Sentence-level words and phrases that predict mythic vs. historical content
The following metrics are from the logistic regression classifier's performance on the test set:
| Class | Precision | Recall | F1-Score | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical | 0.722 | 0.710 | 0.716 | 462 |
| Mythic | 0.612 | 0.626 | 0.619 | 337 |
| Overall Accuracy | 0.675 | 799 | ||
| Word/Phrase | English | Coefficient | Mythic Count | Non-mythic Count | p-value | q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| φασιν | they say | 2.4268 | 69 | 15 | 3.03e-15 | 1.01e-12 |
| λέγουσιν | they say | 2.3286 | 117 | 40 | 1.63e-18 | 8.13e-16 |
| λέγουσι | they say | 2.2508 | 61 | 18 | 2.39e-11 | 4.79e-09 |
| μνῆμα | memorial, monument (especially a tomb) | 2.0137 | 39 | 17 | 1.04e-05 | 0.000434 |
| ὄνομα | name | 2.0023 | 82 | 33 | 1.58e-11 | 3.94e-09 |
| φασὶν | they say | 1.9167 | 38 | 12 | 3.23e-07 | 2.48e-05 |
| εἶναι | to be | 1.8893 | 199 | 89 | 4.76e-24 | 4.76e-21 |
| λέγεται | it is said | 1.8417 | 49 | 21 | 5.73e-07 | 4.09e-05 |
| ὑπὸ | under; beneath; by (of agent) | 1.7775 | 184 | 134 | 1.26e-10 | 2.1e-08 |
| παῖδεσ | children | 1.7734 | 27 | 12 | 0.000297 | 0.00669 |
| παῖδασ | children | 1.7291 | 31 | 9 | 1.86e-06 | 0.000105 |
| λόγον | word | 1.6568 | 22 | 5 | 1.27e-05 | 0.00051 |
| φασι | they say | 1.6352 | 24 | 4 | 1.52e-06 | 9.52e-05 |
| πεποίηκεν | he/she/it has made; has done | 1.6342 | 10 | 0 | 0.000122 | 0.00305 |
| αὐτὸν | him | 1.4681 | 90 | 46 | 1.07e-09 | 1.34e-07 |
| ἱδρύσατο | he/she founded | 1.4613 | 8 | 0 | 0.000743 | 0.013 |
| ὅτι | that; because | 1.4437 | 51 | 41 | 0.00394 | 0.0451 |
| ἀποθανεῖν | to die | 1.3843 | 30 | 6 | 1.19e-07 | 9.91e-06 |
| λόγοσ | word; speech; account; reason; argument | 1.3765 | 31 | 13 | 5.98e-05 | 0.00178 |
| πατρὸσ | of the father; father’s | 1.3737 | 14 | 3 | 0.000678 | 0.0121 |
| ὄντα | being; things that are (beings) | 1.3703 | 25 | 10 | 0.000219 | 0.00535 |
| θυγάτηρ | daughter | 1.3620 | 14 | 1 | 3.07e-05 | 0.0011 |
| μνῆμά | memorial, monument, tomb | 1.3487 | 17 | 7 | 0.00274 | 0.0334 |
| ἀρχήν | at first | 1.3464 | 17 | 6 | 0.00119 | 0.0192 |
| σὺν | with | 1.3460 | 40 | 28 | 0.00239 | 0.0299 |
| δὲ εἶναι | but to be | 1.3459 | 32 | 6 | 2.62e-08 | 2.62e-06 |
| φασὶ | they say | 1.3405 | 19 | 8 | 0.00176 | 0.0253 |
| βωμὸσ | altar | 1.3055 | 14 | 9 | 0.0507 | 0.226 |
| γένοσ | race; kind | 1.2905 | 13 | 8 | 0.0497 | 0.226 |
| γενέσθαι | to become | 1.2760 | 84 | 38 | 1.77e-10 | 2.52e-08 |
| Word/Phrase | English | Coefficient | Mythic Count | Non-mythic Count | p-value | q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| σφισιν | to them | -2.0151 | 26 | 85 | 0.000102 | 0.00269 |
| χαλκοῦν | of bronze; brazen | -1.9828 | 2 | 36 | 1.05e-06 | 6.98e-05 |
| αὐτῶν | of them; their | -1.3680 | 31 | 82 | 0.0029 | 0.0349 |
| πολὺ | much; very; by far | -1.3452 | 10 | 35 | 0.00841 | 0.0715 |
| μάλιστα | especially; very much; certainly | -1.2894 | 36 | 110 | 3.46e-05 | 0.00119 |
| θέασ | of a view | -1.2729 | 4 | 39 | 6.57e-06 | 0.000329 |
| ναυσὶν | to the ships | -1.2642 | 5 | 28 | 0.00137 | 0.0205 |
| λίθου | of a stone | -1.2465 | 11 | 52 | 6.42e-05 | 0.00178 |
| ἔργον | work; deed | -1.2456 | 12 | 44 | 0.00209 | 0.0278 |
| που | somewhere; perhaps; I suppose | -1.2341 | 3 | 14 | 0.0802 | 0.274 |
| τρόπον | manner | -1.2014 | 3 | 17 | 0.0211 | 0.129 |
| ἀπέχει | it is distant; it is enough | -1.1815 | 3 | 18 | 0.0135 | 0.0954 |
| ἔξω | outside | -1.1701 | 1 | 10 | 0.0339 | 0.176 |
| χαλκοῦσ | of bronze | -1.1378 | 4 | 22 | 0.00833 | 0.0715 |
| σταδίουσ | stades | -1.0970 | 1 | 17 | 0.00134 | 0.0205 |
| στάδια | stades | -1.0962 | 0 | 19 | 6.19e-05 | 0.00178 |
| μὴ | not | -1.0769 | 16 | 37 | 0.111 | 0.348 |
| κεῖται | lies; is situated | -1.0756 | 6 | 33 | 0.000569 | 0.0109 |
| καὶ τότε | and then | -1.0676 | 3 | 14 | 0.0802 | 0.274 |
| ἔτει | in the year | -1.0625 | 0 | 12 | 0.00225 | 0.0288 |
| αὖθισ | again | -1.0621 | 15 | 40 | 0.0367 | 0.178 |
| ἄλλωσ | otherwise | -1.0569 | 7 | 25 | 0.0236 | 0.142 |
| ἑορτὴν | festival | -1.0155 | 0 | 11 | 0.00402 | 0.0451 |
| ἀγάλματα | statues | -0.9991 | 9 | 52 | 8.97e-06 | 0.000401 |
| ἐστιν | is | -0.9979 | 126 | 285 | 9.22e-06 | 0.000401 |
| εἰκόνα | image | -0.9902 | 3 | 12 | 0.12 | 0.372 |
| οὗτοσ | this (man) | -0.9803 | 29 | 52 | 0.363 | 0.639 |
| τέχνη | art, craft, skill | -0.9647 | 1 | 18 | 0.000797 | 0.0135 |
| εἷλεν | he/she/it took | -0.9621 | 1 | 7 | 0.153 | 0.409 |
| κόσμον | world; order; ornament | -0.9605 | 0 | 7 | 0.0463 | 0.217 |