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title: A cartoon wizard spells his job «wizardcian». Why doesn't -cian fit? — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon wizard spells his job «wizardcian». Why doesn't -cian fit? Test 7 · ★★ 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 rig
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

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A cartoon wizard spells his job «wizardcian». Why doesn't -cian fit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon wizard, wizard · **What happens:** spell, job, not cian · **To what, where:** job, fit

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon wizard spells his job «wizardcian».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t7:1
# text = A cartoon wizard spells his job «wizardcian».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spells	spell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	wizardcian	wizardcian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present | a cartoon wizard | wizard's job |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent job=Theme |
| 2 | **job** |  | wizard |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why doesn't -cian fit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t7:2
# text = Why doesn't -cian fit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cian	cian	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cian** | present · do-support |  | fit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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-cian is only for words from music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t7:o1:1
# text = -cian is only for words from music
1	-	-	PUNCT	NFP	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cian	cian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cian |  |  | music |  | for words | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«Wizard» doesn't end in c

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t7:o2:1
# text = «Wizard» doesn't end in c
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **end** | present · do-support | Wizard |  |  | c |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It does fit; every job ends in -cian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t7:o3:1
# text = It does fit; every job ends in -cian
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cian	cian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **end** | present | every job |  |  | cian |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
-cian is only for women's jobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t7:o4:1
# text = -cian is only for women's jobs
1	-	-	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cian	cian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	jobs	job	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** | present | cian |  |  |  |  | for women's jobs | tree rules |

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