Test 5 · ★★ · Tenses: past, present and future
A boomer uncle says "Back in my day I have went to school on foot." How do you put it right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boomer uncle, you · What happens: say, have, go, put · To what, where: day, foot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 boomer uncle says "Back in my day I have went to school on foot."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 uncle | det |
| 2 | boomer | boomer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uncle | compound |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Back | punct |
| 6 | Back | back | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 day | nmod:poss |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Back | obl |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 have | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 day | acl:relcl |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 school | case |
| 14 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 went | obl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 foot | case |
| 16 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 went | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boomer uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | a boomer uncle = uncle | my day not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Patient | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | past | foot | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
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: How do you put it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present · do-support | you | foot | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
I went to school on foot
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 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 foot | case |
| 6 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | I | foot | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
Option 2
I have goed to school on foot
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 school | case |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goed | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 foot | case |
| 7 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | goe | present · perfect | I | foot | to school | tree rules |
Option 3
I go to school on foot back then
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 go | nsubj |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 foot | case |
| 6 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 go | advmod |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | I | foot | then | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
Option 4
I gone to school on foot
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 | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gone | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 foot | case |
| 6 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | participle | I | foot | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
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