Test 5 · ★★ · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light

"blind as a bat" my dad says. is he right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, blind · What happens: say, be · To what, where: bat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 blind	punct
2	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 right	nsubj
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 bat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bat	det
5	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blind	obl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dad	nmod:poss
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bat	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 blind	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 right	nsubj
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my dad	a bat not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bat=Topic
2	is	present	blind					right 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, all bats are fully blind from the day they are born

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 blind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bats	det
4	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 blind	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blind	cop
6	fully	fully	ADV	_	7 blind	advmod
7	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blind	obl
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 born	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 born	aux:pass
13	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 day	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all bats				day	blind, fully property	tree rules
2	bear	present · passive	the day not said here	bats = bat					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Yes, but only fruit bats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 bats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 bats	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 bats	advmod
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bats	compound
6	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, bats can see, and many also use echoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 use	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 use	cc
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 use	nsubj
9	also	also	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
10	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	conj
11	echoes	echo	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 use	obj

#	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»: agent=Experiencer
2	use	present	many	echoes					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echo=Patient

Option 4

No, bats see only in daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 daylight	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 daylight	case
7	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	bats	daylight					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daylight=Stimulus

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