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title: Identify the constituent parts of the word "unhappiness". — Building words: prefixes, suffixes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the constituent parts of the word "unhappiness". Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» of the language 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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# Exam question 1 · Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds

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Identify the constituent parts of the word "unhappiness".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** constituent parts

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/language/37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:e1:1
# text = Identify the constituent parts of the word "unhappiness".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	constituent	constituent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	unhappiness	unhappiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the constituent parts of the word |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A prefix, a root and a suffix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:e1:o1:1
# text = A prefix, a root and a suffix
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prefix	prefix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	suffix	suffix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two roots and no affixes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:e1:o2:1
# text = Two roots and no affixes
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	affixes	affix	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Three separate prefixes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:e1:o3:1
# text = Three separate prefixes
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prefixes	prefix	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A suffix, a prefix and a second suffix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:e1:o4:1
# text = A suffix, a prefix and a second suffix
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suffix	suffix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prefix	prefix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	suffix	suffix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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