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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the suffix -ful. Exam question 3 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 each option; Mova's choice 
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# Exam question 3 · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the suffix -ful.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, suffix ful

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the suffix -ful.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	suffix	suffix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	ful	ful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the suffix ful |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ful=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is spelled with a single l only in words of one syllable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e3:o1:1
# text = It is spelled with a single l only in words of one syllable
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | It |  | words of one syllable |  | with a single l | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with l=Manner |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | one syllable |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It is spelled with a single l, notwithstanding the spelling of the word «full»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e3:o2:1
# text = It is spelled with a single l, notwithstanding the spelling of the word «full»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with a single l | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with l=Manner |
| 2 | **notwithstand** | gerund |  | the spelling of the word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spell** |  |  | the word |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is spelled with two l's in all circumstances, in conformity with the spelling of the word «full»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e3:o3:1
# text = It is spelled with two l's in all circumstances, in conformity with the spelling of the word «full»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	conformity	conformity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | It |  | all circumstances |  | with two l; in conformity with the spelling of the word | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with l=Manner |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | the word |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is spelled -full in British English and -ful in American English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:e3:o4:1
# text = It is spelled -full in British English and -ful in American English
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ful	ful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | It |  | British English |  | in American English; full *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in english=Manner |

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