Exam question 2 · Tense consistency and verb forms

Select the form designated the past progressive of the verb "to play" with the subject "I".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, form · What happens: select, designate, play · To what, where: past progressive

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» of the English 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 form	det
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	nsubj
4	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 progressive	det
6	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 progressive	amod
7	progressive	progressive	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 verb	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 verb	det
10	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 progressive	nmod
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 play	punct
12	to	to	PART	_	13 play	mark
13	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 verb	acl:relcl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 play	punct
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 subject	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 subject	det
17	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 "	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 I	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 subject	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 I	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	designate	past	the form	the past progressive of the verb	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent progressive=Theme
3	play in a quote	to-infinitive	the form not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

I was playing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 playing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 playing	aux
3	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	I						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

I have played

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 played	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 played	aux
3	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present · perfect	I						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

I am playing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 playing	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 playing	aux
3	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present · progressive	I						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

I played

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	I						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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