--- title: Ascertain the correct form of the sentence "I have went to France" i… — Tenses: past, present and future · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correct form of the sentence "I have went to France" in standard English. Exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/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/) / [Tenses: past, present and future](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tenses: past, present and future Ascertain the correct form of the sentence "I have went to France" in standard English. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I, correct form · **What happens:** ascertain, have, go, form · **To what, where:** sentence, France, standard English · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» 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/8-tenses-past-present-future/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the correct form of the sentence "I have went to France" in standard English. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | the sentence *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the correct form of the sentence | | France | standard English | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **form** | | | the sentence | | | | | 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 {#o1} I have goed to France ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:e3:o1:1 # text = I have goed to France 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 goed goe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **goe** | present · perfect | I | | France | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} I have gone to France ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:e3:o2:1 # text = I have gone to France 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · perfect | I | | | France | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} I have go to France ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:e3:o3:1 # text = I have go to France 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | France | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} I has gone to France ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:e3:o4:1 # text = I has gone to France 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · perfect | I | | | France | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial\_Location | **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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