--- title: ★★★ Fill in for the right tense: "While I ___ my homework, the light… — Tense consistency and verb forms · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Fill in for the right tense: "While I ___ my homework, the lights went out." Test 11 · ★ of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» 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/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t11/) [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/) / [Tense consistency and verb forms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Tense consistency and verb forms ★★★ Fill in for the right tense: "While I \_\_\_ my homework, the lights went out." **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, I, lights · **What happens:** fill in, homework, go out This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» of the English 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t11:1 # text = ★★★ Fill in for the right tense: "While I ___ my homework, the lights went out." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 Fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tense tense NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 While while SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill in** | infinitive | ★ ★ ★ | | | | | for the right tense | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **homework** *in a quote* | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go out** *in a quote* | past | the lights | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} will do ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t11:o1:1 # text = will do 1 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} have done ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t11:o2:1 # text = have done 1 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} am doing ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t11:o3:1 # text = am doing 1 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} was doing ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t11:o4:1 # text = was doing 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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