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description: State the anticipated consequence of prolonged exposure to sound of excessive intensity. Exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels

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State the anticipated consequence of prolonged exposure to sound of excessive intensity.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** anticipate, prolong, sound

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:e4:1
# text = State the anticipated consequence of prolonged exposure to sound of excessive intensity.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	anticipated	anticipate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	intensity	intensity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anticipate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sound** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of excessive intensity | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Permanent damage to the sensory hairs of the inner ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:e4:o1:1
# text = Permanent damage to the sensory hairs of the inner ear
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sensory	sensory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	inner	inner	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An enhancement of the acuity of hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:e4:o2:1
# text = An enhancement of the acuity of hearing
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enhancement	enhancement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	acuity	acuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enhance** |  |  | the acuity of hearing |  |  |  |  | nom enhancement «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No consequence of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:e4:o3:1
# text = No consequence of any description
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An enlargement of the external ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels:e4:o4:1
# text = An enlargement of the external ear
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enlargement	enlargement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	external	external	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlarge** |  |  | the external ear |  |  |  |  | nom enlargement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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