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title: Count it: a bumblebee bat weighs about 2 grams and a big flying fox… — Bats of the world: flying foxes, vampi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count it: a bumblebee bat weighs about 2 grams and a big flying fox about 1 kilogram. About how many bumblebee bats weigh the same as one flying fox? Test 5 of lesson 314 «Bats of the world: flying foxes, vampire bats, the bumblebee bat and tent-makers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school
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# Test 5 · Bats of the world: flying foxes, vampire bats, the bumbleb…

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Count it: a bumblebee bat weighs about 2 grams and a big flying fox about 1 kilogram. About how many bumblebee bats weigh the same as one flying fox?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bumblebee bat, many bumblebee bats · **What happens:** count, weigh, fly · **To what, where:** it, 2 grams, same

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This is test 5 of lesson 314 «Bats of the world: flying foxes, vampire bats, the bumblebee bat and tent-makers» 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/314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count it: a bumblebee bat weighs about 2 grams and a big flying fox about 1 kilogram.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers:t5:1
# text = Count it: a bumblebee bat weighs about 2 grams and a big flying fox about 1 kilogram.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bumblebee	bumblebee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	weighs	weigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	kilogram	kilogram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **weigh** | present | a bumblebee bat | 2 grams and a big flying fox  1 kilogram |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme gram=Value |
| 3 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* About how many bumblebee bats weigh the same as one flying fox?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers:t5:2
# text = About how many bumblebee bats weigh the same as one flying fox?
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	bumblebee	bumblebee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	weigh	weigh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | present | many bumblebee bats | the same |  |  |  | as one flying fox | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme same=Value |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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About 5,000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers:t5:o1:1
# text = About 5,000
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	5,000	5000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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About 50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers:t5:o2:1
# text = About 50
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About 5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers:t5:o3:1
# text = About 5
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	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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About 500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers:t5:o4:1
# text = About 500
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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