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description: State the consequence of acoustic injury to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear. Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» 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 w
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# Exam question 3 · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

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State the consequence of acoustic injury to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state · **To what, where:** consequence, sensory hair cells

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» 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/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:e3:1
# text = State the consequence of acoustic injury to the sensory hair cells of the inner ear.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	acoustic	acoustic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	sensory	sensory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	inner	inner	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence of acoustic injury | the sensory hair cells of the inner ear |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic to cell=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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No consequence ensues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:e3:o1:1
# text = No consequence ensues
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ensues	ensue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensue** | present | no consequence |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cells are strengthened by the exposure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:e3:o2:1
# text = The cells are strengthened by the exposure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strengthen** | present · passive | the exposure | the cells |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The cells are not regenerated and the damage is permanent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:e3:o3:1
# text = The cells are not regenerated and the damage is permanent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	regenerated	regenerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **regenerate** | present · passive |  | the cells |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the damage |  |  |  |  | permanent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cells regenerate entirely within the space of about a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:e3:o4:1
# text = The cells regenerate entirely within the space of about a week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	regenerate	regenerate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regenerate** | present | the cells |  |  |  |  | within the space of a week; entirely *property* | tree rules |

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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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