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title: What would happen to a local group of bats if a house owner sealed u… — Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to a local group of bats if a house owner sealed up the roof where they raise their babies? Test 7 · ★★ 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 pragma
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

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What would happen to a local group of bats if a house owner sealed up the roof where they raise their babies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** house owner, bats · **What happens:** happen, seal up, raise · **To what, where:** roof, babies

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t7:1
# text = What would happen to a local group of bats if a house owner sealed up the roof where they raise their babies?
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a local group of bats | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **seal up** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | a house owner | the roof |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |
| 3 | **raise** | present | bats *= bat* | bats's babies |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, bats raise babies anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t7:o1:1
# text = Nothing, bats raise babies anywhere
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | bats | babies |  |  |  | Nothing *vocative*; anywhere *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They would move into the fridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t7:o2:1
# text = They would move into the fridge
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The mothers would lose their nursery, and with one baby a year the group could shrink

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t7:o3:1
# text = The mothers would lose their nursery, and with one baby a year the group could shrink
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would | the mothers | mothers's nursery |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nursery=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shrink** | could | the group |  |  |  |  | with one baby  a year | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with baby=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bats would simply lay their eggs outside instead, in little nests in the garden hedge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t7:o4:1
# text = The bats would simply lay their eggs outside instead, in little nests in the garden hedge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | would | the bats | bats's eggs |  | little nests in the garden hedge |  | instead, outside, simply *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in nest=Destination |

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