--- title: A boy pushes a cotton bud deep into his ear every day. What is the d… — Hair, nails and ears · tree and pragmatics description: A boy pushes a cotton bud deep into his ear every day. What is the danger? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/t6/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Hair, nails and ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears A boy pushes a cotton bud deep into his ear every day. What is the danger? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, danger · **What happens:** push, be · **To what, where:** cotton bud, ear This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy pushes a cotton bud deep into his ear every day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t6:1 # text = A boy pushes a cotton bud deep into his ear every day. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bud bud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 deep deep ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | a boy | a cotton bud | | boy's ear | day | deep *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bud=Theme into ear=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the danger? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t6:2 # text = What is the danger? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the danger | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} His ears would become too clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t6:o1:1 # text = His ears would become too clean 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | His ears | | | | | clean *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, cotton is soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t6:o2:1 # text = Nothing, cotton is soft 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing cotton | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He could push wax deeper and hurt his eardrum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t6:o3:1 # text = He could push wax deeper and hurt his eardrum 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 deeper deep ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eardrum eardrum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | could | He | wax | | | | deep *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wax=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** | past | He *not said here* | his eardrum | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eardrum=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} His ears would slowly stop hearing music ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t6:o4:1 # text = His ears would slowly stop hearing music 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | His ears | hearing music | | | | slowly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality music=Eventuality | **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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