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title: Why should you wear ear defenders near very loud fireworks or engines? — Senses: eyes and ears · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should you wear ear defenders near very loud fireworks or engines? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Senses: eyes and ears

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Why should you wear ear defenders near very loud fireworks or engines?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wear · **To what, where:** ear defenders, loud fireworks

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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/69-senses-eyes-and-ears/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t8:1
# text = Why should you wear ear defenders near very loud fireworks or engines?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	defenders	defender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	engines	engine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | should | you | ear defenders |  | loud fireworks or engines |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent defender=Source |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Fireworks blow lots of earwax and smoke deep into your ears and block them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t8:o1:1
# text = Fireworks blow lots of earwax and smoke deep into your ears and block them
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	earwax	earwax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | Fireworks | lots of earwax and smoke |  | your ears |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent lot=Material into ear=Product |
| 2 | **block** | infinitive | Fireworks *not said here* | lots *= lot* |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Loud sounds can damage hair cells in the ear that do not grow back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t8:o2:1
# text = Loud sounds can damage hair cells in the ear that do not grow back
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | can | Loud sounds | hair cells |  | the ear |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **grow back** | present · do-support | the ear |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ear defenders make you hear better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t8:o3:1
# text = Ear defenders make you hear better
1	Ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	defenders	defender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Ear defenders | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Loud sounds can make your ears fall off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t8:o4:1
# text = Loud sounds can make your ears fall off
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Loud sounds |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **fall off** | present | your ears |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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