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title: «argue, so arguement, same as enjoyment keeps nothing». Put him right. — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: «argue, so arguement, same as enjoyment keeps nothing». Put him right. Test 5 · ★★★ 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 5 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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«argue, so arguement, same as enjoyment keeps nothing». Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, arguement · **What happens:** argue, keep, put · **To what, where:** nothing, arguement

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «argue, so arguement, same as enjoyment keeps nothing».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t5:1
# text = «argue, so arguement, same as enjoyment keeps nothing».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	argue	argue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	arguement	arguement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	appos	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | arguement | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |

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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:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t5:2
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | arguement |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It should be «argumint»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t5:o1:1
# text = It should be «argumint»
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	argumint	argumint	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 | argumint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It should be «argueing» as a noun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t5:o2:1
# text = It should be «argueing» as a noun
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	argueing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Arguement» is right because roots never change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t5:o3:1
# text = «Arguement» is right because roots never change
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Arguement	Arguement	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Arguement |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **change** | present | roots |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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«Argument» is an exception: argue drops its e

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t5:o4:1
# text = «Argument» is an exception: argue drops its e
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	argue	argue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Argument | a exception |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** | present | argue | argue's e |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=Theme |

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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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