--- title: What would happen if we wrote «misspell» with one s? — Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if we wrote «misspell» with one s? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir- What would happen if we wrote «misspell» with one s? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** happen, write, misspell This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t4:1 # text = What would happen if we wrote «misspell» with one s? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 misspell misspell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **write** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | we | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **misspell** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | with one s | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Nothing, «mispell» is also correct ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, «mispell» is also correct 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 mispell mispell NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | correct *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} We'd misspell «misspell», because both s's belong ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t4:o2:1 # text = We'd misspell «misspell», because both s's belong 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 misspell misspell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 misspell misspell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 12 case _ _ 9 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 belong belong NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **misspell** | would | We | | | | | because both s's belong | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **misspell** *in a quote* | infinitive | We *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It would mean «not spell» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t4:o3:1 # text = It would mean «not spell» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 spell spell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | would | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **spell** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would mean «spell again» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t4:o4:1 # text = It would mean «spell again» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 spell spell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | would | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **spell** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | again | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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