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title: «dissed me in the playground, so dis- is just slang». What's true? — Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «dissed me in the playground, so dis- is just slang». What's true? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «dissed me in the playground, so dis- is just slang».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t6:1
# text = «dissed me in the playground, so dis- is just slang».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dissed	dis	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t6:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dis- is a real prefix; the slang «diss» comes from «disrespect»

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t6:o1:1
# text = Dis- is a real prefix; the slang «diss» comes from «disrespect»
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prefix	prefix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	diss	diss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dis- is only slang and never used in real words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t6:o2:1
# text = Dis- is only slang and never used in real words
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dis- means again, like re-

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t6:o3:1
# text = Dis- means again, like re-
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	re	re	ADP	IN	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dis- came from text messages, so it isn't real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t6:o4:1
# text = Dis- came from text messages, so it isn't real
1	Dis	dis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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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