Test 17 · Eyes, ears and moving your body

heard a girl went to a concert w no earplugs n she's DEAF now, totally, forever, from one gig

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, earplugs · What happens: hear, go, n, be · To what, where: one gig

This is test 17 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 concert	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 concert	det
7	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	11 n	mark
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 earplugs	det
10	earplugs	earplug	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 n	nsubj
11	n	n	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 went	advcl
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 DEAF	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 DEAF	cop
14	DEAF	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 n	ccomp
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 n	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 forever	punct
17	totally	totally	ADV	_	19 forever	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 forever	punct
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 gig	punct
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 gig	case
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 gig	nummod
23	gig	gig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	a girl not said here				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	go	past	a girl	one gig		to a concert; forever property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to concert=Initial_Location from gig=Destination
3	n	present	no earplugs		now		tree rules
4	is	present	girl			deaf property	tree rules

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

Loud music never harms the ears at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 music	amod
2	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harms	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 harms	advmod
4	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ears	det
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harms	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 harms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not harm	present	Loud music	the ears		all			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer

Option 2

Only adults' ears are harmed by loud music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ears	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 adults	case
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 harmed	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 harmed	aux:pass
6	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 music	case
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 music	amod
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 harmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	present · passive	loud music	adults's ears					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Loud noise can damage hearing, so wear ear protection; totally deaf from one gig is likely blown up

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 noise	amod
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damage	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 damage	aux
4	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damage	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wear	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 wear	advmod
8	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 damage	conj
9	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 protection	compound
10	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wear	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 deaf	punct
12	totally	totally	ADV	_	13 deaf	advmod
13	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 likely	nsubj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 gig	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 gig	nummod
16	gig	gig	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 deaf	obl
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 likely	cop
18	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 damage	ccomp
19	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 likely	xcomp
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	damage	can	Loud noise	hearing		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hearing=Patient
2	wear	infinitive	Loud noise not said here	ear protection		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent protection=Source
3	is	present	deaf		likely property	tree rules
4	blow up	participle	deaf not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4

One concert always makes a person deaf forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 concert	nummod
2	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 makes	advmod
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	One concert	a person				always, deaf, forever property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset person=Product

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