Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

the kingfisher thing is peak sad innit, they just fly in pairs forever

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kingfisher thing, they · What happens: be, fly · To what, where: peak sad innit, pairs

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 thing	det
2	kingfisher	kingfisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thing	compound
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 innit	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 innit	cop
5	peak	peak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 innit	amod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 innit	amod
7	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fly	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fly	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 fly	advmod
11	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 innit	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 pairs	case
13	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fly	obl
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	11 fly	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kingfisher thing	peak sad innit					tree rules
2	fly	present	they	peak sad innit not said here		pairs		forever property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent innit=Theme in pair=Location

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

Option 1

yeah innit, Halcyone waited ages on the shore for him to come home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 innit	discourse
2	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 waited	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct
4	Halcyone	Halcyone	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 waited	nsubj
5	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waited	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 shore	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shore	det
9	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waited	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 waited	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 come	mark
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 waited	advcl
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	Halcyone	ages		the shore		for him = he	tree rules
2	come	to-infinitive	Halcyone not said here					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

proper, halcyone was gutted when her man drowned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 gutted	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 proper	punct
3	halcyone	halcyone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gutted	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gutted	aux:pass
5	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 drowned	advmod
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 man	nmod:poss
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drowned	nsubj
9	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gutted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	past · passive		halcyone				properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	drown	past	her man						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

proper, cos Ceyx drowned in a storm and she threw herself in after him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 drowned	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 proper	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 drowned	mark
4	Ceyx	Ceyx	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 drowned	nsubj
5	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drowned	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 threw	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 threw	nsubj
11	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drowned	conj
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 threw	obj
13	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	15 him	case
14	after	after	ADP	_	13 in	fixed
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	Ceyx			a storm		properly property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	throw	past	Ceyx	Ceyx				in him = he	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in he=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

true, they both got turned into birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 turned	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 true	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 turned	nsubj
4	both	both	ADV	_	6 turned	advmod
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 turned	aux:pass
6	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 birds	case
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		they				into birds result; both property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into bird=Result

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