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description: «got a stinking cold and flying tomorrow, whatever» Why might the plane hurt his ears more than usual? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, ea…

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«got a stinking cold and flying tomorrow, whatever» Why might the plane hurt his ears more than usual?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** plane · **What happens:** get, fly, hurt · **To what, where:** stinking, ears · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t10:1
# text = «got a stinking cold and flying tomorrow, whatever» Why might the plane hurt his ears more than usual?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stinking	stinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	obj	_	_
20	than	than	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past |  | a stinking |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | might | the plane | plane's ears |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer more=Result |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A cold makes his eardrums much thicker and stiffer than they should be

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t10:o1:1
# text = A cold makes his eardrums much thicker and stiffer than they should be
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eardrums	eardrum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stiffer	stiff	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
10	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a cold | cold's eardrums |  |  |  | thick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eardrum=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The plane flies higher for people with colds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t10:o2:1
# text = The plane flies higher for people with colds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | the plane |  |  |  |  | for people; with colds; high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Earwax melts in a cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t10:o3:1
# text = Earwax melts in a cold
1	Earwax	earwax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | Earwax |  |  | a cold |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A cold can block the tube that balances air in the middle ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t10:o4:1
# text = A cold can block the tube that balances air in the middle ear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	balances	balance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | can | a cold | the tube |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tube=Theme |
| 2 | **balance** | present | the tube | air |  | the middle ear |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent air=Theme in ear=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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