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title: «bruv, just write it how it sounds: televishun, stashun, mushun». Wh… — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «bruv, just write it how it sounds: televishun, stashun, mushun». What is the problem? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

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«bruv, just write it how it sounds: televishun, stashun, mushun». What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bruv, problem · **What happens:** write, sound, be · **To what, where:** it, televishun

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This is test 1 · ★★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «bruv, just write it how it sounds: televishun, stashun, mushun».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t1:1
# text = «bruv, just write it how it sounds: televishun, stashun, mushun».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	televishun	televishun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	stashun	stashun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mushun	mushun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** *in a quote* | infinitive | bruv | it |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | bruv | televishun and stashun and mushun |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t1:2
# text = What is the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Those are the American spellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t1:o1:1
# text = Those are the American spellings
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spellings	spelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Those | the American spellings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only «mushun» is wrong; the others are fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t1:o2:1
# text = Only «mushun» is wrong; the others are fine
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	mushun	mushun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | mushun |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the others |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, sounding a word out always gives you its spelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t1:o3:1
# text = Nothing, sounding a word out always gives you its spelling
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sounding	sound	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound out** | gerund |  | a word |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location word=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | Nothing | word's spelling | you |  |  | always *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient spelling=Theme |
| 3 | **spell** |  | word |  |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The /shun/ ending is almost never spelled «shun»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t1:o4:1
# text = The /shun/ ending is almost never spelled «shun»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	shun	shun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	shun	shun	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spell** | present · passive |  | the shun ending |  |  |  | almost *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shun** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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