--- title: A man finds bats sleeping in a cold cellar in January and wakes them… — Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules… · tree and pragmatics description: A man finds bats sleeping in a cold cellar in January and wakes them to look. Why is this harmful? Test 11 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up/t11/) [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/) / [Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why… A man finds bats sleeping in a cold cellar in January and wakes them to look. Why is this harmful? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man, bats, this · **What happens:** find, sleep, wake, look, be · **To what, where:** bats, cold cellar This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A man finds bats sleeping in a cold cellar in January and wakes them to look. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t11:1 # text = A man finds bats sleeping in a cold cellar in January and wakes them to look. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 wakes wake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | a man | bats | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | gerund | bats *not said here* | | | a cold cellar in January | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location | | 3 | **wake** | present | a man *not said here* | bats *= bat* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is this harmful? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t11:2 # text = Why is this harmful? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 harmful harmful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | harmful *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It makes them grow too fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t11:o1:1 # text = It makes them grow too fast 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | them *= they* | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Waking uses up fat they need to survive the rest of winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t11:o2:1 # text = Waking uses up fat they need to survive the rest of winter 1 Waking wake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **use up** | present | | fat | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient | | 3 | **need** | present | they | fat *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **survive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fat *not said here* | the rest of winter | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rest=Circumstance | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It gives them a nasty cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t11:o3:1 # text = It gives them a nasty cold 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nasty nasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | It | a nasty cold | them *= they* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cold=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It stops them flying for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t11:o4:1 # text = It stops them flying for ever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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