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title: «visible is v-i-s + ible, so readable should be readible». Is that r… — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: «visible is v-i-s + ible, so readable should be readible». Is that right? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 9 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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«visible is v-i-s + ible, so readable should be readible». Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «visible is v-i-s + ible, so readable should be readible».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t9:1
# text = «visible is v-i-s + ible, so readable should be readible».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	v	v	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-s	-s	X	GW	_	4	parataxis	_	_
8	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ible	ible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	readable	readable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	readible	readible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | v *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | should |  |  |  |  |  | readible *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t9:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
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 | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, all «can be» words use -ible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, all «can be» words use -ible
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ible	ible	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** | infinitive |  | all words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | all words | ible |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ible=Patient |

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

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No: «read» is a whole word, so -able

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t9:o2:1
# text = No: «read» is a whole word, so -able
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | no whole word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it should be «readabel», with the e and l swapped

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t9:o3:1
# text = No, it should be «readabel», with the e and l swapped
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	readabel	readabel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	swapped	swap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
```

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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 | readabel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swap** | participle |  | the e and l *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, -ible always follows a verb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, -ible always follows a verb
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ible	ible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
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	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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

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