Exam question 4 · Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels
State the anticipated consequence of prolonged exposure to sound of excessive intensity.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: anticipate, prolong, sound
This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» of the physics 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 consequence | det |
| 3 | anticipated | anticipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 consequence | amod |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 exposure | case |
| 6 | prolonged | prolong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 exposure | amod |
| 7 | exposure | exposure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 sound | mark |
| 9 | sound | sound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 consequence | acl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 intensity | case |
| 11 | excessive | excessive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 intensity | amod |
| 12 | intensity | intensity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sound | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | anticipate | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | prolong | participle | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | sound | to-infinitive | of excessive intensity | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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
Permanent damage to the sensory hairs of the inner ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Permanent | permanent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 damage | amod |
| 2 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 hairs | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hairs | det |
| 5 | sensory | sensory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hairs | amod |
| 6 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 damage | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 ear | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ear | det |
| 9 | inner | inner | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ear | amod |
| 10 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hairs | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
An enhancement of the acuity of hearing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 enhancement | det |
| 2 | enhancement | enhancement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 acuity | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 acuity | det |
| 5 | acuity | acuity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enhancement | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hearing | case |
| 7 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 acuity | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enhance | the acuity of hearing | nom enhancement «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
No consequence of any description
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 consequence | det |
| 2 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 description | case |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 description | det |
| 5 | description | description | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consequence | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
An enlargement of the external ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 enlargement | det |
| 2 | enlargement | enlargement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ear | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ear | det |
| 5 | external | external | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ear | amod |
| 6 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enlargement | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enlarge | the external ear | nom enlargement «act transitive»: of=patient |
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