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title: Why is ringing in the ears after a concert or a bang not something t… — Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is ringing in the ears after a concert or a bang not something to laugh off? Test 7 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

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Why is ringing in the ears after a concert or a bang not something to laugh off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** ring, laugh off · **To what, where:** something, ears

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t7:1
# text = Why is ringing in the ears after a concert or a bang not something to laugh off?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | present · progressive |  | something |  | the ears | after a concert or a bang |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location |
| 2 | **laugh off** | to-infinitive |  | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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It warns of damage to hair cells that never grow back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t7:o1:1
# text = It warns of damage to hair cells that never grow back
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | It |  |  |  |  | of damage to hair cells | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of damage=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **grow back** | present |  | hair cells |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means your ears are getting tougher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t7:o2:1
# text = It means your ears are getting tougher
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	tougher	tough	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present · progressive | your ears |  |  |  |  | tough *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It always goes away by the morning, so it means nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t7:o3:1
# text = It always goes away by the morning, so it means nothing at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go away** | present | It |  |  |  | morning | always, away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | it | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is just your brain humming the song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears:t7:o4:1
# text = It is just your brain humming the song
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	humming	hum	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | your brain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hum** | gerund | your brain *not said here* | the song |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic |

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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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