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Test 2 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

«I'm a magition when I grow up». Which spelling is right, and why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, spelling · What happens: be, grow up · To what, where: magition

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian» of the English 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.

The question

Sentence 1: «I'm a magition when I grow up».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 magition	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 magition	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 magition	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 magition	det
5	magition	magition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 grow	advmod
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 grow	nsubj
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 magition	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 grow	compound:prt
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 grow	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 magition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	I	a magition					tree rules
2	grow up in a quote	present	I						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: Which spelling is right, and why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 spelling	det
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 why	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 why	cc
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 right	parataxis
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which spelling					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

magition: -tion is the most common ending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	magition	magition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tion	compound
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 magition	punct
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 tion	punct
4	tion	tion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ending	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ending	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ending	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 common	advmod
8	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ending	amod
9	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	magition tion	the common ending					tree rules

Option 2

magission: magic tricks need ss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	magission	magission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricks	compound
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 magission	punct
3	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricks	compound
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ss	ss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	magission magic tricks	ss					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ss=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

magician: a job from «magic», which ends in c

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ends	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 job	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 job	det
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 magician	conj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 magic	case
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 magic	punct
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 job	nmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 job	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ends	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ends	nsubj
11	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 c	case
13	c	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	magician and a job from magic			c			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

magision: the sound is soft like «television»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	magision	magision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 soft	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soft	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soft	cop
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 magision	appos
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 television	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 television	punct
9	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soft	obl
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sound					like television; soft property	tree rules

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