Test 4 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

What would happen if a donkey were left out in cold rain for days with no shelter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, leave out · To what, where: donkey, cold rain

This is test 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 left	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 left	aux:pass
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 left	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 rain	case
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rain	amod
12	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 days	case
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 left	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 shelter	case
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 shelter	det
17	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave out a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		a donkey		cold rain	day	with no shelter	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

The options

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

It would get soaked and cold, because its coat is not waterproof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 soaked	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 soaked	aux
3	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 soaked	aux:pass
4	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cold	cc
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soaked	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 waterproof	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 waterproof	mark
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 coat	nmod:poss
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 waterproof	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 waterproof	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 waterproof	advmod
13	waterproof	waterproof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soaked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	would · passive		It					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	not is	present	its coat					waterproof property	tree rules

Option 2

It would swim away to find shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swim	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	aux
3	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 swim	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swim	advcl
7	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim away	would	It					away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive		shelter					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic

Option 3

Nothing, its thick coat keeps all the rain out just like a raincoat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 keeps	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coat	amod
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 rain	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	6 keeps	compound:prt
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 raincoat	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 raincoat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 raincoat	det
14	raincoat	raincoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep out	present	Nothing	all rain				like a raincoat	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme

Option 4

It would grow a waterproof coat in a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grow	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coat	det
5	waterproof	waterproof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coat	amod
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	It	a waterproof coat			day		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coat=Theme

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