Test 4 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

What would happen if you used -tion for every /shun/ word?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, use, tion

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 tion	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tion	nsubj
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tion	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 tion	punct
8	tion	tion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 shun	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 shun	det
11	/	/	SYM	_	12 shun	punct
12	shun	shun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tion	nmod
13	/	/	SYM	_	14 word	cc
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shun	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	participle			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tion a condition, not said to happen		you	for every shun / word	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Teachers would accept it as long as the word sounds right when read aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accept	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 accept	aux
3	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 accept	obj
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 accept	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 sounds	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sounds	nsubj
10	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accept	advcl
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sounds	xcomp
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 read	advmod
13	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 accept	parataxis
14	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	13 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accept	would	Teachers	it	long property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	sound	present	the word		right property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	read	participle			aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You'd misspell words like «discussion» and «musician»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 misspell	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 misspell	aux
3	misspell	misspell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 misspell	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 discussion	case
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 discussion	punct
7	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	nmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 discussion	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 musician	cc
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 musician	punct
11	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discussion	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 misspell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	misspell	would	You	words				like discussion and musician	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

Option 3

You would always be right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 right	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 right	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 right	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 right	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	You					always, right property	tree rules

Option 4

You'd only misspell the very long words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 misspell	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 misspell	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 misspell	advmod
4	misspell	misspell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 words	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 misspell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	misspell	would	You	the long words					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

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