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title: Okay but how did they actually blind him? — Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay but how did they actually blind him? Test 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 3 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe…

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Okay but how did they actually blind him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t3:1
# text = Okay but how did they actually blind him?
1	Okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They heated a stake in the fire and drove it deep into his one eye socket

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t3:o1:1
# text = They heated a stake in the fire and drove it deep into his one eye socket
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heated	heat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | past | They | a stake |  |  |  | in the fire | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stake=Patient in fire=Instrument |
| 2 | **drive** | past | They *not said here* | stake |  | his eye socket |  | deep *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into socket=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They stabbed a hot olive stick in his eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t3:o2:1
# text = They stabbed a hot olive stick in his eye
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	olive	olive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past | They | a hot olive stick |  | his eye |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stick=Patient in eye=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They pushed a glowing pine branch in his eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t3:o3:1
# text = They pushed a glowing pine branch in his eye
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
5	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | They | a glowing pine branch |  | his eye |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent branch=Theme in eye=Trajectory |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They drove a sharpened log into his face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t3:o4:1
# text = They drove a sharpened log into his face
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | They | a sharpened log |  | his face |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent log=Theme into face=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sharpen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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