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description: Determine the recommended course of action whereas water remains lodged in the ear after swimming. Exam question 4 of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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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# Exam question 4 · Hair, nails and ears

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Determine the recommended course of action whereas water remains lodged in the ear after swimming.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, water remains · **What happens:** determine, recommend, lodge, swim · **To what, where:** recommended course, ear

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» of the everyday 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/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:e4:1
# text = Determine the recommended course of action whereas water remains lodged in the ear after swimming.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the recommended course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lodge** | past | water remains |  |  | the ear |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location |
| 4 | **swim** | gerund | water remains *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tilt the head to that side and allow it to drain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:e4:o1:1
# text = Tilt the head to that side and allow it to drain
1	Tilt	tilt	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	allow	allow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	drain	drain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present |  | side |  |  |  | tilt the head to that side | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | side *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pour further water in so as to flush it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:e4:o2:1
# text = Pour further water in so as to flush it out
1	Pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	flush	flush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour in** | imperative | you *not said here* | further water |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **flush out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lie on the opposite side so it remains inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:e4:o3:1
# text = Lie on the opposite side so it remains inside
1	Lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the opposite side |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location |
| 2 | **remain** | present | side |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Insert a cotton bud deep into the ear canal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:e4:o4:1
# text = Insert a cotton bud deep into the ear canal
1	Insert	insert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bud	bud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** | imperative | you *not said here* | a cotton bud |  | the ear canal |  | deep *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Theme |

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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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