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title: Ascertain the form consistent with standard English for the sentence… — Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the form consistent with standard English for the sentence "I have ___ two lengths of the pool" (verb: swim). Exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes

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Ascertain the form consistent with standard English for the sentence "I have \_\_\_ two lengths of the pool" (verb: swim).

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** ascertain, have, swim · **To what, where:** form · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» 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/9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the form consistent with standard English for the sentence "I have ___ two lengths of the pool" (verb: swim).
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	lengths	length	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
26	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the form |  |  |  | for the sentence; two lengths of the pool and verb *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **swim** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e3:o1:1
# text = swimming
1	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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swum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e3:o2:1
# text = swum
1	swum	swum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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swam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e3:o3:1
# text = swam
1	swam	swam	PUNCT	NFP	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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swimmed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e3:o4:1
# text = swimmed
1	swimmed	swimm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swimm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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