diff --git a/lib/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart b/lib/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart
index f66df7507..9fa83064e 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart
@@ -569,20 +569,21 @@ class PangeaMessageEvent {
     }
 
     final eligibleTokens = messageDisplayRepresentation!.tokens!.where(
-      (token) =>
-          token.isActivityBasicallyEligible(ActivityTypeEnum.wordMeaning),
+      (token) => token.shouldDoActivity(
+        a: ActivityTypeEnum.wordMeaning,
+        feature: null,
+        tag: null,
+      ),
     );
 
     final int total = eligibleTokens.length;
+    if (total == 0) return 1;
 
-    final int toDo = eligibleTokens
-        .where(
-          (token) =>
-              token.didActivitySuccessfully(ActivityTypeEnum.wordMeaning),
-        )
-        .length;
+    final didActivity = eligibleTokens.where(
+      (token) => token.didActivitySuccessfully(ActivityTypeEnum.wordMeaning),
+    );
 
-    final double proportion = 1 - ((total - toDo) / total);
+    final double proportion = 1 - ((total - didActivity.length) / total);
 
     if (proportion < 0) {
       debugger(when: kDebugMode);
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ class PangeaMessageEvent {
         data: {
           "proportion": proportion,
           "total": total,
-          "toDo": toDo,
+          "toDo": didActivity,
           "tokens": messageDisplayRepresentation!.tokens,
         },
       );
diff --git a/lib/pangea/models/pangea_token_model.dart b/lib/pangea/models/pangea_token_model.dart
index 77df8c97f..8c976b6aa 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/models/pangea_token_model.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/models/pangea_token_model.dart
@@ -211,20 +211,34 @@ class PangeaToken {
     );
   }
 
-  bool isActivityBasicallyEligible(ActivityTypeEnum a) {
+  bool _isActivityBasicallyEligible(
+    ActivityTypeEnum a, [
+    String? morphFeature,
+    String? morphTag,
+  ]) {
     if (!lemma.saveVocab) {
       return false;
     }
+
+    bool canGenerate = false;
+    if (a != ActivityTypeEnum.lemmaId) {
+      canGenerate = _canGenerateDistractors(
+        a,
+        morphFeature: morphFeature,
+        morphTag: morphTag,
+      );
+    }
+
     switch (a) {
       case ActivityTypeEnum.wordMeaning:
-        return canBeDefined;
+        return canBeDefined && canGenerate;
       case ActivityTypeEnum.lemmaId:
         return lemma.saveVocab &&
             text.content.toLowerCase() != lemma.text.toLowerCase();
       case ActivityTypeEnum.emoji:
         return true;
       case ActivityTypeEnum.morphId:
-        return morph.isNotEmpty;
+        return morph.isNotEmpty && canGenerate;
       case ActivityTypeEnum.wordFocusListening:
       case ActivityTypeEnum.hiddenWordListening:
         return canBeHeard;
@@ -366,7 +380,7 @@ class PangeaToken {
   /// Syncronously determine if a distractor can be generated for a given activity type.
   /// WARNING - do not use this function to determine if lemma activities can be generated.
   /// Use [canGenerateLemmaDistractors] instead.
-  bool canGenerateDistractors(
+  bool _canGenerateDistractors(
     ActivityTypeEnum type, {
     String? morphFeature,
     String? morphTag,
@@ -406,7 +420,7 @@ class PangeaToken {
     required String? feature,
     required String? tag,
   }) {
-    return isActivityBasicallyEligible(a) &&
+    return _isActivityBasicallyEligible(a, feature, tag) &&
         _isActivityProbablyLevelAppropriate(a, feature, tag);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/word_zoom/word_zoom_widget.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/word_zoom/word_zoom_widget.dart
index 38cc7dafe..9e95d5037 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/word_zoom/word_zoom_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/word_zoom/word_zoom_widget.dart
@@ -179,21 +179,9 @@ class WordZoomWidgetState extends State<WordZoomWidget> {
     );
     if (!shouldDo) return false;
 
-    switch (selection) {
-      case WordZoomSelection.lemma:
-        return _canGenerateLemmaActivity;
-      case WordZoomSelection.meaning:
-      case WordZoomSelection.morph:
-        return widget.token.canGenerateDistractors(
-          selection.activityType,
-          morphFeature: _selectedMorphFeature,
-          morphTag: _selectedMorphFeature == null
-              ? null
-              : widget.token.morph[_selectedMorphFeature],
-        );
-      case WordZoomSelection.emoji:
-        return true;
-    }
+    return selection == WordZoomSelection.lemma
+        ? _canGenerateLemmaActivity
+        : true;
   }
 
   @override