--- title: What would happen to the beetles on a cave floor if all the bats left? — Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to the beetles on a cave floor if all the bats left? Test 9 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave/t9/) [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/) / [Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm, glowworms and a se… What would happen to the beetles on a cave floor if all the bats left? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bats · **What happens:** happen, leave · **To what, where:** cave floor This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t9:1 # text = What would happen to the beetles on a cave floor if all the bats left? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | a cave floor | | to the beetles | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location | | 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | all bats | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} They would get more food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t9:o1:1 # text = They would get more food 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | They | more food | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would turn into bats ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t9:o2:1 # text = They would turn into bats 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | They | | | bats | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into bat=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They would lose much of their food, the guano ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t9:o3:1 # text = They would lose much of their food, the guano 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 guano guano NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | They | much of their food | | | | the guano *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Nothing, because they eat sunlight and need no food from bats ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:179-caves-bat-clouds-blind-fish-the-olm-glowworms-and-a-sealed-cave:t9:o4:1 # text = Nothing, because they eat sunlight and need no food from bats 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | they | sunlight | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunlight=Patient | | 2 | **need** | present | they *not said here* | no food | | bats | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | **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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