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SiOS is linear

PS2- is bent

NCl3 is trigonal pyramidal

The strctures are shown below

Cl CI CI

Note that the PS2- linear strcture is not stable due to the repulsion between lone pair of electron and pi-electrons. In the bend strcture the repulsions are minimized.

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