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title: A tiger moth makes clicks when a bat comes near. What might the clic… — Myth check: are bats blind? · tree and pragmatics
description: A tiger moth makes clicks when a bat comes near. What might the clicks do? Test 10 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Myth check: are bats blind?

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A tiger moth makes clicks when a bat comes near. What might the clicks do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tiger moth, bat, clicks · **What happens:** make, come, do · **To what, where:** clicks

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 153 «Myth check: are bats blind?» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/153-are-bats-blind/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A tiger moth makes clicks when a bat comes near.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t10:1
# text = A tiger moth makes clicks when a bat comes near.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	clicks	click	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	near	near	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a tiger moth | clicks |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset click=Product |
| 2 | **come** | present | a bat |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What might the clicks do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t10:2
# text = What might the clicks do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clicks	click	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | might | the clicks |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Call other bats to dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t10:o1:1
# text = Call other bats to dinner
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | other bats |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bat=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Make the moth fly faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t10:o2:1
# text = Make the moth fly faster
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **fly** | present | the moth |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Confuse the bat's echolocation or warn that the moth tastes bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t10:o3:1
# text = Confuse the bat's echolocation or warn that the moth tastes bad
1	Confuse	confuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	echolocation	echolocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bat's echolocation |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echolocation=Patient |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **taste** | present | the moth |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Help the moth see in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t10:o4:1
# text = Help the moth see in the dark
1	Help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | the moth |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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