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title: blasting music in earbuds all day on max, fine? — Hair, nails and ears · tree and pragmatics
description: blasting music in earbuds all day on max, fine? Test 16 · ★ 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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# Test 16 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears

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blasting music in earbuds all day on max, fine?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** blast · **To what, where:** music, earbuds

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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/77-hair-nails-and-ears/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t16:1
# text = blasting music in earbuds all day on max, fine?
1	blasting	blast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	earbuds	earbud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	max	max	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blast** | gerund |  | music |  | earbuds | day | on max | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent music=Instrument on max=Patient |

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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 -->
No, loud sound for a long time damages hearing for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t16:o1:1
# text = No, loud sound for a long time damages hearing for good
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	damages	damage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | present | loud sound | hearing |  |  | time | for good | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hearing=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the left ear gets hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t16:o2:1
# text = Only the left ear gets hurt
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | the left ear |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, earbuds are always safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t16:o3:1
# text = Yes, earbuds are always safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	earbuds	earbud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | earbuds |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, ears get used to any noise if you give them a few weeks

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t16:o4:1
# text = Yes, ears get used to any noise if you give them a few weeks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | ears |  |  |  | to any noise | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  | ears *= ear* |  | week |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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