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title: ★★★ Which word follows a rule that «publicly» breaks? — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Which word follows a rule that «publicly» breaks? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 was right.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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★★★ Which word follows a rule that «publicly» breaks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, rule · **What happens:** follow, break · **To what, where:** rule

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» 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/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t12:1
# text = ★★★ Which word follows a rule that «publicly» breaks?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	breaks	break	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | ★ ★ ★ | a rule |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **break** |  | a rule |  |  |  |  | publicly *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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tragically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t12:o1:1
# text = tragically
1	tragically	tragically	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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hopefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t12:o2:1
# text = hopefully
1	hopefully	hopefully	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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happily, because of the y

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t12:o3:1
# text = happily, because of the y
1	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t12:o4:1
# text = quickly
1	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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