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title: Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion». Which other pair follows the sam… — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion». Which other pair follows the same pattern? Test 8 · ★★ 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 choi
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

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Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion». Which other pair follows the same pattern?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, other pair · **What happens:** test, discuss, follow · **To what, where:** same pattern · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t8:1
# text = Mum tests «discuss» → «discussion».
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tests	test	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	discuss	discuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	→	→	SYM	SYM	_	8	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Which other pair follows the same pattern?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t8:2
# text = Which other pair follows the same pattern?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | other pair | the same pattern |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme pattern=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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divide, division

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t8:o1:1
# text = divide, division
1	divide	divide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | imperative | you *not said here* | division |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent division=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
express, expression

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t8:o2:1
# text = express, expression
1	express	express	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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music, musician

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t8:o3:1
# text = music, musician
1	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	musician	musician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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invent, invention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t8:o4:1
# text = invent, invention
1	invent	invent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | imperative | you *not said here* | invention |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invention=Result |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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