Test 8 · ★ · Sleep and hibernation

why the hell is the bat flapping around in winter? mum woke it moving boxes in the loft

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: hell, bat, mum · What happens: be, flap around, wake, move · To what, where: bat, hell, boxes, loft

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 55 «Sleep and hibernation» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 woke	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hell	det
3	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bat	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bat	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bat	det
6	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	ccomp
7	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bat	acl
8	around	around	ADV	_	7 flapping	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 winter	case
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flapping	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 why	punct
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 woke	nsubj
13	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 woke	obj
15	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 woke	xcomp
16	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 moving	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 loft	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 loft	det
19	loft	loft	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the hell	the bat				tree rules
2	flap around	gerund	the bat not said here			winter	around property	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wake	past	mum	hell				tree rules
4	move	gerund	mum not said here	boxes	the loft			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent box=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

Bats like to be woken up for a bit of exercise now and then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 woken	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 woken	aux:pass
5	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 like	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 woken	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bit	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woken	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 exercise	case
11	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bit	nmod
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 woken	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 then	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 now	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Bats						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	wake up not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	Bats not said here				now	for a bit of exercise	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

Option 2

It's fine, bats eat snow in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct
5	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	nsubj
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	eat	present	bats	snow			winter		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Patient

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

Waking in winter wastes fat it needs, so roosts must be left alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waking	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 wastes	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 winter	case
3	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Waking	obl
4	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wastes	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needs	nsubj
7	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fat	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 left	advmod
10	roosts	roost	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 left	nsubj:pass
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 left	aux:pass
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wastes	parataxis
14	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wake	gerund			winter		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	waste	present	Waking	fat			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient
3	need	present	fat	fat not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fat=Theme
4	leave	must · passive		roosts		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It's not a bat, bats are blind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bat	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bat	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 bat	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bat	det
5	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bat	punct
7	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 blind	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 blind	cop
9	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	a bat					tree rules
2	is	present	bats	a bat not said here				blind property	tree rules

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