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title: where's the whole gang of birds living now? — Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: where's the whole gang of birds living now? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
where's the whole gang of birds living now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole gang, birds · **What happens:** be, live

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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/1028-pg27200-part239/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t9:1
# text = where's the whole gang of birds living now?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the whole gang of birds |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | birds *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
building nests in the church tower now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t9:o1:1
# text = building nests in the church tower now
1	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
homeless, flying about in fear and anger, with no trees left to rest in at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t9:o2:1
# text = homeless, flying about in fear and anger, with no trees left to rest in at all
1	homeless	homeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about fear and anger | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fear=Location |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | no homeless flying trees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | all |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
homeless, flying about in fear and anger over the fields and the ship on the shore

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t9:o3:1
# text = homeless, flying about in fear and anger over the fields and the ship on the shore
1	homeless	homeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  | the fields and the ship on the shore |  | about fear and anger | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fear=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
homeless, flying about in fear and anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t9:o4:1
# text = homeless, flying about in fear and anger
1	homeless	homeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about fear and anger | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fear=Location |

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