Exam question 3 · Growing, seeing and hearing

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning prolonged exposure to loud sound.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, prolong · To what, where: response, prolonged exposure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 exposure	amod
11	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 sound	case
13	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sound	amod
14	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	prolonged exposure	to loud sound	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus exposure=Experiencer
4	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

It may damage hearing permanently, beyond repair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 damage	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 damage	aux
3	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damage	obj
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 damage	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 repair	punct
7	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	8 repair	case
8	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damage	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	may	It	hearing				beyond repair; permanently property	vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument hearing=Patient

Option 2

It damages hearing only temporarily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 damages	nsubj
2	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 damages	xcomp
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 temporarily	advmod
5	temporarily	temporarily	ADV	_	3 hearing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present	It						tree rules
2	hear	gerund						temporarily property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It is harmless through headphones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	5 headphones	case
5	headphones	headphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			headphones		harmless property	tree rules

Option 4

It strengthens hearing over time, as a muscle is strengthened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 strengthens	nsubj
2	strengthens	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 strengthens	xcomp
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 time	case
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hearing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 strengthened	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 strengthened	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 muscle	det
9	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 strengthened	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 strengthened	aux:pass
11	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hearing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	strengthen	present	It			tree rules
2	hear	gerund			time	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	strengthen	present · passive		a muscle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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