Test 10 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

Why are tens of millions of donkeys still working today?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: tens · What happens: work

This is test 10 of lesson 145 «Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules» of the biology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 working	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 working	aux
3	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 working	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 millions	case
5	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tens	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 donkeys	case
7	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 millions	nmod
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 working	advmod
9	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 working	obl:unmarked
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present · progressive	tens of millions of donkeys				still; today		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1

They race on special tracks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 race	nsubj
2	race	race	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 tracks	case
4	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tracks	amod
5	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 race	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	race	present	They			special tracks			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on track=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They carry water, crops and firewood in many places

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carry	nsubj
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 crops	punct
5	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 water	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 firewood	cc
7	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 places	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 places	amod
10	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	They	water and crops and firewood		many places			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Value in place=Location

Option 3

They are used to herd cattle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 herd	mark
5	herd	herd	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	xcomp
6	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 herd	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		They					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	herd	to-infinitive		cattle					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cattle=Patient

Option 4

They pull every car in the desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pull	nsubj
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 desert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 desert	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	They	every car		the desert			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme

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