--- title: In a video game, the cut-scene says "The dragon was sleeping when th… — Tenses: past, present and future · tree and pragmatics description: In a video game, the cut-scene says "The dragon was sleeping when the knight crept in." Which action was going on already? 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Which action was going on already? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cut scene, dragon, knight, action · **What happens:** say, sleep, creep in, go on · **To what, where:** video game · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a video game, the cut-scene says "The dragon was sleeping when the knight crept in." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t6:1 # text = In a video game, the cut-scene says "The dragon was sleeping when the knight crept in." 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 in in ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the cut scene | | | a video game | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the dragon | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **creep in** *in a quote* | past | the knight | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 action was going on already? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t6:2 # text = Which action was going on already? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past · progressive | which action | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Neither, it's the future ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t6:o1:1 # text = Neither, it's the future 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the future | | | | neither *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The knight creeping in ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t6:o2:1 # text = The knight creeping in 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep in** | gerund | the knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Both started at the same time ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t6:o3:1 # text = Both started at the same time 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | Both | | | | time | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The dragon sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:8-tenses-past-present-future:t6:o4:1 # text = The dragon sleeping 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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