--- title: What would happen if a hunting bat suddenly could not hear? — Echolocation: how bats see with sound · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a hunting bat suddenly could not hear? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 229 «Echolocation: how bats see with sound» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound/t3/) [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/) / [Echolocation: how bats see with sound](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Echolocation: how bats see with sound What would happen if a hunting bat suddenly could not hear? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hunting bat · **What happens:** happen, not hear This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 229 «Echolocation: how bats see with sound» 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/229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound:t3:1 # text = What would happen if a hunting bat suddenly could not hear? 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 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | a hunting bat | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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} It would fly higher and faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound:t3:o1:1 # text = It would fly higher and faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | would | It | | | | | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It would hunt better by smell ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound:t3:o2:1 # text = It would hunt better by smell 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | would | It | | | | | by smell; good *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by smell=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, because bats hunt only with their eyes, like owls do ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound:t3:o3:1 # text = Nothing, because bats hunt only with their eyes, like owls do 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 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hunt hunt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 like like SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | present | bats | bats's eyes | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present | owls | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It would bump into things and miss insects in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound:t3:o4:1 # text = It would bump into things and miss insects in the dark 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bump bump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 miss miss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bump** | would | It | | | things | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into thing=Location | | 2 | **miss** | present | | insects | | the dark | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer insect=Stimulus | **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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