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Exam question 4 · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-

It is given that the word «prepone» is employed by a teacher in Delhi. Ascertain its meaning.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, you · What happens: give, employ, ascertain, mean · To what, where: It, word, Delhi, meaning

This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that the word «prepone» is employed by a teacher in Delhi.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 employed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 employed	nsubj:pass
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 prepone	punct
8	prepone	prepone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 prepone	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 employed	aux:pass
11	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 teacher	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 teacher	det
14	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 employed	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Delhi	case
16	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 employed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	employ	present · passive	a teacher	the word		Delhi			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain its meaning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 meaning	nmod:poss
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	teacher's meaning					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	mean		teacher						nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To repeat the examination upon a subsequent occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 repeat	mark
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 examination	det
4	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 occasion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 occasion	det
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 occasion	amod
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	to-infinitive		the examination				upon a subsequent occasion	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent examination=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To bring forward to an earlier time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 bring	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 time	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring forward	to-infinitive					time	forward property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To defer to a later time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 defer	mark
2	defer	defer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defer	to-infinitive					time		vn acquiesce-95.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To cancel without notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cancel	mark
2	cancel	cancel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 notice	case
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cancel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	to-infinitive						without notice	tree rules

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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