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title: «bats carry viruses so we should get rid of all of them» What is best? — The microscopic world: viruses and vac… · tree and pragmatics
description: «bats carry viruses so we should get rid of all of them» What is best? Test 7 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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 right.
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# Test 7 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

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«bats carry viruses so we should get rid of all of them» What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** get, be

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This is test 7 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t7:1
# text = «bats carry viruses so we should get rid of all of them» What is best?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | should | we |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because bats will move into houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t7:o1:1
# text = No, because bats will move into houses
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | future | bats |  |  | houses |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, bats are vital for pollination and eating insects, and should be left alone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t7:o2:1
# text = No, bats are vital for pollination and eating insects, and should be left alone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	vital	vital	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pollination	pollination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
10	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
16	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bats |  |  |  |  | for pollination; vital *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | bats *not said here* | insects |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | should · passive | bats *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, bats are only pests that spread germs and do nothing useful at all for anyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, bats are only pests that spread germs and do nothing useful at all for anyone
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	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bats | pests |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spread** | present | pests | germs |  |  |  | for anyone | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present | pests *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only the big ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only the big ones
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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