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# Exam question 3 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dietary requirements of the donkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, require · **To what, where:** dietary requirements, donkey

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dietary requirements of the donkey?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dietary	dietary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the dietary requirements of the donkey |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** |  |  | the donkey |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Its diet should consist of oats and sugar in abundance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o1:1
# text = Its diet should consist of oats and sugar in abundance
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | should | Its diet |  |  | abundance |  | of oats and sugar | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its diet should consist exclusively of fresh fruit and vegetables, such as carrots and apples

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o2:1
# text = Its diet should consist exclusively of fresh fruit and vegetables, such as carrots and apples
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | should | Its diet |  |  |  |  | of fresh fruit and vegetables and carrots and apples; exclusively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its diet should consist principally of baked goods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o3:1
# text = Its diet should consist principally of baked goods
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | should | Its diet |  |  |  |  | of baked goods; principally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Its diet should consist principally of straw and coarse grass, rich food being detrimental

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e3:o4:1
# text = Its diet should consist principally of straw and coarse grass, rich food being detrimental
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	coarse	coarse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
15	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | should | Its diet |  |  |  |  | principally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | rich food |  |  |  |  | detrimental *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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