Test 1 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

«a bat nearly got stuck in my hair!!» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bat · What happens: get, be

This is test 1 · ★★ 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. 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: «a bat nearly got stuck in my hair!!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bat	det
3	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hair	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hair	nmod:poss
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
10	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	past	a bat					nearly, stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	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	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Bats aim for hair to steal it for their nests, so they can keep their babies warm

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 aim	nsubj
2	aim	aim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 hair	case
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 aim	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 steal	mark
6	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 aim	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 steal	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 nests	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nests	nmod:poss
10	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 steal	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 keep	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 keep	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 keep	aux
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 aim	conj
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 babies	nmod:poss
17	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 keep	obj
18	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	aim	present	Bats		for hair	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	steal	to-infinitive	Bats not said here	hair	for Bats's nests	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for nest=Beneficiary
3	keep	can	Bats = bat	Bats's babies	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

Option 2

Bats are blind and crash into heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 blind	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 blind	cop
3	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 crash	cc
5	crash	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 blind	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 heads	case
7	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bats					blind property	tree rules
2	crash	present	Bats not said here					into heads result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into head=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Bats do not tangle in hair; it was probably catching insects around you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tangle	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tangle	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tangle	advmod
4	tangle	tangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 hair	case
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tangle	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 catching	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 catching	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 catching	aux
10	probably	probably	ADV	_	11 catching	advmod
11	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tangle	advcl
12	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 catching	obj
13	around	around	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 catching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tangle	present · do-support	Bats			hair			tree rules
2	catch	past · progressive	hair	insects				around you; probably property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme

Option 4

Bats nest in hair, so wear a hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nest	nsubj
2	nest	nest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 hair	case
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nest	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wear	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 wear	advmod
7	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nest	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hat	det
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nest	present	Bats			hair			vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wear	infinitive	Bats not said here	a hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

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