Test 8 · ★ · Senses: eyes and ears

Why should you wear ear defenders near very loud fireworks or engines?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wear · To what, where: ear defenders, loud fireworks

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 wear	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wear	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wear	nsubj
4	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 defenders	compound
6	defenders	defender	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wear	obj
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 fireworks	case
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 loud	advmod
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fireworks	amod
10	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wear	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 engines	cc
12	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fireworks	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	should	you	ear defenders		loud fireworks or engines			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent defender=Source

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Fireworks blow lots of earwax and smoke deep into your ears and block them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blow	nsubj
2	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blow	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 earwax	case
5	earwax	earwax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lots	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 smoke	cc
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 earwax	conj
8	deep	deep	ADV	_	11 ears	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 ears	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ears	nmod:poss
11	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blow	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 block	cc
13	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 blow	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	Fireworks	lots of earwax and smoke		your ears			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent lot=Material into ear=Product
2	block	infinitive	Fireworks not said here	lots = lot					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Loud sounds can damage hair cells in the ear that do not grow back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sounds	amod
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 damage	aux
4	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cells	compound
6	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ear	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ear	det
9	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damage	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 grow	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 grow	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 grow	advmod
13	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ear	acl:relcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	can	Loud sounds	hair cells		the ear			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient
2	not grow back	present · do-support	the ear						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Ear defenders make you hear better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defenders	compound
2	defenders	defender	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 make	obj
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Ear defenders	you					tree rules
2	hear	infinitive	you not said here					well property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Loud sounds can make your ears fall off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sounds	amod
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ears	nmod:poss
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fall	nsubj
7	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 fall	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Loud sounds						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	fall off	present	your ears						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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