Test 5 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

«Donkey's still alive when Shrek's kids are born, cartoon nonsense, donkeys die young» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: donkeys · What happens: bear, die, be · To what, where: Donkey

This is test 5 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 born	punct
2	Donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 born	nsubj:pass
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Donkey	case
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 alive	advmod
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 born	advcl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 born	advmod
7	Shrek	Shrek	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 kids	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Shrek	case
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 born	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 born	aux:pass
11	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 right	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 nonsense	punct
13	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nonsense	compound
14	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 born	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 die	punct
16	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 die	nsubj
17	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 born	conj
18	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 die	xcomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 born	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bear in a quote	present · passive		Donkey	cartoon nonsense obl	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	die in a quote	present	donkeys		young property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is	present			right property	tree rules

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

Real donkeys often live 30 to 40 years, longer than most horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 donkeys	amod
2	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 40	case
7	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 30	nmod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 longer	punct
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 live	advmod
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 horses	case
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 horses	amod
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 longer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Real donkeys				year	long, often property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, donkeys die before they are 10

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 die	nsubj
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 10	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 10	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 10	cop
8	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 die	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	donkeys						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is a	present	donkeys = donkey	10					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, donkeys usually live only about 5 years, much less than a horse

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 donkeys	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 5	advmod
7	about	about	ADV	_	8 5	advmod
8	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 less	punct
11	much	much	ADV	_	12 less	advmod
12	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 live	conj
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 horse	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 less	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	donkeys				year	usually property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, donkeys live for 200 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 donkeys	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	donkeys				year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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