Exam question 3 · Eyes and ears

Select the response that is 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, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, prolong · To what, where: response, prolonged exposure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» of the myths 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 exposure	amod
13	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 sound	case
15	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sound	amod
16	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	prolonged exposure	to loud sound	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus exposure=Experiencer
5	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

Hearing may be impaired without pain, and such impairment is permanent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 impaired	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 impaired	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 impaired	aux:pass
4	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 pain	case
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impaired	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 permanent	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 permanent	cc
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 impairment	amod
10	impairment	impairment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 permanent	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 permanent	cop
12	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 impaired	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	impair	may · passive		without pain	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	is	present	such impairment	permanent property	tree rules

Option 2

Impaired hearing is restored in full after a sufficient period of quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hearing	amod
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restored	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 restored	aux:pass
4	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 full	case
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 restored	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 period	det
9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 period	amod
10	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restored	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 quiet	case
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	restore	present · passive		Impaired hearing		full	after a sufficient period of quiet		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Prolonged exposure fortifies the organ of hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 exposure	amod
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fortifies	nsubj
3	fortifies	fortify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 organ	det
5	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fortifies	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 hearing	case
7	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 organ	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	fortify	present	Prolonged exposure	the organ of hearing					vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme organ=Recipient

Option 4

Injury to hearing invariably occasions pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	SCONJ	_	3 hearing	mark
3	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Injury	acl
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 hearing	advmod
5	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pain	compound
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund		occasions pain				invariably property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus

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