Test 9 · ★★ · Echolocation: how bats see with sound

«there's a bat in our loft, dad wants to smoke it out» What is the best advice?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bat, dad · What happens: be, want, smoke out · To what, where: bat, best advice

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 229 «Echolocation: how bats see with sound» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bat	det
5	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 loft	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 loft	nmod:poss
8	loft	loft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bat	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wants	punct
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wants	nsubj
11	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 's	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 smoke	mark
13	smoke	smoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 advice	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 smoke	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	13 smoke	compound:prt
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 smoke	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 advice	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 advice	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 advice	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 advice	amod
21	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wants	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a bat in our loft		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want in a quote	present	dad			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	smoke out in a quote	to-infinitive		bat		vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source
4	is a	present		the best advice		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

Option 1

Catch it with your bare hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Catch	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
5	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hands	amod
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	imperative	you not said here	it				with your bare hands	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Smoke it out quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Smoke	nsubj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Smoke	compound
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Smoke	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Block the hole while it sleeps inside so that no more bats can come in

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Block	block	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hole	det
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Block	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 sleeps	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sleeps	nsubj
6	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Block	advcl
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	6 sleeps	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 come	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 bats	det
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 bats	amod
12	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 come	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sleeps	advcl
15	in	in	ADV	_	14 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	block	imperative	you not said here	the hole		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer hole=Theme
2	sleep	present	hole		inside property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come in	can	no more bats			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave it and ask a bat group, as bats and roosts are protected in Britain

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
6	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	compound
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 protected	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 protected	mark
10	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 protected	nsubj:pass
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 roosts	cc
12	roosts	roost	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bats	conj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 protected	aux:pass
14	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ask	ccomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Britain	case
16	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 protected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here	a bat group		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent group=Recipient clause=Topic
3	protect	present · passive		bats and roosts	Britain	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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