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title: «I'm nesh and useless today, can't even spell useles». What's right? — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm nesh and useless today, can't even spell useles». What's right? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 6 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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«I'm nesh and useless today, can't even spell useles». What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** be, not spell · **To what, where:** useles

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I'm nesh and useless today, can't even spell useles».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t6:1
# text = «I'm nesh and useless today, can't even spell useles».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	nesh	nesh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	spell	spell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	useles	usele	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 |  |  |  | today | nesh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **spell** *in a quote* | can |  | useles |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent usele=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:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t6:2
# text = What's right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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useles: one s is enough at the end of a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t6:o1:1
# text = useles: one s is enough at the end of a word
1	useles	useles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | useles |  |  |  | at the end of a word | enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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useless: use + less, nothing changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t6:o2:1
# text = useless: use + less, nothing changes
1	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
4	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	5	cc	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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uselless: double the l

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t6:o3:1
# text = uselless: double the l
1	uselless	uselless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	double	double	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | infinitive |  | the l |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent l=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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usless: drop the e of use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t6:o4:1
# text = usless: drop the e of use
1	usless	usless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | infinitive |  | the e of use |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=Theme |

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