Test 7 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

Why is ringing in the ears after a concert or a bang not something to laugh off?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: ring, laugh off · To what, where: something, ears

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 ringing	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ringing	aux
3	ringing	ring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ears	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ears	det
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ringing	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 concert	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 concert	det
9	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ringing	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 bang	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bang	det
12	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concert	conj
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 something	advmod
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 ringing	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 laugh	mark
16	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 something	acl
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 laugh	compound:prt
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 ringing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	present · progressive		something		the ears	after a concert or a bang		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location
2	laugh off	to-infinitive		something not said here					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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

It warns of damage to hair cells that never grow back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warns	nsubj
2	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 damage	case
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warns	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cells	case
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cells	compound
7	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 grow	obj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 grow	advmod
10	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cells	acl:relcl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	It					of damage to hair cells	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of damage=Topic
2	not grow back	present		hair cells					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme

Option 2

It means your ears are getting tougher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 getting	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
7	tougher	tough	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present · progressive	your ears					tough property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It always goes away by the morning, so it means nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 goes	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 goes	advmod
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 goes	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 means	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 goes	parataxis
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 means	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go away	present	It				morning	always, away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	it	nothing		all			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4

It is just your brain humming the song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 brain	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 brain	advmod
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brain	nmod:poss
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	humming	hum	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 brain	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 song	det
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 humming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	your brain					tree rules
2	hum	gerund	your brain not said here	the song					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic

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