Test 6 · ★ · Tense consistency and verb forms

★★★ Which sentence has an accidental tense slip?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★ · What happens: have · To what, where: accidental tense slip

This is test 6 · ★ 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

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	6 has	nsubj
4	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 sentence	det
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	appos
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 slip	det
8	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slip	amod
9	tense	tense	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slip	compound
10	slip	slip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	★ ★ ★	a accidental tense slip					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slip=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.

The options

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

The dog barked, so we run inside and hid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barked	nsubj
3	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 run	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 barked	ccomp
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hid	cc
10	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 run	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 barked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	bark	past	the dog		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	run	present	we	inside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hide	past	we not said here		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

We have lived here since I was two.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 lived	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	aux
3	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 lived	advmod
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 two	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 two	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 two	cop
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 lived	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present · perfect	We			here			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	I	two					tree rules

Option 3

The dog barks every night, so we keep the window shut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barks	nsubj
3	barks	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barks	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keep	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 keep	nsubj
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 barks	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 barks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	present	the dog				night		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	we	the window				shut property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme

Option 4

I was cold yesterday, but I'm fine today.

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 cold	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	cop
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cold	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 fine	cc
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 fine	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cold	conj
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fine	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I				yesterday	cold property	tree rules
2	is	present	I				today	fine property	tree rules

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