--- title: An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand." ("Gran… — Tenses: past, present and future · tree and pragmatics description: An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand." ("Grand" means fine, OK in Ireland.) Has he finished? 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Has he finished? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Grand · **What happens:** finish, mean · **To what, where:** me This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:1 # text = An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand." 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 texts text NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 finishing finish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | me | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector i=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:* ("Grand" means fine, OK in Ireland.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:2 # text = ("Grand" means fine, OK in Ireland.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Grand Grand PROPN NNP _ 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 OK ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Grand | | | | | fine *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Has he finished? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:3 # text = Has he finished? 1 Has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | present · perfect | Grand | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He hasn't started it ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:o1:1 # text = He hasn't started it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **start** | present · perfect | He | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, he's just finished ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:o2:1 # text = Yes, he's just finished 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | present · passive | he | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he'll do it after tea ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:o3:1 # text = No, he'll do it after tea 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | he | it | | | after tea | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, he's chasing it ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t4:o4:1 # text = No, he's chasing it 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | present · progressive | he | it | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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