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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Myth check: are bats blind? · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the visual capacity of bats. Exam question 1 of lesson 153 «Myth check: are bats blind?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 1 · Myth check: are bats blind?

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the visual capacity of bats.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, visual capacity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 153 «Myth check: are bats blind?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/153-are-bats-blind/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the visual capacity of bats.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	visual	visual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the visual capacity of bats |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus capacity=Experiencer |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sight is present solely in bats inhabiting caverns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:e1:o1:1
# text = Sight is present solely in bats inhabiting caverns
1	Sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	caverns	cavern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sight |  |  | bats |  | present, solely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **inhabit** | gerund | bats *not said here* | caverns |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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All species of bat possess sight, and numerous species see with considerable acuity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:e1:o2:1
# text = All species of bat possess sight, and numerous species see with considerable acuity
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	acuity	acuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | all species of bat | sight |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sight=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | numerous species |  |  |  |  | with considerable acuity | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only juvenile bats are possessed of sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:e1:o3:1
# text = Only juvenile bats are possessed of sight
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present · passive |  | juvenile bats |  |  |  | of sight | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The members of the order are without exception entirely blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:e1:o4:1
# text = The members of the order are without exception entirely blind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the members of the order |  |  |  |  | without exception | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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