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title: State the comparison employed by the author in respect of the depart… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the comparison employed by the author in respect of the departure of the birds. Exam question 2 of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

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State the comparison employed by the author in respect of the departure of the birds.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, birds · **What happens:** state, employ, respect, depart · **To what, where:** comparison, respect, departure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e2:1
# text = State the comparison employed by the author in respect of the departure of the birds.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the comparison |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent comparison=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | participle |  | the comparison *not said here* |  | respect of the departure of the birds |  | by the author | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the departure of the birds |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **depart** |  | the birds |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A market stall packing up at the close of the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e2:o1:1
# text = A market stall packing up at the close of the day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack up** | gerund | a market stall *not said here* |  |  | the close of the day |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at close=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The closing of a grand hotel at the end of its season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e2:o2:1
# text = The closing of a grand hotel at the end of its season
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** |  |  | a grand hotel |  |  | at the end of end's season |  | nom closing «act transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests pay their bills and leave for the south, one by one

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e2:o3:1
# text = The emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests pay their bills and leave for the south, one by one
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emptying	emptying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	appos	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | the emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests | guests's bills |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset |
| 2 | **leave** | present | the emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the south | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for south=Recipient |
| 3 | **empty** |  |  | a grand summer hotel as the guests |  |  |  |  | nom emptying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **bill** |  | guests *= guest* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A seaside guest house in the very last week of the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e2:o4:1
# text = A seaside guest house in the very last week of the year
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	seaside	seaside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

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