--- title: Each wing of a bat is a hand. Three bats spread their wings. How man… — Myth check: are bats blind? · tree and pragmatics description: Each wing of a bat is a hand. Three bats spread their wings. How many thumbs are sticking out as hooks? Test 6 · ★★ 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/153-are-bats-blind/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Myth check: are bats blind?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/153-are-bats-blind/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Myth check: are bats blind? Each wing of a bat is a hand. Three bats spread their wings. How many thumbs are sticking out as hooks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wing, Three bats, many thumbs · **What happens:** be, spread, stick out · **To what, where:** hand, wings This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Each wing of a bat is a hand. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:1 # text = Each wing of a bat is a hand. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | each wing of a bat | a hand | | | | | 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:* Three bats spread their wings. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:2 # text = Three bats spread their wings. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | Three bats | their wings | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | *Sentence 3:* How many thumbs are sticking out as hooks? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:3 # text = How many thumbs are sticking out as hooks? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sticking stick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 hooks hook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick out** | present · progressive | many thumbs | | | | | as hooks | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 6 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:o1:1 # text = 6 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:o2:1 # text = 12 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 30 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:o3:1 # text = 30 1 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:153-are-bats-blind:t6:o4:1 # text = 3 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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