Exam question 3 · Verbs: doing words and being words

Ascertain the correct written form of the expression commonly heard as "could of come".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, write, hear, form · To what, where: correct written form, expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 form	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 expression	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 expression	det
8	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
9	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	10 heard	advmod
10	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 expression	acl
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 could	mark
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 could	punct
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 come	case
15	come	come	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 could	obl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 could	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct written form of the expression		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic
2	write	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear	participle		the expression not said here	commonly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
4	form			the expression		nom form «communication transitive»: of=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

could have come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
2	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	could · perfect							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

could off come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
2	off	off	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	could						off property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

could has come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	could · perfect							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

could of came

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 came	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 could	flat
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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