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title: By what means does the goddess Athene conceal the returned hero from… — Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odyss… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the goddess Athene conceal the returned hero from the people of Ithaca upon his arrival on the island? Exam question 2 of lesson 560 «Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odysseus lands in Ithaca and hides as a beggar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 2 · Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odysseus lands in Ithaca…

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By what means does the goddess Athene conceal the returned hero from the people of Ithaca upon his arrival on the island?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Athene · **What happens:** mean, do, conceal, return, arrive · **To what, where:** goddess, returned hero, island · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 560 «Greek heroes, Odysseus, part 66: Odysseus lands in Ithaca and hides as a beggar» 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/560-pg22381-part66/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:560-pg22381-part66:e2:1
# text = By what means does the goddess Athene conceal the returned hero from the people of Ithaca upon his arrival on the island?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Ithaca	Ithaca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | the goddess |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goddess=Eventuality |
| 3 | **conceal** | present | Athene | the returned hero |  |  |  | from the people of Ithaca; upon Athene's arrival on the island | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hero=Patient from people=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **return** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **arrive** |  | Athene |  |  | the island |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent on=place |

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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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With a magic mist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:560-pg22381-part66:e2:o1:1
# text = With a magic mist
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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By enveloping him in a thick cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:560-pg22381-part66:e2:o2:1
# text = By enveloping him in a thick cloud
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enveloping	envelop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envelop** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | a thick cloud |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By a cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:560-pg22381-part66:e2:o3:1
# text = By a cloak
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cloak	cloak	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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By casting him into a deep sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:560-pg22381-part66:e2:o4:1
# text = By casting him into a deep sleep
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	casting	cast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | a deep sleep |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into sleep=Product |

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