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Test 5 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-

«my cousin in Delhi said they'll prepone the test, he's made that up». Is he?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, they · What happens: say, prepone, make up, be · To what, where: test, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 12 «Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: «my cousin in Delhi said they'll prepone the test, he's made that up».

punctnmod:possnsubjcasenmodnsubjauxccompdetobjpunctnsubjaux:passccompobjcompound:prtpunctpunctroot«PUNCTmyPRONcousinNOUNinADPDelhiPROPNsaidVERBtheyPRON'llAUXpreponeVERBtheDETtestNOUN,PUNCThePRON'sAUXmadeVERBthatPRONupADP»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_6 saidpunct
2mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 cousinnmod:poss
3cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing6 saidnsubj
4ininADP_5 Delhicase
5DelhiDelhiPROPNNumber=Sing3 cousinnmod
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 preponensubj
8'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin9 preponeaux
9preponepreponeVERBVerbForm=Inf6 saidccomp
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 testdet
11testtestNOUNNumber=Sing9 preponeobj
12,,PUNCT_6 saidpunct
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 madensubj
14'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 madeaux:pass
15mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 saidccomp
16thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem15 madeobj
17upupADP_15 madecompound:prt
18»»PUNCT_15 madepunct
19..PUNCT_6 saidpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepastmy cousin in Delhivn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2prepone in a quotefuturetheythe testtree rules
3make up in a quotepresent · passivecousintree rules

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: Is he?

coppunctrootIsAUXhePRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 hecop
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prsrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 hepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentcousintree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, «prepone» is not a word anywhere

discoursepunctpunctnsubjpunctcopadvmoddetadvmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCT«PUNCTpreponeNOUN»PUNCTisAUXnotPARTaDETwordNOUNanywhereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos9 worddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_9 wordpunct
3««PUNCT_4 preponepunct
4preponepreponeNOUNNumber=Sing9 wordnsubj
5»»PUNCT_4 preponepunct
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 wordcop
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 wordadvmod
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 worddet
9wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
10anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind9 wordadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is apresentpreponea wordanywhere propertytree rules

Option 2

No, it means «cancel», like «call off»

discoursepunctnsubjpunctccomppunctpunctcasepunctconjcompound:prtpunctrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRONmeansVERB«PUNCTcancelVERB»PUNCT,PUNCTlikeADP«PUNCTcallVERBoffADP»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5««PUNCT_6 cancelpunct
6cancelcancelVERBVerbForm=Inf4 meansccomp
7»»PUNCT_6 cancelpunct
8,,PUNCT_11 callpunct
9likelikeADP_11 callcase
10««PUNCT_11 callpunct
11callcallVERBVerbForm=Inf6 cancelconj
12offoffADP_11 callcompound:prt
13»»PUNCT_6 cancelpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentitvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2cancel in a quoteinfinitivetree rules
3call off speech: assert in a quoteinfinitivevn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, he means «postpone»

discoursepunctnsubjpunctobjpunctrootYesINTJ,PUNCThePRONmeansVERB«PUNCTpostponeNOUN»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5««PUNCT_6 postponepunct
6postponepostponeNOUNNumber=Sing4 meansobj
7»»PUNCT_6 postponepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresenthepostponevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postpone=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it is correct Indian English for «bring forward»

discoursepunctnsubjcopamodamodmarkpunctacladvmodpunctrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRONisAUXcorrectADJIndianADJEnglishPROPNforSCONJ«PUNCTbringVERBforwardADV»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg7 Englishdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 Englishnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 Englishcop
5correctcorrectADJDegree=Pos7 Englishamod
6IndianIndianADJDegree=Pos7 Englishamod
7EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
8forforSCONJ_10 bringmark
9««PUNCT_10 bringpunct
10bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf7 Englishacl
11forwardforwardADV_10 bringadvmod
12»»PUNCT_10 bringpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentitcorrect Indian Englishtree rules
2bring forward in a quoteinfinitivecorrect Indian English not said hereforward propertyvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

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