Test 6 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

the amber tears bit is actually well cool, is it real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: amber · What happens: tear, be

This is test 6 · ★ 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	2 amber	det
2	amber	amber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tears	nsubj
3	tears	tear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cool	obl:unmarked
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cool	cop
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 cool	advmod
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 cool	advmod
8	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tears	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 real	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 real	nsubj
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tears	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 tears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	tear	present	the amber		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		bit obl:unmarked; actually, cool, well property	tree rules
3	is	present	amber	real property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it's made up, but amber comes from trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 made	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 comes	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 comes	cc
9	amber	amber	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comes	nsubj
10	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 trees	case
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		it					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	come	present	amber			trees			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from tree=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nah it's myth, but amber's a proper gem so it fits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 myth	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 myth	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fits	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gem	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 gem	cc
7	amber	amber	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gem	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 gem	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gem	det
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gem	amod
11	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 myth	parataxis
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 fits	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fits	nsubj
14	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	it	myth	tree rules
2	is a	present	amber	a proper gem	tree rules
3	fit	present	amber		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah it's real, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 real	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 real	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 real	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					mate vocative; real property	tree rules

Option 4

yeah, old sailors swore by it, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 swore	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 swore	punct
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sailors	amod
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 swore	nsubj
5	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swore	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 swore	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	old sailors					by it	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	innit	infinitive	old sailors not said here						tree rules

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