--- title: Ascertain the correct written form of the expression commonly heard… — Verbs: doing words and being words · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correct written form of the expression commonly heard as "could of come". Exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/e3/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Verbs: doing words and being words](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Verbs: doing words and being words Ascertain the correct written form of the expression commonly heard as "could of come". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, write, hear, form · **To what, where:** correct written form, expression This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language 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/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the correct written form of the expression commonly heard as "could of come". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 come come NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct written form of the expression | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | participle | | the expression *not said here* | | | | commonly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **form** | | | the expression | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} could have come ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e3:o1:1 # text = could have come 1 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | could · perfect | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} could off come ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e3:o2:1 # text = could off come 1 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 off off ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | could | | | | | | off *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} could has come ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e3:o3:1 # text = could has come 1 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | could · perfect | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} could of came ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e3:o4:1 # text = could of came 1 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 flat _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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