Test 16 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears

blasting music in earbuds all day on max, fine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: blast · To what, where: music, earbuds

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	blasting	blast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fine	csubj
2	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 blasting	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 earbuds	case
4	earbuds	earbud	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 blasting	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 blasting	obl:unmarked
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 max	case
8	max	max	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 blasting	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blast	gerund		music		earbuds	day	on max	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent music=Instrument on max=Patient

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

No, loud sound for a long time damages hearing for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 loud	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	amod
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 damages	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 damages	obl
9	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 damages	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 good	case
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 damages	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present	loud sound	hearing			time	for good	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hearing=Patient

Option 2

Only the left ear gets hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 ear	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ear	det
3	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ear	amod
4	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	nsubj:pass
5	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux:pass
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		the left ear					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Yes, earbuds are always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	earbuds	earbud	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	earbuds					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, ears get used to any noise if you give them a few weeks

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 used	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	nsubj:pass
4	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 noise	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 give	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 give	nsubj
11	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 give	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 weeks	det
14	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 weeks	amod
15	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 give	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		ears				to any noise	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	give a condition, not said to happen	present	you		ears = ear		week		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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