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title: In a cartoon Batman's bats live in a dark cave and all hang there al… — Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon Batman's bats live in a dark cave and all hang there all year round. What do real British bats do? Test 8 · ★★ 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 prag
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Bats near home: pipistrelles, noctules, bat boxes and why…

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In a cartoon Batman's bats live in a dark cave and all hang there all year round. What do real British bats do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bats, real British bats · **What happens:** live, hang, be, do · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon Batman's bats live in a dark cave and all hang there all year round.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon Batman's bats live in a dark cave and all hang there all year round.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	Batman	Batman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	round	round	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Batman's bats |  |  | a cartoon |  | in a dark cave | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **hang** | present | Batman's bats *not said here* |  |  | there | year | round *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What do real British bats do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t8:2
# text = What do real British bats do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real British bats |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fly south to Africa every winter like swallows, and come back to Britain each spring to roost

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t8:o1:1
# text = Fly south to Africa every winter like swallows, and come back to Britain each spring to roost
1	Fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	south	south	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	swallows	swallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	roost	roost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Africa |  | winter | like swallows; south *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to africa=Result |
| 2 | **come back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **roost** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sleep all summer and fly all winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t8:o2:1
# text = Sleep all summer and fly all winter
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | Sleep  all summer *not said here* |  |  |  | winter |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Live in one cave for ever and never move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t8:o3:1
# text = Live in one cave for ever and never move
1	Live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | one cave |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |
| 2 | **not** **move** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Raise babies in summer roosts like roofs and trees, and hibernate somewhere cool in winter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up:t8:o4:1
# text = Raise babies in summer roosts like roofs and trees, and hibernate somewhere cool in winter
1	Raise	raise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	roosts	roost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hibernate	hibernate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
14	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** | present | Raise babies in summer roosts like roofs and trees |  |  |  | winter | somewhere *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

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