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title: Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 21… — Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps" · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 2106!" What went wrong? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"

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Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 2106!" What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ayaan · **What happens:** work out, bear, go · **To what, where:** 80th, Ayaan, 2106 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» of the world 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/world/114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 2106!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t4:1
# text = Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 2106!"
1	Ayaan	Ayaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	80th	80th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	parataxis	_	_
11	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	2106	2106	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work out** | gerund | Ayaan | Grandma's 80th |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | Ayaan |  | 2106 |  |  | 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:* What went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t4:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's right; she was born in 2106

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t4:o1:1
# text = He's right; she was born in 2106
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	3	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2106	2106	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | she |  | 2106 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He should take 80 away: she was born in 1946

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t4:o2:1
# text = He should take 80 away: she was born in 1946
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1946	1946	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | should | He | 80 |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 80=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | she |  | 1946 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He should take 26 away: so she was born in 1980

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t4:o3:1
# text = He should take 26 away: so she was born in 1980
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	26	26	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1980	1980	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | should | He | 26 |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 26=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | she |  | 1980 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He should add 20: 2046

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t4:o4:1
# text = He should add 20: 2046
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	2046	2046	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | should | He | 20 |  |  |  | 2046 *obl* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 20=Patient |

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