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description: In the dark bat house a boy's camera flash keeps going off. What should he do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

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In the dark bat house a boy's camera flash keeps going off. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** camera flash, boy, flash · **What happens:** keep, go off, flash, do · **To what, where:** dark bat house

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 71 «Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals» of the everyday 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/everyday/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the dark bat house a boy's camera flash keeps going off.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t3:1
# text = In the dark bat house a boy's camera flash keeps going off.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy's camera flash |  |  | the dark bat house |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go off** | gerund | a boy's camera flash *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **flash** |  | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom flash «event intransitive»: poss=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 should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t3:2
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | should | flash |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Use a brighter torch instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t3:o1:1
# text = Use a brighter torch instead
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a brighter torch |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Keep taking photos, as the bats are blind anyway and cannot see it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t3:o2:1
# text = Keep taking photos, as the bats are blind anyway and cannot see it
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | you *not said here* | photos |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the bats |  |  |  |  | blind *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **see** | can | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Turn the flash off, because it frightens the animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t3:o3:1
# text = Turn the flash off, because it frightens the animals
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	frightens	frighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the flash |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flash=Patient |
| 2 | **frighten** | present | flash | the animals |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bang on the glass to wake the bats first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness:t3:o4:1
# text = Bang on the glass to wake the bats first
1	Bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | to-infinitive |  | the bats |  |  |  | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bat=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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