--- title: «two mules, so they'll have baby mules next spring yeah» What is rig… — Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,… · tree and pragmatics description: «two mules, so they'll have baby mules next spring yeah» What is right? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/t11/) [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/) / [Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu… «two mules, so they'll have baby mules next spring yeah» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two mules · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** baby mules · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus 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/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t11:1 # text = «two mules, so they'll have baby mules next spring yeah» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | future | two mules | baby mules | | | spring | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} Mules have babies that are horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t11:o1:1 # text = Mules have babies that are horses 1 Mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Mules | babies | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | horses | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only white mules can have babies ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t11:o2:1 # text = Only white mules can have babies 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | can | white mules | babies | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, mules have twins every year ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, mules have twins every year 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | mules | twins | | | year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twin=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Mules almost never have babies of their own ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules:t11:o4:1 # text = Mules almost never have babies of their own 1 Mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 almost almost ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | present | Mules | babies of Mules's own | | | | almost *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | **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. - ← previous: [Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/t10/) - next →: [Hooves, riding and caring for a horse,…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/t12/) - ↑ back to [Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/)