Test 1 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment
«I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong». What should Rhys remember?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, she, Rhys · What happens: tamp, write, mark, remember · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» 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: «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 tamping | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 tamping | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tamping | aux |
| 4 | tamping | tamp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 wrote | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tamping | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 wrote | nsubj |
| 7 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | happyly | happyly | ADV | _ | 7 wrote | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 marked | cc |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 marked | nsubj |
| 11 | marked | mark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrote | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 marked | obj |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 marked | xcomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 marked | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tamp in a quote | present · progressive | I | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | write in a quote | past | I | happyly property | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | mark in a quote | past | she | it | wrong property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |
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 should Rhys remember?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 remember | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remember | aux |
| 3 | Rhys | Rhys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 remember | nsubj |
| 4 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | should | Rhys | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Double the y: happyyly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double | double | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 y | det |
| 3 | y | y | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Double | obj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Double | punct |
| 5 | happyyly | happyyly | ADV | _ | 1 Double | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | imperative | you not said here | the y | happyyly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent y=Patient |
Option 2
Drop the y: happly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 y | det |
| 3 | y | y | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drop | obj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 happly | punct |
| 5 | happly | happly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | imperative | you not said here | the y | happly obl | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent y=Theme |
Option 3
Just add -ly to every word, whatever it ends in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 add | advmod |
| 2 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 ly | punct |
| 4 | ly | ly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 add | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 word | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 word | det |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 add | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ends | punct |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 ends | obj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ends | nsubj |
| 11 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | acl:relcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 ends | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | ly | to every word | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ly=Patient to word=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | end in | present | word | whatever | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality whatever=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Consonant + y changes to i: happily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consonant | consonant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | + | + | SYM | _ | 3 y | cc |
| 3 | y | y | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Consonant | conj |
| 4 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 i | case |
| 6 | i | i | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changes | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 happily | punct |
| 8 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 4 changes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Consonant + y | i | happily property | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to i=Result |
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