Test 4 · ★★ · Myth check: are bats blind?
Batman wears a dark bat costume to look frightening. Which is true about real bats?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Batman · What happens: wear, look, be · To what, where: dark bat costume
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 153 «Myth check: are bats blind?» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Batman wears a dark bat costume to look frightening.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batman | batman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wears | nsubj |
| 2 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 costume | det |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 costume | amod |
| 5 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 costume | compound |
| 6 | costume | costume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wears | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 look | mark |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wears | advcl |
| 9 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 look | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | Batman | a dark bat costume | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent costume=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | Batman not said here | frightening property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: Which is true about real bats?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 bats | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bats | amod |
| 6 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about real bats; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Most are shy and useful, eating pests and spreading seeds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 shy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shy | cop |
| 3 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 useful | cc |
| 5 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shy | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 eating | punct |
| 7 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 shy | advcl |
| 8 | pests | pest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 eating | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 seeds | cc |
| 10 | spreading | spreading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seeds | compound |
| 11 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pests | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Most | shy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Most not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | Most not said here | pests and spreading seeds | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=Patient |
Option 2
Bats are a kind of bird, just one with fur instead of feathers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bird | case |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 one | advmod |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 kind | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 fur | case |
| 11 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nmod |
| 12 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 14 feathers | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 instead | fixed |
| 14 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Bats | a kind | of bird; instead feathers | tree rules |
Option 3
Bats only come out at Halloween
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Halloween | case |
| 6 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | Bats | Halloween | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
All bats are dangerous to people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 bats | det |
| 2 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dangerous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all bats | to people; dangerous property | tree rules |
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