--- title: Your gran says she cannot hear the high beep of the oven any more bu… — What sound is: wobbles in the air · tree and pragmatics description: Your gran says she cannot hear the high beep of the oven any more but you can. Why? Test 11 of lesson 17 «What sound is: wobbles in the air» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/t11/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [What sound is: wobbles in the air](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/) / t11 # Test 11 · What sound is: wobbles in the air Your gran says she cannot hear the high beep of the oven any more but you can. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran · **What happens:** say, not hear, beep · **To what, where:** high beep, oven · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 17 «What sound is: wobbles in the air» 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/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your gran says she cannot hear the high beep of the oven any more but you can. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t11:1 # text = Your gran says she cannot hear the high beep of the oven any more but you can. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 beep beep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 any any ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your gran | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **hear** | can | gran | the high beep of the oven | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer beep=Stimulus | | 3 | **beep** | | | the oven | | | | | nom beep «event transitive»: of=patient | 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:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t11:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Her oven makes two different beeps ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t11:o1:1 # text = Her oven makes two different beeps 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 beeps beep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Her oven | two different beeps | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset beep=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The beep is too low for older people ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t11:o2:1 # text = The beep is too low for older people 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 beep beep 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 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the beep | | | | | for older people; low *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Hearing of high notes fades with age ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t11:o3:1 # text = Hearing of high notes fades with age 1 Hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 fades fade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | present | Hearing of high notes | | | | with age | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with age=Instrument | | 2 | **hear** | | high notes | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Children's ears are louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t11:o4:1 # text = Children's ears are louder 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Children's ears | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | **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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