--- title: ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." Which happene… — Tense consistency and verb forms · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." Which happened first? Test 2 · ★ 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Tense consistency and verb forms ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." Which happened first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** get, start, happen This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t2:1 # text = ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cinema cinema NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | to the cinema *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cinema=Result | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | past · perfect | ★ ★ ★ | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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:* Which happened first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t2:2 # text = Which happened first? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | first *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Both at the same moment ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t2:o1:1 # text = Both at the same moment 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Getting to the cinema ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t2:o2:1 # text = Getting to the cinema 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cinema cinema NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | to the cinema *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cinema=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing has happened yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing has happened yet 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 yet yet ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · perfect | Nothing | | | | yet | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The film starting ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms:t2:o4:1 # text = The film starting 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 starting starting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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