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title: ★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 ye… — Olympiad: timelines, centuries and whi… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 years, grand.» How long, really? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★

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★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 years, grand.» How long, really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, 5 BC, man · **What happens:** ★, bear, die, live · **To what, where:** Liam, Dublin, man, 5 BC · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★» of the history 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/history/85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 years, grand.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t3:1
# text = ★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 years, grand.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
11	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	BC	BC	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	flat	_	_
20	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
21	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ | Liam |  | Dublin |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** *in a quote* | participle |  | a man *not said here* |  | 5 BC |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | past | 5 BC |  |  |  |  | in AD | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in ad=Attribute |
| 4 | **live** *in a quote* | past | a man |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How long, really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t3:2
# text = How long, really?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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About 9 years: there is no year 0

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t3:o1:1
# text = About 9 years: there is no year 0
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
9	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no year |  |  | there | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About 11 years, as you add a year 0

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t3:o2:1
# text = About 11 years, as you add a year 0
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
10	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | you |  |  |  | year |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No years at all, as both numbers are 5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t3:o3:1
# text = No years at all, as both numbers are 5
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no years at all | 5 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Exactly 10 years; Liam's sum is grand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first:t3:o4:1
# text = Exactly 10 years; Liam's sum is grand
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Liam's sum |  |  |  | year | grand *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sum** |  | Liam |  |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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