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title: Why do your ears feel blocked and then pop in a lift going fast down… — The air presses on everything · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do your ears feel blocked and then pop in a lift going fast down a tall tower? Test 11 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» of the physics 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 11 · The air presses on everything

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Why do your ears feel blocked and then pop in a lift going fast down a tall tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lift · **What happens:** block, pop, go · **To what, where:** ears, lift, tall tower

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This is test 11 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» of the physics 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/physics/14-the-air-presses-on-everything/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t11:1
# text = Why do your ears feel blocked and then pop in a lift going fast down a tall tower?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	pop	pop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
15	down	down	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present · passive · do-support |  | your ears |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **pop** | infinitive |  |  |  | a lift | then |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lift=Location |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | a lift *not said here* |  |  | a tall tower |  | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme down tower=Initial\_Location |

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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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The lift is too noisy for your ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t11:o1:1
# text = The lift is too noisy for your ears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lift |  |  |  |  | for your ears; noisy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The lift shakes the water in your ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t11:o2:1
# text = The lift shakes the water in your ears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shakes	shake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | present | the lift | the water |  | your ears |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme in ear=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The lift's lights hurt your ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t11:o3:1
# text = The lift's lights hurt your ears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	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 | **hurt** | past | the lift's lights | your ears |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Patient |
| 2 | **light** |  | the lift |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The air pressure grows quickly and the eardrum is pushed until air evens out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t11:o4:1
# text = The air pressure grows quickly and the eardrum is pushed until air evens out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	evens	even	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the air pressure |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | present · passive |  | the eardrum |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **even out** | present | air |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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