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title: «It's only the birds packing up.» Put it right. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «It's only the birds packing up.» Put it right. Test 3 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

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«It's only the birds packing up.» Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, birds, you · **What happens:** be, pack up, put · **To what, where:** birds, it

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «It's only the birds packing up.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t3:1
# text = «It's only the birds packing up.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | the birds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pack up** *in a quote* | gerund | the birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t3:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The field-mice and harvest-mice are packing up too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t3:o1:1
# text = The field-mice and harvest-mice are packing up too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack up** | present · progressive | the field mice and harvest mice |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The field-mice and harvest-mice are packing up too, and the Rat is also moving his stores to a new home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t3:o2:1
# text = The field-mice and harvest-mice are packing up too, and the Rat is also moving his stores to a new home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	also	also	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack up** | present · progressive | the field mice and harvest mice |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | present · progressive | the Rat | Rat's stores |  | a new home |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent store=Theme to home=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the Rat is packing up, because the mice have already left for the south in a big flock

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t3:o3:1
# text = Only the Rat is packing up, because the mice have already left for the south in a big flock
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	already	already	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack up** | present · progressive | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | present · perfect · passive |  | the mice |  | a big flock |  | for the south | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in flock=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The field-mice are sleeping in their holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t3:o4:1
# text = The field-mice are sleeping in their holes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present · progressive | the field mice |  |  | mice's holes |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hole=Location |

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