--- title: A friend says noise-cancelling headphones work by just being very th… — Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers an… · tree and pragmatics description: A friend says noise-cancelling headphones work by just being very thick. What is the cleverer truth? Test 10 · ★ 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; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/t10/) [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/) / [Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears A friend says noise-cancelling headphones work by just being very thick. What is the cleverer truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, cancelling headphones, cleverer truth · **What happens:** say, work, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» 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/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend says noise-cancelling headphones work by just being very thick. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t10:1 # text = A friend says noise-cancelling headphones work by just being very thick. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 cancelling cancelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 headphones headphone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 cop _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **work** | present | cancelling headphones | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | gerund | cancelling headphones *not said here* | | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | 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:* What is the cleverer truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t10:2 # text = What is the cleverer truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the cleverer truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They suck the sound away into a little box inside them ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t10:o1:1 # text = They suck the sound away into a little box inside them 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 suck suck VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 inside inside ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suck away** | present | They | the sound | | a little box inside them | | away *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sound=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They play the opposite wave to cancel the noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t10:o2:1 # text = They play the opposite wave to cancel the noise 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cancel cancel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | They | the opposite wave | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme | | 2 | **cancel** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the noise | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They turn the noise into light that you cannot see ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t10:o3:1 # text = They turn the noise into light that you cannot see 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | They | the noise | | light | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent noise=Theme into light=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **see** | can | you | light | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are very thick and soft, and nothing more than that ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t10:o4:1 # text = They are very thick and soft, and nothing more than that 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 conj _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | They *not said here* | | | | | | 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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