemus when questioned concerning h… — Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which name did Odysseus give Polyphemus when questioned concerning his identity? Exam question 1 of lesson 558 «Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/558-pg22381-part64/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/558-pg22381-part64/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which name did Odysseus give Polyphemus when questioned concerning his identity?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** name · **What happens:** give, question, concern · **To what, where:** Polyphemus, identity

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 558 «Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe» 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/558-pg22381-part64/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e1:1
# text = Which name did Odysseus give Polyphemus when questioned concerning his identity?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Polyphemus	Polyphemus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	questioned	question	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | which name | Polyphemus |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent polyphemus=Theme |
| 2 | **question** *speech: other* | participle | which name *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | which name *not said here* | Odysseus's identity |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus identity=Experiencer |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mentor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e1:o1:1
# text = Mentor
1	Mentor	mentor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nestor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e1:o2:1
# text = Nestor
1	Nestor	nestor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody Who Is Here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e1:o3:1
# text = Nobody Who Is Here
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Noman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e1:o4:1
# text = Noman
1	Noman	Noman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody…, test 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/558-pg22381-part64/t15/)
- next →: [Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/558-pg22381-part64/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, escapes the winds and the Laestrygones, and meets Circe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/558-pg22381-part64/)

