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title: Ascertain the reason for which donkeys require shelter in climates o… — Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which donkeys require shelter in climates of high rainfall. Exam question 4 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 ri
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# Exam question 4 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

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Ascertain the reason for which donkeys require shelter in climates of high rainfall.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, donkeys, high rainfall · **What happens:** ascertain, require, acclimate · **To what, where:** reason, shelter, climates

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which donkeys require shelter in climates of high rainfall.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	climates	climate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **require** | present | donkeys | shelter |  | climates of high rainfall |  | for the reason | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shelter=Precondition |
| 3 | **acclimate** |  | high rainfall |  |  |  |  |  | nom climate «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Their hooves dissolve upon prolonged wetting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e4:o1:1
# text = Their hooves dissolve upon prolonged wetting
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	wetting	wetting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | present | Their hooves |  |  |  |  | upon prolonged wetting | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Their eyesight is temporarily lost in conditions of heavy and prolonged rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e4:o2:1
# text = Their eyesight is temporarily lost in conditions of heavy and prolonged rain
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	temporarily	temporarily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | Their eyesight |  | conditions of heavy |  | temporarily *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **prolong** | past |  | rain |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent rain=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their hearing is impaired by the sound of rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e4:o3:1
# text = Their hearing is impaired by the sound of rain
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	impaired	impair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impair** | present · passive | the sound of rain | Their hearing |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hear** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Their coats, adapted to arid conditions, are not waterproof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:e4:o4:1
# text = Their coats, adapted to arid conditions, are not waterproof
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	adapted	adapt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	arid	arid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	waterproof	waterproof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adapt** | participle |  | Their coats *not said here* |  |  |  | to arid conditions *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent to condition=Goal |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | Their coats |  |  |  |  | waterproof *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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