--- title: Identify the description that employs the sense of hearing. — Describing: senses, showing and precis… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the description that employs the sense of hearing. Exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Describing: senses, showing and precis…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Describing: senses, showing and precise words Identify the description that employs the sense of hearing. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, description · **What happens:** identify, employ, sense · **To what, where:** description, sense, hearing This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» of the English 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e1:1 # text = Identify the description that employs the sense of hearing. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 employs employ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the description | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent description=Theme | | 2 | **employ** | present | the description | the sense of hearing | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Theme | | 3 | **sense** | | | hearing | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The floorboards creaked beneath his boots. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e1:o1:1 # text = The floorboards creaked beneath his boots. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 floorboards floorboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 creaked creak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creak** | past | the floorboards | | | his boots | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath boot=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} The floorboards were brown and old. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e1:o2:1 # text = The floorboards were brown and old. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 floorboards floorboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the floorboards | | | | | brown *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the floorboards *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The floorboards were rough beneath his feet. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e1:o3:1 # text = The floorboards were rough beneath his feet. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 floorboards floorboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the floorboards | | | | | beneath his feet; rough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The floorboards smelled of wax polish. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:e1:o4:1 # text = The floorboards smelled of wax polish. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 floorboards floorboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 smelled smell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 polish polish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | participle | | the floorboards *not said here* | | | | of wax polish | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of polish=Theme | **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. 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