Exam question 3 · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response upon finding a grounded bat in daylight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: appropriate response · What happens: follow, characteris, find, ground · To what, where: appropriate response, grounded bat, daylight

This is exam question 3 of lesson 315 «Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why never to pick one up» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 response	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 response	amod
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 finding	mark
13	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 response	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bat	det
15	grounded	ground	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 bat	amod
16	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 finding	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 daylight	case
18	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bat	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate response		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	find	gerund	the appropriate response not said here	a grounded bat	daylight		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Topic
4	ground	participle					vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bat should not be handled with bare hands, and an adult should contact a bat helpline or veterinary surgeon

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bat	det
2	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handled	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 handled	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 handled	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 handled	aux:pass
6	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 handled	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 contact	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 contact	cc
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 contact	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 contact	aux
15	contact	contact	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 handled	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 helpline	det
17	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 helpline	compound
18	helpline	helpline	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 contact	obj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 surgeon	cc
20	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 surgeon	compound
21	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 helpline	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not handle	should · passive		the bat				with bare hands	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme with hand=Instrument
2	contact	should	a adult	a bat helpline or veterinary surgeon					tree rules

Option 2

The bat should be fed milk and kept as a pet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bat	det
2	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 fed	aux:pass
5	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fed	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 pet	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pet	det
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	should · passive		the bat					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient milk=Theme
2	keep	participle						as a pet	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The bat should be left exposed to the sun until it recovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bat	det
2	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 left	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exposed	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 recovers	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 recovers	nsubj
12	recovers	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		the bat		tree rules
2	expose	participle	the bat not said here		the sun	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sun=Recipient
3	recover	present	bat			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The bat should be lifted by hand and released from a height

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bat	det
2	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifted	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lifted	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 lifted	aux:pass
5	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 hand	case
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifted	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 released	cc
9	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lifted	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 height	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 height	det
12	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	should · passive	hand	the bat					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	release	participle	hand not said here			a height			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

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.

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