Test 4 · ★★ · Tenses: past, present and future An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand." ("Grand" means fine, OK in Ireland.) Has he finished?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Grand · What happens: finish, mean · To what, where: me
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand."
det amod compound nmod:poss punct nsubj aux mark acl obj nsubj punct punct punct root An DET Irish ADJ mate NOUN texts NOUN " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX after SCONJ finishing VERB me PRON homework NOUN , PUNCT grand ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 texts det 2 Irish Irish ADJ Degree=Pos 4 texts amod 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 texts compound 4 texts text NOUN Number=Plur 11 homework nmod:poss 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 finishing punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 finishing nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 finishing aux 8 after after SCONJ _ 9 finishing mark 9 finishing finish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 texts acl 10 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 finishing obj 11 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 13 grand nsubj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 grand punct 13 grand grand ADJ Degree=Pos root root 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 grand punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 grand punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 finish in a quote present · progressive I me vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector i=Eventuality
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: ("Grand" means fine, OK in Ireland.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct conj case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Grand PROPN " PUNCT means VERB fine ADJ , PUNCT OK ADJ in ADP Ireland PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 3 Grand Grand PROPN _ 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 OK punct 8 OK ok ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fine conj 9 in in ADP _ 10 Ireland case 10 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 8 OK obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Grand fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Has he finished?
aux nsubj punct root Has AUX he PRON finished VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 finished aux 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 finished nsubj 3 finished finish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 finished punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 finish present · perfect Grand vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He hasn't started it
nsubj aux advmod obj root He PRON has AUX n't PART started VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 started nsubj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 started aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 started advmod 4 started start VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 started obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not start present · perfect He it vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Yes, he's just finished
discourse punct nsubj aux advmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX just ADV finished VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 finished discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 finished nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 finished aux 5 just just ADV _ 6 finished advmod 6 finished finish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 finish present · passive he vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 3 No, he'll do it after tea
discourse punct nsubj aux obj case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 'll AUX do VERB it PRON after ADP tea NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 do discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 do nsubj 4 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 do aux 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 do obj 7 after after ADP _ 8 tea case 8 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 5 do obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do future he it after tea vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 4 No, he's chasing it
discourse punct nsubj aux obj root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX chasing VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 chasing discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 chasing nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 chasing aux 5 chasing chase VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 chasing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 chase present · progressive he it vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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