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title: billionth — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «billionth» in the school dictionary: Coming as number one billion in order (1,000,000,000th). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# billionth

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**Who acts:** nanosecond, company, you, Atoms · **What happens:** come, be, celebrate, bear, write · **To what, where:** number, order, billionth, billionth customer, billionth person, 1800s

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«billionth» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [billionth in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/billionth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Coming as number one billion in order (1,000,000,000th).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:m1:1
# text = Coming as number one billion in order (1,000,000,000th).
1	Coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1,000,000,000th	1,000,000,000th	ADJ	JJ	NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund |  | number |  | order |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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One of a billion equal parts of something: 1/1,000,000,000.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:m2:1
# text = One of a billion equal parts of something: 1/1,000,000,000.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	1/1,000,000,000	1/1,000,000,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A nanosecond is a billionth of a second.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:x1:1
# text = A nanosecond is a billionth of a second.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nanosecond	nanosecond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	billionth	billionth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nanosecond | a billionth |  |  | second |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The company celebrated its billionth customer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:x2:1
# text = The company celebrated its billionth customer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	billionth	billionth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | past | the company | company's billionth customer |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The world's billionth person was born in the 1800s.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:x3:1
# text = The world's billionth person was born in the 1800s.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	billionth	billionth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | the world's billionth person |  | the 1800s |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Write one billionth as a fraction: 1/1,000,000,000.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:x4:1
# text = Write one billionth as a fraction: 1/1,000,000,000.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	billionth	billionth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fraction	fraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	1/1,000,000,000	1/1,000,000,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | one billionth |  |  |  | as a fraction | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent billionth=Result as fraction=Attribute |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Atoms are smaller than a billionth of a metre across.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billionth:x5:1
# text = Atoms are smaller than a billionth of a metre across.
1	Atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	billionth	billionth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	across	across	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Atoms |  |  |  |  | than a billionth of a metre; across, small *property* | tree rules |

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