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title: «basicly, I'm right, innit». What is the spelling of his first word? — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: «basicly, I'm right, innit». What is the spelling of his first word? Test 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 was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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«basicly, I'm right, innit». What is the spelling of his first word?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, spelling, his · **What happens:** be, innit, spell, word · **To what, where:** first word

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «basicly, I'm right, innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t3:1
# text = «basicly, I'm right, innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	basicly	basicly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | basicly, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What is the spelling of his first word?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t3:2
# text = What is the spelling of his first word?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the spelling of his first word |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | his first word |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **word** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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basiklly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t3:o1:1
# text = basiklly
1	basiklly	basiklly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
basicly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t3:o2:1
# text = basicly
1	basicly	basicly	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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basicaly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t3:o3:1
# text = basicaly
1	basicaly	basicaly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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basically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t3:o4:1
# text = basically
1	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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