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title: ★★★ Which word has a double letter ONLY because a prefix meets the r… — Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Which word has a double letter ONLY because a prefix meets the root? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 12 «Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 10 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-

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★★★ Which word has a double letter ONLY because a prefix meets the root?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, prefix · **What happens:** have, meet · **To what, where:** double letter, root

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This is test 10 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Which word has a double letter ONLY because a prefix meets the root?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	ONLY	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prefix	prefix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | ★ ★ ★ | a double letter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
| 2 | **meet** | present | a prefix | the root |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Co-Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t10:o1:1
# text = little
1	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
unnatural

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t10:o2:1
# text = unnatural
1	unnatural	unnatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t10:o3:1
# text = rabbit
1	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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slippery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t10:o4:1
# text = slippery
1	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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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