--- title: Identify the parentage of the mule. — Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the parentage of the mule. Exam question 2 of lesson 145 «Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules Identify the parentage of the mule. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, parent · **To what, where:** parentage, mule This is exam question 2 of lesson 145 «Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e2:1 # text = Identify the parentage of the mule. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parentage parentage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parentage of the mule | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent parentage=Theme | | 2 | **parent** | | | the mule | | | | | nom parentage «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A male donkey and a female horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e2:o1:1 # text = A male donkey and a female horse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two donkeys of differing colouration ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e2:o2:1 # text = Two donkeys of differing colouration 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 donkeys donkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 differing differ VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 colouration colouration NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **differ** | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A male horse and a female zebra ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e2:o3:1 # text = A male horse and a female zebra 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 zebra zebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A female donkey and a male goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e2:o4:1 # text = A female donkey and a male goat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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