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title: What was the consequence of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen? — Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visi… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the consequence of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen? Exam question 2 of lesson 559 «Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire…

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What was the consequence of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crew · **What happens:** be, slaughter · **To what, where:** consequence, sacred oxen

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 559 «Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sirens, a shipwreck, and Calypso's island» 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/559-pg22381-part65/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e2:1
# text = What was the consequence of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the consequence |  |  |  | of the crew's slaughter of the sacred oxen | tree rules |
| 2 | **slaughter** |  | the crew | the sacred oxen |  |  |  |  | nom slaughter «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Helios granted them a safe voyage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e2:o1:1
# text = Helios granted them a safe voyage
1	Helios	helio	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	granted	grant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | past | Helios | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal voyage=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Zeus sent a storm which wrecked the ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e2:o2:1
# text = Zeus sent a storm which wrecked the ship
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | Zeus | a storm |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |
| 2 | **wreck** | past | a storm | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Sirens rescued them from the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e2:o3:1
# text = the Sirens rescued them from the sea
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sirens	Siren	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | past | the Sirens | them *= they* |  | the sea |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from sea=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Circe restored them to humanity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e2:o4:1
# text = Circe restored them to humanity
1	Circe	Circe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	humanity	humanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past | Circe | them *= they* | humanity |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to humanity=Recipient |

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**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.

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