Test 3 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

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

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

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.

The question

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 birds	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 birds	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 birds	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 birds	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	packing	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 birds	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 packing	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 packing	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 birds	punct

#	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

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.

Sentence 2: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mice	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 packing	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mice	cc
6	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mice	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 harvest	punct
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mice	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 packing	aux
10	packing	pack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 packing	compound:prt
12	too	too	ADV	_	10 packing	advmod

#	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

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

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mice	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 packing	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mice	cc
6	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mice	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 harvest	punct
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mice	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 packing	aux
10	packing	pack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 packing	compound:prt
12	too	too	ADV	_	10 packing	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 moving	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 moving	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 moving	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 moving	aux
18	also	also	ADV	_	19 moving	advmod
19	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 packing	conj
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 stores	nmod:poss
21	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 moving	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	25 home	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 home	det
24	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 home	amod
25	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 moving	obl

#	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

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

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 packing	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 packing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 packing	aux
5	packing	pack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 packing	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 left	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mice	det
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 left	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 left	advmod
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 packing	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 south	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 south	det
16	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 flock	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 flock	det
19	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 flock	amod
20	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl

#	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

The field-mice are sleeping in their holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mice	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sleeping	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sleeping	aux
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 holes	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 holes	nmod:poss
9	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sleeping	obl

#	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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