Test 8 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

«that donkey's crying cos its mate went to the vet» Is that likely?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: donkey, mate, that · What happens: cry, go, be · To what, where: vet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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	_	5 crying	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 donkey	det
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 crying	aux
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 likely	csubj
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 went	mark
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mate	nmod:poss
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 crying	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 vet	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vet	det
12	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 crying	punct
14	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 likely	cop
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 likely	nsubj
16	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	that donkey			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	past	donkey's mate	the vet		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to vet=Initial_Location
3	is	present	that		likely 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

No, donkeys like to be alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 like	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	nsubj
4	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 alone	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 alone	cop
7	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 like	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	donkeys						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	to-infinitive	donkeys not said here					alone property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, but only if it is very hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 hungry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 hungry	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 hungry	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 hungry	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hungry	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hungry	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 hungry	advmod
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					hungry property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, donkeys bond strongly and get upset when a friend goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 bond	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bond	nsubj
4	bond	bond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	4 bond	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 get	cc
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bond	conj
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 goes	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 friend	det
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 goes	nsubj
12	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	bond	present	donkeys	strongly property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	donkeys not said here	upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	go	present	a friend		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, donkeys never notice other donkeys and do not care who they live with

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 notice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notice	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 notice	advmod
5	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 donkeys	amod
7	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notice	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 care	cc
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 care	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 care	advmod
11	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 notice	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 live	nsubj
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 live	nsubj
14	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 care	ccomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	14 live	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not notice	present	donkeys	other donkeys	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer donkey=Stimulus
2	not care	present · do-support	donkeys not said here		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	live	present			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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