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title: A farmer's sheep stopped going missing after she bought a donkey. Wh… — Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules · tree and pragmatics
description: A farmer's sheep stopped going missing after she bought a donkey. What is the likely reason? Test 7 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 wro
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# Test 7 · Shrek's Donkey: real donkeys and mules

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A farmer's sheep stopped going missing after she bought a donkey. What is the likely reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sheep, farmer, likely reason · **What happens:** stop, go, miss, buy, be · **To what, where:** donkey

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A farmer's sheep stopped going missing after she bought a donkey.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t7:1
# text = A farmer's sheep stopped going missing after she bought a donkey.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | a farmer's sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | a farmer's sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **miss** | gerund | a farmer's sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **buy** | past | farmer | a donkey |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the likely reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t7:2
# text = What is the likely reason?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the likely reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The donkey made the sheep run faster than foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o1:1
# text = The donkey made the sheep run faster than foxes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the donkey |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present | the sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sheep stayed inside the donkey's shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o2:1
# text = The sheep stayed inside the donkey's shed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | the sheep |  |  | the donkey's shed |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside shed=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The donkey ate all the foxes it could catch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o3:1
# text = The donkey ate all the foxes it could catch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the donkey | all foxes |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | could | donkey | all foxes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |

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

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The donkey chased off foxes and dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules:t7:o4:1
# text = The donkey chased off foxes and dogs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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