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title: What was the principal herb which Hermes bestowed upon Odysseus as a… — Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal herb which Hermes bestowed upon Odysseus as a safeguard? Exam question 3 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 tre
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# Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

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What was the principal herb which Hermes bestowed upon Odysseus as a safeguard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal herb · **What happens:** be, bestow

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e3:1
# text = What was the principal herb which Hermes bestowed upon Odysseus as a safeguard?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	safeguard	safeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the principal herb |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bestow** | past | the principal herb |  |  |  |  | upon Odysseus; as a safeguard | tree rules |

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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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Lotus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e3:o1:1
# text = Lotus
1	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Basil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e3:o2:1
# text = Basil
1	Basil	basil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Moly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e3:o3:1
# text = Moly
1	Moly	moly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:e3:o4:1
# text = Nux
1	Nux	Nux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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