--- title: Why did the crew open the bag, though? — Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Ody… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the crew open the bag, though? Test 9 · ★ 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 each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/558-pg22381-part64/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, The Odyssey, part 64: Odysseus blinds Polyphe… Why did the crew open the bag, though? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crew · **What happens:** open · **To what, where:** bag This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t9:1 # text = Why did the crew open the bag, though? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · do-support | the crew | the bag | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bag=Theme | 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} They hoped it was gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t9:o1:1 # text = They hoped it was gold 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | They | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | gold | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were curious ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t9:o2:1 # text = They were curious 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They thought it was loot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t9:o3:1 # text = They thought it was loot 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | loot | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:558-pg22381-part64:t9:o4:1 # text = They were hungry 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | **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. 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