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title: «expand, so it's expantion, innit». What is the right spelling and t… — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «expand, so it's expantion, innit». What is the right spelling and the clue? Test 5 · ★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

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«expand, so it's expantion, innit». What is the right spelling and the clue?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, it, right spelling · **What happens:** expand, be, innit · **To what, where:** expantion

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «expand, so it's expantion, innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t5:1
# text = «expand, so it's expantion, innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	expand	expand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	expantion	expantion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expand** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | expantion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 right spelling and the clue?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t5:2
# text = What is the right spelling and the clue?
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	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 right spelling and the clue |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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expansion: the root ends in nd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t5:o1:1
# text = expansion: the root ends in nd
1	expansion	expansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nd	nd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | the root | expansion *not said here* |  | nd |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality expansion=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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expantion: the root ends in t

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t5:o2:1
# text = expantion: the root ends in t
1	expantion	expantion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | the root | expantion *not said here* |  | t |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality expantion=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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expancian: it is a job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t5:o3:1
# text = expancian: it is a job
1	expancian	expancian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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expanssion: the root ends in ss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t5:o4:1
# text = expanssion: the root ends in ss
1	expanssion	expanssion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ss	ss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | the root | expanssion *not said here* |  | ss |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality expanssion=Eventuality |

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