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title: In old Dracula stories and Halloween cartoons, a big bat sucks blood… — The nocturnal house: night animals by… · tree and pragmatics
description: In old Dracula stories and Halloween cartoons, a big bat sucks blood from people's necks. What would you fix? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light

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In old Dracula stories and Halloween cartoons, a big bat sucks blood from people's necks. What would you fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big bat, you · **What happens:** suck, fix · **To what, where:** blood, old Dracula stories

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In old Dracula stories and Halloween cartoons, a big bat sucks blood from people's necks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t4:1
# text = In old Dracula stories and Halloween cartoons, a big bat sucks blood from people's necks.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Dracula	Dracula	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | present | a big bat | blood |  | old Dracula stories and Halloween cartoons |  | from people's necks | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from neck=Source |

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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 would you fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t4:2
# text = What would you fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real vampire bats are as big as a person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t4:o1:1
# text = Real vampire bats are as big as a person
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	vampire	vampire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real vampire bats |  |  |  |  | as a person; big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Vampire bats live only in the castles of Transylvania in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t4:o2:1
# text = Vampire bats live only in the castles of Transylvania in Europe
1	Vampire	vampire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Transylvania	Transylvania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Vampire bats |  |  | the castles of Transylvania in Europe |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All bats suck human blood at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t4:o3:1
# text = All bats suck human blood at night
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suck	suck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | present | all bats | human blood |  |  | night |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |

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

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Only three small kinds of bat lap a little blood, mostly from animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t4:o4:1
# text = Only three small kinds of bat lap a little blood, mostly from animals
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	lap	lap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lap** | present | three small kinds of bat | a little blood and animals |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |

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