Exam question 3 · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the suffix -ful.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, suffix ful

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ful	det
11	suffix	suffix	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ful	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 suffix	punct
13	ful	ful	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the suffix ful		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ful=Experiencer

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

It is spelled with a single l only in words of one syllable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spelled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spelled	aux:pass
3	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 l	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 l	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 l	amod
7	l	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 words	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 words	case
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spelled	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 syllable	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 syllable	nummod
13	syllable	syllable	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present · passive		It		words of one syllable		with a single l	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with l=Manner
2	word			one syllable					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is spelled with a single l, notwithstanding the spelling of the word «full»

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spelled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spelled	aux:pass
3	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 l	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 l	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 l	amod
7	l	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 notwithstanding	punct
9	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 spelled	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 spelling	det
11	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notwithstanding	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 word	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spelling	nmod
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 full	punct
16	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 word	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spell	present · passive	It	with a single l	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with l=Manner
2	notwithstand	gerund	the spelling of the word		tree rules
3	spell		the word		nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is spelled with two l's in all circumstances, in conformity with the spelling of the word «full»

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spelled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spelled	aux:pass
3	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 l	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 l	nummod
6	l	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obl
7	's	's	PART	_	6 l	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 circumstances	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 circumstances	det
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spelled	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 conformity	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 conformity	case
13	conformity	conformity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 spelling	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 spelling	det
16	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conformity	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 word	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 word	det
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spelling	nmod
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 full	punct
21	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 word	appos
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present · passive		It		all circumstances		with two l; in conformity with the spelling of the word	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with l=Manner
2	spell			the word					nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is spelled -full in British English and -ful in American English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spelled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spelled	aux:pass
3	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 full	punct
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spelled	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 English	case
7	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 English	amod
8	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ful	cc
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 and	punct
11	ful	ful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 English	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 English	case
13	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 English	amod
14	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present · passive		It		British English		in American English; full property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in english=Manner

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