Test 3 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

«the cat dragged in a bat but it flew off fine, so all good yeah?» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: drag, fly off, be · To what, where: bat

This is test 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. 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: «the cat dragged in a bat but it flew off fine, so all good yeah?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 dragged	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragged	nsubj
4	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bat	det
7	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragged	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 flew	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 flew	nsubj
10	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dragged	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 flew	compound:prt
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 flew	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 good	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 good	advmod
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 good	advmod
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dragged	parataxis
17	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	16 good	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dragged	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 dragged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag in a quote	participle	the cat			a bat			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bat=Location
2	fly off in a quote	past	cat					fine property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not really; bats caught by cats need a rescuer, as tiny wounds can kill later

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 need	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	8 need	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
4	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	nsubj
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bats	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 cats	case
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 caught	obl
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rescuer	det
10	rescuer	rescuer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kill	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 kill	mark
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wounds	amod
14	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 kill	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 kill	aux
16	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 need	conj
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 kill	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	catch	participle		bats not said here	by cats	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not need	present	bats	a rescuer		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rescuer=Theme
3	kill	can	tiny wounds		late property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, if it flies it can never be hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 flies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flies	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 flies	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flies	nsubj
5	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hurt	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 hurt	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 hurt	aux:pass
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 flies	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	it						tree rules
2	not hurt	can · passive		it					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Yes, bats heal any wound in a minute, even a very deep bite from a cat or a dog

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 heal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heal	nsubj
4	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 wound	det
6	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heal	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 minute	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 minute	det
9	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heal	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bite	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	15 bite	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bite	det
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 deep	advmod
14	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bite	amod
15	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heal	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 cat	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cat	det
18	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bite	nmod
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 dog	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 dog	det
21	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	bats	any wound			minute	a deep bite from a cat or a dog obl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient

Option 4

Yes, cat teeth are clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 clean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teeth	compound
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clean	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	cop
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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