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title: After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water.… — Hair, nails and ears · tree and pragmatics
description: After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water. What should she do? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears

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After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ear · **What happens:** feel, do

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t8:1
# text = After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	swim	swim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ontario	Ontario	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | a girl's ear |  |  |  | after a swim in a lake in Ontario | full *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t8:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | ear |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shake her head hard while lying in the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t8:o1:1
# text = Shake her head hard while lying in the water
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | her head |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | the water |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tilt her head and let it drain, then dry the outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t8:o2:1
# text = Tilt her head and let it drain, then dry the outside
1	Tilt	tilt	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	drain	drain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	dry	dry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	outside	outside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | head |  |  |  | tilt her head | tree rules |
| 2 | **drain** | infinitive | head *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **dry** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the outside |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient outside=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep it in so it washes out all the old wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t8:o3:1
# text = Keep it in so it washes out all the old wax
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	washes	wash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep in** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **wash out** | present | it | all old wax |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stick a cotton bud in to soak it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t8:o4:1
# text = Stick a cotton bud in to soak it up
1	Stick	stick	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	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	soak	soak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | imperative | you *not said here* | a cotton bud |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bud=Theme |
| 2 | **soak up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | bud |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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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