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title: In a cartoon, a bat bumps into everything because "bats are blind as… — Friends who cling to a legend · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a bat bumps into everything because "bats are blind as a bat". What's the correction? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend

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In a cartoon, a bat bumps into everything because "bats are blind as a bat". What's the correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bat, bats, correction · **What happens:** bump, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» of the myths 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/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a bat bumps into everything because "bats are blind as a bat".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, a bat bumps into everything because "bats are blind as a bat".
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bumps	bump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bump** | present | a bat |  |  | a cartoon |  | into everything | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into everything=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bats |  |  |  |  | as a bat; blind *property* | tree rules |

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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's the correction?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t9:2
# text = What's the correction?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the correction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Bats can see, and many use echolocation too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t9:o1:1
# text = Bats can see, and many use echolocation too
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	echolocation	echolocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **use** | present | many | echolocation |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echolocation=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bats use their noses to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t9:o2:1
# text = Bats use their noses to see
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Bats | Bats's noses |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Bats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bats can only see in colour, and only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t9:o3:1
# text = Bats can only see in colour, and only at night
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | Bats |  |  | colour | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bats really are totally blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t9:o4:1
# text = Bats really are totally blind
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bats *not said here* |  |  |  |  | blind, totally *property* | tree rules |

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