Test 2 · ★ · Tense consistency and verb forms
★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." Which happened first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, ★ ★ ★ · What happens: get, start, happen
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 started | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 got | advmod |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 started | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 cinema | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cinema | det |
| 10 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 started | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 film | det |
| 13 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 started | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 started | aux |
| 15 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 started | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | we | to the cinema result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to cinema=Result | ||||
| 2 | start in a quote | past · perfect | ★ ★ ★ | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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: Which happened first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 happened | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | first property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Both at the same moment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 moment | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 moment | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 moment | amod |
| 5 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Both | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Getting to the cinema
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 cinema | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cinema | det |
| 4 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | to the cinema result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to cinema=Result |
Option 3
Nothing has happened yet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happened | aux |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 3 happened | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | Nothing | yet | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The film starting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 starting | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starting | compound |
| 3 | starting | starting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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