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Test 11 · ★★ · Tenses: past, present and future

A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate in Liverpool.) In written standard English, what is it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scouse kid, La, mate · What happens: say, go, mean, write, be · To what, where: shops, lad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» of the language 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: A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate in Liverpool.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	Scouse	scouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kid	compound
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 went	nsubj
7	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 went	aux
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shops	det
10	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 went	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 la.	punct
12	la.	La.	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 shops	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 means	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 La	punct
16	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 means	nsubj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 La	punct
18	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
19	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 means	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mate	punct
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lad	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 Liverpool	case
23	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 mate	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 means	punct
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Scouse kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	present	a Scouse kid = kid	the shops					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shop=Theme
3	mean	present	La	lad and mate in Liverpool					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Topic

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: In written standard English, what is it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 English	case
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 English	amod
3	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 English	amod
4	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 English	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 English	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	cop
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 what	nsubj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	mate						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

I has went to the shops

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 went	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 went	aux
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 shops	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shops	det
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	obl

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

Option 2

I gone to the shops

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 gone	nsubj
2	gone	gone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 shops	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shops	det
5	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gone	present	I					to the shops	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

I have gone to the shops

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	_	6 shops	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shops	det
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gone	obl

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

Option 4

I have went to the shops

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 went	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 went	aux
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 shops	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shops	det
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	obl

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

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