Test 11 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules
A donkey keeps rolling in the same sandy patch, and its friends take turns after it. What is it doing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: donkey, friends · What happens: keep, roll, take, do · To what, where: same sandy patch, turns
This is test 11 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
Sentence 1: A donkey keeps rolling in the same sandy patch, and its friends take turns after it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 donkey | det |
| 2 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | rolling | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 patch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 patch | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 patch | amod |
| 8 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 patch | amod |
| 9 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rolling | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 take | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 take | cc |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 friends | nmod:poss |
| 13 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 take | nsubj |
| 14 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 keeps | conj |
| 15 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 take | obj |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 take | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a donkey | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | roll | gerund | a donkey not said here | the same sandy patch | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in patch=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | take | present | donkey's friends | turns | after donkey | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=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: What is it doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 doing | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | donkey | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cleaning its coat, scratching itches and keeping flies off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleaning | clean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 flies | csubj |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 coat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cleaning | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 scratching | punct |
| 5 | scratching | scratch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Cleaning | conj |
| 6 | itches | itch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scratching | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 keeping | cc |
| 8 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 scratching | conj |
| 9 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 flies | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | gerund | its coat | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent coat=Patient | |||||
| 2 | scratch | gerund | itches | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itch=Theme | |||||
| 3 | keep | gerund | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | fly off | present | Cleaning | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Making a bed to sleep in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bed | det |
| 3 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sleep | mark |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Making | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | a bed | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product | |||||
| 2 | sleep in | to-infinitive | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Looking for a lost hoof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 hoof | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hoof | det |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 hoof | amod |
| 5 | hoof | hoof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | for a lost hoof | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for hoof=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Trying to dig a hole down to find water hidden under the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 dig | mark |
| 3 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Trying | xcomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hole | det |
| 5 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dig | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 dig | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 find | mark |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dig | advcl |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| 10 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 water | acl |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 ground | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ground | det |
| 13 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | gerund | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | dig down not said to happen | to-infinitive | a hole | down property | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | water | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | |||||
| 4 | hide | participle | water not said here | the ground | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under ground=Location |
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