Exam question 3 · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

State the consequence of acoustic injury to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state · To what, where: consequence, sensory hair cells

This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» 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	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 injury	case
5	acoustic	acoustic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 injury	amod
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consequence	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 cells	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cells	det
9	sensory	sensory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cells	amod
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cells	compound
11	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 State	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 ear	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ear	det
14	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ear	amod
15	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cells	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence of acoustic injury	the sensory hair cells of the inner ear				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic to cell=Recipient

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

No consequence ensues

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	3 ensues	nsubj
3	ensues	ensue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensue	present	no consequence						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The cells are strengthened by the exposure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cells	det
2	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 strengthened	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strengthened	aux:pass
4	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 exposure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 exposure	det
7	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strengthened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	present · passive	the exposure	the cells					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cells are not regenerated and the damage is permanent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cells	det
2	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 regenerated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regenerated	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 regenerated	advmod
5	regenerated	regenerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 permanent	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 damage	det
8	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 permanent	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 permanent	cop
10	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 regenerated	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not regenerate	present · passive		the cells					tree rules
2	is	present	the damage					permanent property	tree rules

Option 4

The cells regenerate entirely within the space of about a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cells	det
2	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regenerate	nsubj
3	regenerate	regenerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 regenerate	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 space	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 space	det
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regenerate	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 week	case
9	about	about	ADV	_	11 week	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 space	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regenerate	present	the cells					within the space of a week; entirely property	tree rules

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