Test 8 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion». Which other pair follows the same pattern?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, other pair · What happens: test, discuss, follow · To what, where: same pattern · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tests | nsubj |
| 2 | tests | test | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 discuss | punct |
| 4 | discuss | discuss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tests | ccomp |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 discuss | punct |
| 6 | → | → | SYM | _ | 8 discussion | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 discussion | punct |
| 8 | discussion | discussion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tests | parataxis |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 discussion | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tests | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | present | Mum | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | discuss speech: other in a quote | infinitive | Mum not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 other pair follows the same pattern?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 follows | obj |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pair | amod |
| 3 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 follows | nsubj |
| 4 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pattern | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pattern | amod |
| 7 | pattern | pattern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 follows | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 follows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present | other pair | the same pattern | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme pattern=Attribute |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
divide, division
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divide | divide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 division | punct |
| 3 | division | division | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 divide | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divide | imperative | you not said here | division | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent division=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
express, expression
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | express | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 expression | punct |
| 3 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 express | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
music, musician
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 musician | punct |
| 3 | musician | musician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 music | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
invent, invention
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | invent | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 invention | punct |
| 3 | invention | invention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 invent | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | imperative | you not said here | invention | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invention=Result |
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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