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title: Nan was born in 1950 and Mum (Sarah) in 1980. Holly is 10 now, in 20… — Dementia and the first death in the fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan was born in 1950 and Mum (Sarah) in 1980. Holly is 10 now, in 2026, and Nan calls her «Sarah». In which year was Mum the age Holly is now? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family

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Nan was born in 1950 and Mum (Sarah) in 1980. Holly is 10 now, in 2026, and Nan calls her «Sarah». In which year was Mum the age Holly is now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Holly, Nan, Mum · **What happens:** bear, be, call · **To what, where:** Nan, 1950, 10, Holly, Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» of the everyday 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/everyday/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan was born in 1950 and Mum (Sarah) in 1980.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:1
# text = Nan was born in 1950 and Mum (Sarah) in 1980.
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Sarah	Sarah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1980	1980	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | Nan |  | 1950 and Mum |  | in 1980 | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* Holly is 10 now, in 2026, and Nan calls her «Sarah».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:2
# text = Holly is 10 now, in 2026, and Nan calls her «Sarah».
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Sarah	Sarah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Holly | 10 |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | present | Nan |  | Holly |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* In which year was Mum the age Holly is now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:3
# text = In which year was Mum the age Holly is now?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Holly	Holly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Mum and the age Holly |  |  | year |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | Mum and the age Holly *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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1960

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:o1:1
# text = 1960
1	1960	1960	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	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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1990

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:o2:1
# text = 1990
1	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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1980

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:o3:1
# text = 1980
1	1980	1980	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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2016

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t2:o4:1
# text = 2016
1	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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