--- title: "blind as a bat" my dad says. is he right — The nocturnal house: night animals by… · tree and pragmatics description: "blind as a bat" my dad says. is he right Test 5 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/t5/) [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/) / [The nocturnal house: night animals by…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light "blind as a bat" my dad says. is he right **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, blind · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** bat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t5:1 # text = "blind as a bat" my dad says. is he right 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my dad | a bat *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bat=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | blind | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Yes, all bats are fully blind from the day they are born ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t5:o1:1 # text = Yes, all bats are fully blind from the day they are born 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 fully fully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | all bats | | | | day | blind, fully *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | present · passive | the day *not said here* | bats *= bat* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, but only fruit bats ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t5:o2:1 # text = Yes, but only fruit bats 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, bats can see, and many also use echoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t5:o3:1 # text = No, bats can see, and many also use echoes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nsubj _ _ 9 also also ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | bats | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **use** | present | many | echoes | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echo=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, bats see only in daylight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:t5:o4:1 # text = No, bats see only in daylight 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | bats | daylight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daylight=Stimulus | **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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