Test 9 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-
Gran: «don't be disrespectful, love». What is the root word, and what does the prefix do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: prefix · What happens: not be, be, do · To what, where: root word
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Gran: «don't be disrespectful, love».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 disrespectful | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 disrespectful | punct |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 disrespectful | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 disrespectful | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 disrespectful | cop |
| 7 | disrespectful | disrespectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Gran | parataxis |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 love | punct |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 disrespectful | vocative |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 love | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | infinitive · do-support | love vocative; disrespectful property | 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 is the root word, and what does the prefix do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 word | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | compound |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 do | cc |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 do | obj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prefix | det |
| 11 | prefix | prefix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 word | parataxis |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the root word | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | present · do-support | the prefix | the root word | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
respect; dis- means again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 3 | dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 dis | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | respect | again | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
spectful; disre- means not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spectful | spectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 spectful | punct |
| 3 | disre | disre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 disre | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 means | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mean | present | spectful | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
disrespect; -ful means not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disrespect | disrespect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ful | compound |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 disrespect | punct |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 ful | punct |
| 4 | ful | ful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 means | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mean | present | disrespect ful | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
respectful; dis- makes the opposite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 makes | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 makes | punct |
| 3 | dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 dis | punct |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 opposite | det |
| 7 | opposite | opposite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | dis | the opposite | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset opposite=Product |
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