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# Test 10 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

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«why would a bat pick a sunny box some days and a shady one other days» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bat, shady one · **What happens:** pick, day, be · **To what, where:** sunny box, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 315 «Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why never to pick one up» 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/315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t10:1
# text = «why would a bat pick a sunny box some days and a shady one other days» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	23	amod	_	_
23	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** *in a quote* | would | a bat | a sunny box |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient |
| 2 | **day** *in a quote* |  | a shady one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best answer |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To stay at a comfortable temperature, warmer or cooler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t10:o1:1
# text = To stay at a comfortable temperature, warmer or cooler
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cooler	cool	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a comfortable temperature |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at temperature=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They follow the cat around the garden and sleep wherever it sleeps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t10:o2:1
# text = They follow the cat around the garden and sleep wherever it sleeps
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | They | the cat |  | the garden and sleep |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cat=Theme around garden=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | cat |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bats like to sunbathe for a tan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t10:o3:1
# text = Bats like to sunbathe for a tan
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sunbathe	sunbathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Bats |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sunbathe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bats *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a tan | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sunny boxes are always full of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t10:o4:1
# text = Sunny boxes are always full of food
1	Sunny	sunny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sunny boxes |  |  |  |  | of food; always, full *property* | tree rules |

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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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