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title: «decision ends in zhun so it's decizhun». Spot the slip. — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «decision ends in zhun so it's decizhun». Spot the slip. Test 9 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

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«decision ends in zhun so it's decizhun». Spot the slip.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** decision, you · **What happens:** end, be, spot · **To what, where:** zhun, decizhun, slip

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «decision ends in zhun so it's decizhun».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t9:1
# text = «decision ends in zhun so it's decizhun».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	zhun	zhun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	decizhun	decizhun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** *in a quote* | present | decision |  |  | zhun |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | decision | decizhun |  |  |  |  | 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:* Spot the slip.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t9:2
# text = Spot the slip.
1	Spot	spot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | imperative | you *not said here* | the slip |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme slip=Destination |

## The options {#options}

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

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The soft /zhun/ sound is spelled -sion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t9:o1:1
# text = The soft /zhun/ sound is spelled -sion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	zhun	zhun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	sion	sion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | the soft zhun sound |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme sion=Manner |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It should be «decissian»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t9:o2:1
# text = It should be «decissian»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	decissian	decissian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | should | It |  |  |  |  | decissian *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's right; always spell it exactly like it sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t9:o3:1
# text = It's right; always spell it exactly like it sounds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	spell	spell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spell** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | always, exactly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **sound** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It should be «decition»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t9:o4:1
# text = It should be «decition»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	decition	decition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | should | It | decition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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