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title: the kingfisher thing is peak sad innit, they just fly in pairs forever — Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and A… · tree and pragmatics
description: the kingfisher thing is peak sad innit, they just fly in pairs forever 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the kingfisher thing is peak sad innit, they just fly in pairs forever

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/517-pg22381-part23/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t4:1
# text = the kingfisher thing is peak sad innit, they just fly in pairs forever
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kingfisher	kingfisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	peak	peak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah innit, Halcyone waited ages on the shore for him to come home
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Halcyone	Halcyone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
proper, halcyone was gutted when her man drowned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t4:o2:1
# text = proper, halcyone was gutted when her man drowned
1	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	halcyone	halcyone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
proper, cos Ceyx drowned in a storm and she threw herself in after him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t4:o3:1
# text = proper, cos Ceyx drowned in a storm and she threw herself in after him
1	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Ceyx	Ceyx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
true, they both got turned into birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t4:o4:1
# text = true, they both got turned into birds
1	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	both	both	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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