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title: Grandad: «Philip was ninety-nine. And the Queen?» Mum: «Ninety-six,… — The royal family in the news: a weddin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad: «Philip was ninety-nine. And the Queen?» Mum: «Ninety-six, in 2022.» Which is true? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 7 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…

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Grandad: «Philip was ninety-nine. And the Queen?» Mum: «Ninety-six, in 2022.» Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ninety nine

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» of the adult life 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/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad: «Philip was ninety-nine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:1
# text = Grandad: «Philip was ninety-nine.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Philip	Philip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | ninety nine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* And the Queen?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:2
# text = And the Queen?»
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Mum: «Ninety-six, in 2022.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:3
# text = Mum: «Ninety-six, in 2022.»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:4
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Philip died at 99 in 2021, the Queen at 96 in 2022

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:o1:1
# text = Philip died at 99 in 2021, the Queen at 96 in 2022
1	Philip	Philip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	2021	2021	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	96	96	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Philip | the Queen |  | 99 |  | in 2021; at 96 in 2022 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 2021=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both died at 99 in the same year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:o2:1
# text = Both died at 99 in the same year
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past |  |  |  | 99 | year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Queen died first, then Philip a year later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:o3:1
# text = The Queen died first, then Philip a year later
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	Philip	Philip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | the Queen | Philip |  |  | year | first, late *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Philip died at 96, the Queen at 99

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t7:o4:1
# text = Philip died at 96, the Queen at 99
1	Philip	Philip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	96	96	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Philip | the Queen |  | 96 |  | at 99 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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