Test 4 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

Your mate wants to open the bat box to show his little brother. What should you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you · What happens: want, open, show, say · To what, where: bat box, little brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Your mate wants to open the bat box to show his little brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 open	mark
5	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
7	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 box	compound
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 open	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 show	mark
10	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 open	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brother	nmod:poss
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 brother	amod
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 show	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	want	present	Your mate			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	open not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your mate not said here	the bat box		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme
3	show	to-infinitive	Your mate not said here		mate's little brother	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient

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 should you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

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

No, opening it disturbs roosting bats, which is against the law without a licence

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 disturbs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 disturbs	csubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 opening	obj
5	disturbs	disturb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	roosting	roost	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 disturbs	xcomp
7	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roosting	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 law	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 law	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 law	cop
11	against	against	ADP	_	13 law	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 law	det
13	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bats	conj
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 licence	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 licence	det
16	licence	licence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roosting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	open	gerund		it		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	disturb	present	opening			tree rules
3	roost	gerund	opening not said here	bats and the law	without a licence	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bat=Theme
4	is	present	bats and the law		against the law	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if you knock on the box first and wait for the bats to come out and say hello

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 knock	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 knock	nsubj
5	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 box	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knock	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 knock	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wait	cc
11	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 knock	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 bats	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bats	det
14	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wait	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 come	mark
16	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wait	advcl
17	out	out	ADV	_	16 come	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 say	cc
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wait	conj
20	hello	hello	INTJ	_	19 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	knock	present	you	the box	first property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on box=Location
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here		for the bats	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come out	to-infinitive	you not said here		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

Option 3

Yes, bats love visitors in the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 love	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 love	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	bats	visitors			day		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer visitor=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, but only shake it a little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shake	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shake	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 shake	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 shake	advmod
5	shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shake	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 little	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shake	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	it				a little obl:unmarked	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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