--- title: Ascertain the correct spelling of the word formed by the addition of… — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correct spelling of the word formed by the addition of the suffix -ness to the adjective «happy». Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/e1/) [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/) / [Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment Ascertain the correct spelling of the word formed by the addition of the suffix -ness to the adjective «happy». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, form, spell · **To what, where:** correct spelling, word This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e1:1 # text = Ascertain the correct spelling of the word formed by the addition of the suffix -ness to the adjective «happy». 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 addition addition NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 suffix suffix NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ness ness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 adjective adjective NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 « « PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct spelling of the word | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Topic | | 2 | **form** | participle | | the word *not said here* | | | | by the addition of the suffix ness to the adjective | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by addition=Location | | 3 | **spell** | | | the word | | | | | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} happieness ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e1:o1:1 # text = happieness 1 happieness happieness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} hapiness ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e1:o2:1 # text = hapiness 1 hapiness hapiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} happyness ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e1:o3:1 # text = happyness 1 happyness happyness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} happiness ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e1:o4:1 # text = happiness 1 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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