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title: «Donkey's still alive when Shrek's kids are born, cartoon nonsense,… — Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 5 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

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«Donkey's still alive when Shrek's kids are born, cartoon nonsense, donkeys die young» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** donkeys · **What happens:** bear, die, be · **To what, where:** Donkey

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This is test 5 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t5:1
# text = «Donkey's still alive when Shrek's kids are born, cartoon nonsense, donkeys die young» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
7	Shrek	Shrek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
18	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Donkey |  |  |  | cartoon nonsense *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | present | donkeys |  |  |  |  | young *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Real donkeys often live 30 to 40 years, longer than most horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t5:o1:1
# text = Real donkeys often live 30 to 40 years, longer than most horses
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Real donkeys |  |  |  | year | long, often *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, donkeys die before they are 10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, donkeys die before they are 10
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | donkeys |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | present | donkeys *= donkey* | 10 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, donkeys usually live only about 5 years, much less than a horse

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, donkeys usually live only about 5 years, much less than a horse
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	much	much	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | donkeys |  |  |  | year | usually *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, donkeys live for 200 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t5:o4:1
# text = No, donkeys live for 200 years
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | donkeys |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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