--- title: «bicycle's got two wheels, so a tricycle must have... four?» What is… — Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-,… · tree and pragmatics description: «bicycle's got two wheels, so a tricycle must have... four?» What is right? Test 8 · ★ 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 --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir- «bicycle's got two wheels, so a tricycle must have... four?» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bicycle, tricycle · **What happens:** get, have, be · **To what, where:** two wheels, four This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «bicycle's got two wheels, so a tricycle must have... four?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t8:1 # text = «bicycle's got two wheels, so a tricycle must have... four?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 bicycle bicycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tricycle tricycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ... ... PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | bicycle | two wheels | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wheel=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | must | a tricycle | four | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Patient | 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 right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t8:2 # text = What is right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two, like a bicycle ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t8:o1:1 # text = Two, like a bicycle 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bicycle bicycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One, because tri- means only one ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t8:o2:1 # text = One, because tri- means only one 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 tri tri NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | tri | one | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Four, because tri- means twice two ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t8:o3:1 # text = Four, because tri- means twice two 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 tri tri NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | tri | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Three, because tri- means three ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir:t8:o4:1 # text = Three, because tri- means three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 tri tri NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Three | three | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Topic | **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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