Test 5 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…
so halcyon days means chill days by the sea?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: halcyon days · What happens: mean, chill · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 means | advmod |
| 2 | halcyon | halcyon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 days | compound |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | chill | chill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | ccomp |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chill | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sea | det |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chill | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | halcyon days | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | chill | infinitive | day | by the sea | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
nah, it means something about the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 means | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 sun | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sun | det |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 something | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | something | about the sun | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
Option 2
nah, it's about sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 sunshine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sunshine | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sunshine | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 sunshine | case |
| 6 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | about sunshine | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah like calm weather for the nests, super mint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 weather | discourse |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 weather | case |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 weather | amod |
| 4 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 nests | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nests | det |
| 7 | nests | nest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 weather | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mint | punct |
| 9 | super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mint | amod |
| 10 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 weather | parataxis |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah like calm seas for the birds, dead nice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 seas | discourse |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 seas | case |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 seas | amod |
| 4 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 birds | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 birds | det |
| 7 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 seas | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nice | punct |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 nice | amod |
| 10 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 seas | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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