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Test 6 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

«-tion words are giving homework vibes, so I'll stuff 'em in my story to sound smart». Good idea?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tion words, I · What happens: give, stuff, sound · To what, where: homework vibes, 'em, story

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «-tion words are giving homework vibes, so I'll stuff 'em in my story to sound smart».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 giving	punct
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 tion	punct
3	tion	tion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	compound
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 giving	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 giving	aux
6	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 vibes	compound
8	vibes	vibe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 giving	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stuff	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 stuff	advmod
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 stuff	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 stuff	aux
13	stuff	stuff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 giving	parataxis
14	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stuff	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 story	case
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 story	nmod:poss
17	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stuff	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 sound	mark
19	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stuff	advcl
20	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sound	xcomp
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 giving	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	present · progressive	tion words	homework vibes					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vibe=Theme
2	stuff in a quote	future	I	'em = they		my story			vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in story=Destination
3	sound in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here					smart property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: Good idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 idea	amod
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 idea	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

No, -tion words are banned in stories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 banned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 banned	punct
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 tion	punct
4	tion	tion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 words	compound
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 banned	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 banned	aux:pass
7	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 stories	case
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		tion words		stories			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, long words always make writing better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 words	amod
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 make	advmod
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	long words	writing				always, good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset writing=Product

Option 3

Yes, teachers give an extra mark for every -tion word in a story

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	nsubj
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mark	det
6	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mark	amod
7	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 word	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 word	det
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 every	punct
11	tion	tion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	compound
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 story	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 story	det
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	teachers	a extra mark				for every tion word in a story	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent mark=Theme for word=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, use them when they are clearer, not to show off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 use	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 clearer	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 clearer	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 clearer	cop
8	clearer	clear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 use	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 show	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 show	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 use	parataxis
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 show	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	is	present	they					clear property	tree rules
3	not show off	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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