--- title: Identify the word class of «run» in the sentence «I went for a run». — Word classes: the jobs words do · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the word class of «run» in the sentence «I went for a run». Exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Word classes: the jobs words do](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Word classes: the jobs words do Identify the word class of «run» in the sentence «I went for a run». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, word class, I · **What happens:** identify, run, go · **To what, where:** word class, sentence This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» of the English 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e1:1 # text = Identify the word class of «run» in the sentence «I went for a run». 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 run run NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the word class | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent class=Theme | | 2 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | the word class *not said here* | | | the sentence | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sentence=Trajectory | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | I | the sentence *not said here* | | | | for a run | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sentence=Theme | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Adverb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e1:o1:1 # text = Adverb 1 Adverb adverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Noun ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e1:o2:1 # text = Noun 1 Noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e1:o3:1 # text = Verb 1 Verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Preposition, since it indicates the direction of the movement undertaken ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e1:o4:1 # text = Preposition, since it indicates the direction of the movement undertaken 1 Preposition preposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 since since SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present | Preposition | the direction of the movement | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot direction=Topic | | 2 | **undertake** | participle | | the movement *not said here* | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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