TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are given a sentence. You must judge whether the main verb of the sentence is in present or past tense. Label the instances as "Present" or "Past" based on your judgment. If there is no verb in the given text, answer "Present".
PROBLEM: Lucia wriggled, eating tortilla strips while Sara cradled the phone to her ear, waiting for the call to go through.

SOLUTION: Past

PROBLEM: Jeremy asked, his voice husky.

SOLUTION: Present

PROBLEM: ( Interstitial coding utilized the fact that even dense music had periods of silence, or interstices, lasting microseconds.

SOLUTION:
Past

