Question

In the Minimalist program, the specifier of a head named for this property is where the subject ends up in subject-to-subject raising. Modals, emphatic “do,” (15[1])and “to” are all placed in heads named for this property. That head named for this property is below the C, or complement, head and above Neg and Perf in the Hierarchy of Projections. Rare values of this property include the hodiernal (15[1])(“hoe-dee-ER-nuhl”), crastinal, and hesternal. Latin is traditionally analyzed as having (*) six values for this property, including one formed from the third principal part. French distinguishes a literary simple (10[1])(“SAHM-pluh”) from a more common (10[1])composé (“koem-poe-ZAY”) form of this property. Many languages combine inflections for this property, aspect, and mood. For 10 points, name this (10[1])verbal property with past, present, and future types. ■END■

ANSWER: tense [or T; accept tempus; prompt on past tense or present tense or future tense with “what are they examples of?”; do not accept or prompt on “time”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Social Science>
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brendan BethlehemSortedLSE2415
Ben LaFondSay itOxford School for Quizness6615
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp ChriskitFour Times I Have Despised My Soul9310
Ethan WebbThe Crying of Team 49See it9710
Michael Mays3HK1MMGressenheller A11710

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%33%107.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%107.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%25%0%83.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%0%79.40
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%50%0%92.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%33%67%77.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%50%101.25
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%25%108.38
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%123.00