Test 8 · ★★ · Active and passive voice, modal verbs

★★★ Which change does NOT keep the same tense?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★ · What happens: not keep · To what, where: same tense

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Active and passive voice, modal verbs» 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	8 keep	nsubj
4	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 change	det
5	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nmod:unmarked
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 keep	aux
7	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 keep	advmod
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tense	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tense	amod
11	tense	tense	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	present · do-support	★ ★ ★ which change	the same tense					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tense=Theme

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 dog has eaten the bone" becomes "The bone has been eaten by the dog"

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 eaten	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 becomes	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bone	det
7	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 eaten	punct
9	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 eaten	punct
11	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bone	det
12	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eaten	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 eaten	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 eaten	aux:pass
15	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 becomes	ccomp
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 dog	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dog	det
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eaten	obl:agent
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat in a quote	present · perfect · passive		the dog	tree rules
2	become	present			tree rules
3	eat in a quote	present · perfect · passive	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"The dog eats the bone" becomes "The bone was eaten by the dog"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 eats	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eats	nsubj
4	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 becomes	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bone	det
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eats	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 eats	punct
8	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct
10	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bone	det
11	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux:pass
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 becomes	ccomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 dog	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dog	det
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	obl:agent
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat in a quote	present	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient
2	become	present			tree rules
3	eat in a quote	past · passive	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

"The dog ate the bone" becomes "The bone was eaten by the dog"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ate	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ate	nsubj
4	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 becomes	csubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bone	det
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ate	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ate	punct
8	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct
10	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bone	det
11	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux:pass
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 becomes	ccomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 dog	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dog	det
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	obl:agent
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat in a quote	past	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient
2	become	present			tree rules
3	eat in a quote	past · passive	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

"The dog eats the bone" becomes "The bone is eaten by the dog"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 eats	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eats	nsubj
4	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 becomes	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bone	det
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eats	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 eats	punct
8	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct
10	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bone	det
11	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux:pass
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 becomes	ccomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 dog	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dog	det
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	obl:agent
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	eat in a quote	present	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient
2	become	present			tree rules
3	eat in a quote	present · passive	the dog	the bone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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