--- title: Upon what substance did Odysseus rely to protect his crew from the S… — Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visi… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what substance did Odysseus rely to protect his crew from the Sirens' song? Exam question 3 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 th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/559-pg22381-part65/e3/) [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, Odysseus, part 65: a visi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/559-pg22381-part65/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Greek myths, Odysseus, part 65: a visit to Hades, the Sire… Upon what substance did Odysseus rely to protect his crew from the Sirens' song? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Odysseus, Sirens · **What happens:** rely, protect, sing · **To what, where:** crew This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e3:1 # text = Upon what substance did Odysseus rely to protect his crew from the Sirens' song? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 3 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Odysseus Odysseus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rely rely VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Sirens Siren PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rely** | past · do-support | Odysseus | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | Odysseus *not said here* | Odysseus's crew | | | | from the Sirens's song | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent crew=Beneficiary from song=Theme | | 3 | **sing** | | the Sirens | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} sheep wool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e3:o1:1 # text = sheep wool 1 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} woven cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e3:o2:1 # text = woven cloth 1 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weave** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} river mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e3:o3:1 # text = river mud 1 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} melted wax ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:559-pg22381-part65:e3:o4:1 # text = melted wax 1 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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