Exam question 3 · Tenses: past, present and future

Ascertain the correct form of the sentence "I have went to France" in standard English.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, correct form · What happens: ascertain, have, go, form · To what, where: sentence, France, standard English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» 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	4 form	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 form	amod
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sentence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sentence	det
7	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sentence	acl:relcl
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	parataxis
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 France	case
13	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 English	case
16	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 English	amod
17	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	present	I	the sentence not said here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient
3	go in a quote	past	the correct form of the sentence		France	standard English	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial_Location
4	form			the sentence			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

I have goed to France

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 goed	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 goed	aux
3	goed	goe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 France	case
5	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 goed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	goe	present · perfect	I		France				tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

I have gone to France

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 gone	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 France	case
5	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	I			France			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial_Location

Option 3

I have go to France

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 have	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 France	case
5	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I						tree rules
2	go	infinitive	I not said here			France			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial_Location

Option 4

I has gone to France

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 gone	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 France	case
5	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	I			France			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial_Location

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