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title: drum practice for 3 hours, no earplugs needed right — Music practice and ball games · tree and pragmatics
description: drum practice for 3 hours, no earplugs needed right Test 14 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 14 · ★ · Music practice and ball games

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drum practice for 3 hours, no earplugs needed right

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** drum, need · **To what, where:** practice, earplugs

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» of the everyday 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/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t14:1
# text = drum practice for 3 hours, no earplugs needed right
1	drum	drum	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	earplugs	earplug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drum** | imperative | you *not said here* | practice |  |  | hour | right *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | participle |  | no earplugs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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Right, music can't hurt your ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t14:o1:1
# text = Right, music can't hurt your ears
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | can | music | your ears |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only for the first hour, after that ur ears get used to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t14:o2:1
# text = Only for the first hour, after that ur ears get used to it
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nmod	_	_
9	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | the first hour after that | it |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Wear ear protection, loud sound damages hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t14:o3:1
# text = Wear ear protection, loud sound damages hearing
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	damages	damage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | ear protection and damages hearing |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent protection=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, only shouting hurts ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t14:o4:1
# text = Right, only shouting hurts ears
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | present |  | ears |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Patient |

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