Test 10 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…
In Shrek, Donkey never stops talking and runs from danger. What is a real donkey more likely to do when worried?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Donkey · What happens: not stop, talk, run, be, do, worry · To what, where: Shrek, danger
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus 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: In Shrek, Donkey never stops talking and runs from danger.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Shrek | case |
| 2 | Shrek | Shrek | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stops | punct |
| 4 | Donkey | Donkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 stops | advmod |
| 6 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stops | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 runs | cc |
| 9 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stops | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 danger | case |
| 11 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 runs | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stop | present | Donkey | Shrek | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | Donkey not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | run | present | Donkey not said here | danger | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from danger=Trajectory |
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 a real donkey more likely to do when worried?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 likely | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 donkey | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 donkey | amod |
| 5 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 likely | nsubj |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 likely | advmod |
| 7 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 likely | xcomp |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 worried | advmod |
| 11 | worried | worry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 do | advcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | worry | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Freeze and think before moving
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 think | cc |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Freeze | conj |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 moving | mark |
| 5 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 think | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | imperative | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | move | gerund | you not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fly up and over the danger like a bird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Fly | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 danger | cc |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 danger | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 danger | det |
| 6 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fly | conj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly up | imperative | you not said here | like a bird | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Talk to the nearest person about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 4 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 person | amod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Talk | obl |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 person | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | imperative | you not said here | to the nearest person about person | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to person=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Run away screaming like a horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | screaming | scream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Run | advcl |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 horse | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 screaming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | gerund | you not said here | like a horse | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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