--- title: Dad asks "What'll you be doing at 3 tomorrow?" Which reply uses the… — Tenses: past, present and future · tree and pragmatics description: Dad asks "What'll you be doing at 3 tomorrow?" Which reply uses the future continuous? Test 10 · ★★ 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 right. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Tenses: past, present and future Dad asks "What'll you be doing at 3 tomorrow?" Which reply uses the future continuous? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, you, reply · **What happens:** ask, do, use · **To what, where:** 3, future continuous · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» of the language 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/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad asks "What'll you be doing at 3 tomorrow?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t10:1 # text = Dad asks "What'll you be doing at 3 tomorrow?" 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Dad | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future · progressive | you | | | 3 tomorrow | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 reply uses the future continuous? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t10:2 # text = Which reply uses the future continuous? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 continuous continuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | which reply | the future continuous | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent continuous=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} I'll be swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t10:o1:1 # text = I'll be swimming 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | future | I | swimming | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} I was swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t10:o2:1 # text = I was swimming 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past · progressive | I | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} I swam ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t10:o3:1 # text = I swam 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | I | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} I've swum ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t10:o4:1 # text = I've swum 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 swum swim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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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