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title: «a bat flew past my head, it was gonna get stuck in my hair!!» What… — Myth check: are bats blind? · tree and pragmatics
description: «a bat flew past my head, it was gonna get stuck in my hair!!» What is right? Test 2 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Myth check: are bats blind?

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«a bat flew past my head, it was gonna get stuck in my hair!!» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bat · **What happens:** fly, be · **To what, where:** head

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «a bat flew past my head, it was gonna get stuck in my hair!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t2:1
# text = «a bat flew past my head, it was gonna get stuck in my hair!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** *in a quote* | past | a bat |  |  | my head |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past head=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | bat |  |  |  |  | get, stuck *property* | tree rules |

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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 is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t2:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, bats aim for hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, bats aim for hair
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	aim	aim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aim** | present | bats |  |  |  |  | for hair | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, it wanted to pull out some of your hair to build a nest in the roof

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, it wanted to pull out some of your hair to build a nest in the roof
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pull out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | some |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | a nest |  | the roof |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, bats cannot steer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, bats cannot steer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	steer	steer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **steer** | can | bats |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It was most likely catching insects near you; bats are very good at avoiding things

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t2:o4:1
# text = It was most likely catching insects near you; bats are very good at avoiding things
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
14	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | near you; catch, likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | bats |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** | gerund | bats *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location |

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