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title: Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under… — Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under the bed. What helps? Test 6 · ★ 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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# Test 6 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

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Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under the bed. What helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** shake, help · **To what, where:** bed

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under the bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t6:1
# text = Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under the bed.
1	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund | my dog *not said here* |  |  | the bed |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bed=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t6:2
# text = What helps?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Let him run loose in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t6:o1:1
# text = Let him run loose in the garden
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | the garden |  | loose *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Take him outside so he gets used to it and calms down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t6:o2:1
# text = Take him outside so he gets used to it and calms down
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	calms	calm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | outside *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 2 | **get** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **use** | participle | he *not said here* |  | it |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **calm down** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shout at him to stop shaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t6:o3:1
# text = Shout at him to stop shaking
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **shake** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

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Keep him in, curtains shut, some quiet music on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t6:o4:1
# text = Keep him in, curtains shut, some quiet music on
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | some quiet music |  | curtains *obl*; shut *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on music=Location |

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