--- title: What would happen if you used -tion for every /shun/ word? — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you used -tion for every /shun/ word? Test 4 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian What would happen if you used -tion for every /shun/ word? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, use, tion This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t4:1 # text = What would happen if you used -tion for every /shun/ word? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 tion tion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 / / SYM SYM _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 shun shun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 / / SYM , _ 14 cc _ _ 14 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **use** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tion** *a condition, not said to happen* | | you | | | | | for every shun / word | tree rules | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Teachers would accept it as long as the word sounds right when read aloud ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t4:o1:1 # text = Teachers would accept it as long as the word sounds right when read aloud 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 14 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | would | Teachers | it | | | | long *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **sound** | present | the word | | | | | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **read** | participle | | | | | | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} You'd misspell words like «discussion» and «musician» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t4:o2:1 # text = You'd misspell words like «discussion» and «musician» 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 misspell misspell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 discussion discussion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 musician musician NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **misspell** | would | You | words | | | | like discussion and musician | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} You would always be right ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t4:o3:1 # text = You would always be right 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | You | | | | | always, right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} You'd only misspell the very long words ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t4:o4:1 # text = You'd only misspell the very long words 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 misspell misspell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **misspell** | would | You | the long words | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | **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. 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