--- title: A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate i… — Tenses: past, present and future · tree and pragmatics description: A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate in Liverpool.) In written standard English, what is it? 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In written standard English, what is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scouse kid, La, mate · **What happens:** say, go, mean, write, be · **To what, where:** shops, lad · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate in Liverpool.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t11:1 # text = A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate in Liverpool.) 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Scouse scouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 la. La. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 La La PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Scouse kid | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | a Scouse kid *= kid* | the shops | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shop=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | present | La | lad and mate in Liverpool | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Topic | 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:* In written standard English, what is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t11:2 # text = In written standard English, what is it? 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 3 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | mate | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} I has went to the shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t11:o1:1 # text = I has went to the shops 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | I | | | the shops | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shop=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} I gone to the shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t11:o2:1 # text = I gone to the shops 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gone gone VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gone** | present | I | | | | | to the shops | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} I have gone to the shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t11:o3:1 # text = I have gone to the shops 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 _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · perfect | I | | | the shops | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shop=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} I have went to the shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t11:o4:1 # text = I have went to the shops 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | I | | | the shops | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shop=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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