Test 5 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
«expand, so it's expantion, innit». What is the right spelling and the clue?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, it, right spelling · What happens: expand, be, innit · To what, where: expantion
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: «expand, so it's expantion, innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 expand | punct |
| 2 | expand | expand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 expantion | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 expantion | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 expantion | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 expantion | cop |
| 7 | expantion | expantion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expand | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 expand | conj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 expand | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 expand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expand in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | expantion | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the right spelling and the clue?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 spelling | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spelling | amod |
| 5 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 clue | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clue | det |
| 8 | clue | clue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spelling | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right spelling and the clue | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
expansion: the root ends in nd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expansion | expansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 ends | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 root | det |
| 4 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ends | nsubj |
| 5 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 expansion | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 nd | case |
| 7 | nd | nd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | the root | expansion not said here | nd | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality expansion=Eventuality |
Option 2
expantion: the root ends in t
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expantion | expantion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 ends | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 root | det |
| 4 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ends | nsubj |
| 5 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 expantion | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 t | case |
| 7 | t | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | the root | expantion not said here | t | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality expantion=Eventuality |
Option 3
expancian: it is a job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expancian | expancian | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 job | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 job | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 job | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 job | det |
| 6 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 expancian | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a job | tree rules |
Option 4
expanssion: the root ends in ss
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expanssion | expanssion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 ends | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 root | det |
| 4 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ends | nsubj |
| 5 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 expanssion | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ss | case |
| 7 | ss | ss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | the root | expanssion not said here | ss | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality expanssion=Eventuality |
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