Test 6 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-

«dissed me in the playground, so dis- is just slang». What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dis · What happens: dis, be · To what, where: me, playground, slang

This is test 6 · ★ 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: «dissed me in the playground, so dis- is just slang».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 dissed	punct
2	dissed	dis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 dissed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 playground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 playground	det
6	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 slang	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 slang	advmod
9	dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slang	nsubj
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 dis	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 slang	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 slang	advmod
13	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissed	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 dissed	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dissed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dis in a quote	past		me		the playground			tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	dis	slang					tree 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: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dis- is a real prefix; the slang «diss» comes from «disrespect»

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prefix	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Dis	punct
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prefix	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prefix	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 prefix	amod
6	prefix	prefix	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 comes	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 slang	det
9	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 comes	nsubj
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 diss	punct
11	diss	diss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slang	appos
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 diss	punct
13	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prefix	conj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 disrespect	case
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 disrespect	punct
16	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 comes	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 prefix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dis	a real prefix					tree rules
2	come	present	the slang			disrespect			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from disrespect=Initial_Location

Option 2

Dis- is only slang and never used in real words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slang	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Dis	punct
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slang	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 slang	advmod
5	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 slang	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 used	advmod
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 slang	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 words	case
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dis	slang					tree rules
2	not use	participle		slang not said here		real words			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Dis- means again, like re-

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Dis	punct
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 means	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 re	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 re	case
7	re	re	ADP	_	3 means	obj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 re	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Dis				again		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent re=Topic

Option 4

Dis- came from text messages, so it isn't real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Dis	punct
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 messages	case
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 messages	compound
6	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 real	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 real	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 real	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 real	advmod
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Dis			text messages			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from message=Initial_Location
2	not is	present	Dis					real property	tree rules

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