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# Test 10 · ★ · Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds

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Your cousin from Perth says "grab ya togs, we'll take a selfie at the beach." ("Togs" means swimming costume.) What is a selfie?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, we, Togs, selfie · **What happens:** say, grab, take, mean, be · **To what, where:** togs, selfie, beach, swimming costume · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» of the language 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/language/37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin from Perth says "grab ya togs, we'll take a selfie at the beach."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:1
# text = Your cousin from Perth says "grab ya togs, we'll take a selfie at the beach."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Perth	Perth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
8	ya	ya	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	togs	tog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	selfie	selfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin from Perth |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grab** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | ya's togs |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tog=Theme |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | future | we | a selfie |  | the beach |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme at beach=Asset |

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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:* ("Togs" means swimming costume.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:2
# text = ("Togs" means swimming costume.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Togs	tog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	costume	costume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Togs | swimming costume |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent costume=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What is a selfie?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:3
# text = What is a selfie?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	selfie	selfie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A type of Australian sunscreen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:o1:1
# text = A type of Australian sunscreen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **type** |  |  | Australian sunscreen |  |  |  |  | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A photo you take of yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:o2:1
# text = A photo you take of yourself
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | you | a photo |  |  |  | of yourself | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of yourself=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A beach towel with your name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:o3:1
# text = A beach towel with your name
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A swim on your own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t10:o4:1
# text = A swim on your own
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swim	swim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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