Test 2 · ★ · Senses: eyes and ears
In a cartoon a bat bumps into everything because «bats are blind». Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bat, bats, you · What happens: bump, be, put · To what, where: cartoon, bat
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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: In a cartoon a bat bumps into everything because «bats are blind».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bumps | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bat | det |
| 5 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bumps | nsubj |
| 6 | bumps | bump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 everything | case |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 bumps | obl |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 blind | mark |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 blind | punct |
| 11 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 blind | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 blind | cop |
| 13 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bumps | advcl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 blind | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bumps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bump | present | a bat | a cartoon | into everything | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into everything=Location | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | bats | blind property | tree rules |
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: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | bat | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Bats really are blind, so in real life they crash all the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 blind | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 blind | advmod |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blind | cop |
| 4 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 crash | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 crash | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 life | amod |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crash | obl |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 crash | nsubj |
| 11 | crash | crash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blind | advcl |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 time | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crash | obl:unmarked |
| # | 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 = bat | real life | time | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location |
Option 2
Bats only ever fly in daylight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fly | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 fly | advmod |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 fly | advmod |
| 4 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 daylight | case |
| 6 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | Bats | daylight | ever | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daylight=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Bats see only with their ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 ears | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 ears | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Bats | with Bats's ears | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Bats can see, and many dodge things in the dark by echolocation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 see | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | aux |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dodge | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dodge | cc |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dodge | nsubj |
| 7 | dodge | dodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | ccomp |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 dodge | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 dark | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dark | det |
| 11 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dodge | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 echolocation | case |
| 13 | echolocation | echolocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dodge | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | Bats | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | dodge | present | many | things | the dark | by echolocation | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location |
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