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title: Proper, what do the mermaids come from, them old sea nymphs? — Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper, what do the mermaids come from, them old sea nymphs? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 528 «Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree and mountain nymphs, Echo and Narcissus, and the winds of Aeolus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree a…

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Proper, what do the mermaids come from, them old sea nymphs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, come · **To what, where:** old sea nymphs

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 528 «Greek Myths, Nymphs and Winds, part 34: sea, river, tree and mountain nymphs, Echo and Narcissus, and the winds of Aeolus» 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/528-pg22381-part34/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t9:1
# text = Proper, what do the mermaids come from, them old sea nymphs?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present |  | old sea nymphs |  |  |  | from mermaids *= mermaid*; properly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from they=Initial\_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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the Oreades and Dryads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t9:o1:1
# text = the Oreades and Dryads
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Oreades	Oreade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Dryads	dryad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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the Oceanides and Nereides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t9:o2:1
# text = the Oceanides and Nereides
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Oceanides	Oceanides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Nereides	Nereides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Titan sea gods Oceanus and Nereus with their many daughters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t9:o3:1
# text = the Titan sea gods Oceanus and Nereus with their many daughters
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Titan	Titan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gods	god	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Oceanus	Oceanus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Nereus	Nereus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **god** | present | the Titan sea | Oceanus and Nereus |  |  |  | with Oceanus's many daughters | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Nereides, the daughters of Nereus and Doris who lived beneath the waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:528-pg22381-part34:t9:o4:1
# text = the Nereides, the daughters of Nereus and Doris who lived beneath the waves
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Nereides	Nereides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Nereus	Nereus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Doris	Doris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Nereides |  |  | the waves |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath wave=Location |

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