--- title: Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land. What can she do? — Why planes fly · tree and pragmatics description: Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land. What can she do? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Why planes fly» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/22-why-planes-fly/t6/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Why planes fly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/22-why-planes-fly/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Why planes fly Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land. What can she do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ears, plane · **What happens:** hurt, come down, do · **To what, where:** land This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Why planes fly» of the technology 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/technology/22-why-planes-fly/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t6:1 # text = Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land. 1 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | participle | Nan's ears | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **come down** | present | the plane | | | land | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | 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 can she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t6:2 # text = What can she do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | can | plane | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Hold her breath for ten minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t6:o1:1 # text = Hold her breath for ten minutes 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | her breath | | | minute | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Swallow, yawn or suck a sweet ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t6:o2:1 # text = Swallow, yawn or suck a sweet 1 Swallow swallow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 yawn yawn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 suck suck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sweet sweet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **yawn** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **suck** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a sweet | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sweet=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all, sore ears can't be helped ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t6:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all, sore ears can't be helped 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 7 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | can · passive | | Nothing | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} Put her hands over her ears tightly ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:22-why-planes-fly:t6:o4:1 # text = Put her hands over her ears tightly 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | her hands | | her ears | | tightly *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme over ear=Destination | **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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