let $m_r$ be a module with $s=end(m_r)$. we call a submodule $k$ of $m_r$ annihilator-small if $k+t=m$, $t$ a submodule of $m_r$, implies that $ell_s(t)=0$, where $ell_s$ indicates the left annihilator of $t$ over $s$. the sum $a_r(m)$ of all such submodules of $m_r$ contains the jacobson radical $rad(m)$ and the left singular submodule $z_s(m)$. if $m_r$ is cyclic, then $a_r(m)$ is the unique ...