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title: In Batman films a huge swarm of bats bursts out of a cave. Where do… — Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Batman films a huge swarm of bats bursts out of a cave. Where do real millions of bats do that every evening? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 179 «Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm, glowworms and a sealed cave» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm, glowworms and a se…

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In Batman films a huge swarm of bats bursts out of a cave. Where do real millions of bats do that every evening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** huge swarm, real millions · **What happens:** burst out, do · **To what, where:** cave, Batman films, that

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 179 «Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm, glowworms and a sealed cave» 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/179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Batman films a huge swarm of bats bursts out of a cave.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t2:1
# text = In Batman films a huge swarm of bats bursts out of a cave.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Batman	Batman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	swarm	swarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	bursts	burst	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst out** | present | a huge swarm of bats | a cave |  | Batman films |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cave=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:* Where do real millions of bats do that every evening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t2:2
# text = Where do real millions of bats do that every evening?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | real millions of bats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | real millions of bats | that |  |  | evening |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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In Antarctica, under the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t2:o1:1
# text = In Antarctica, under the ice
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Under the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t2:o2:1
# text = Under the sea
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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On the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t2:o3:1
# text = On the Moon
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Bracken Cave in Texas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t2:o4:1
# text = Bracken Cave in Texas
1	Bracken	Bracken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Cave	Cave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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