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title: Liam: "I'm 10, so I've lived exactly 3,650 days, no more, no less."… — Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps" · tree and pragmatics
description: Liam: "I'm 10, so I've lived exactly 3,650 days, no more, no less." What did he leave out? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wro
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"

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Liam: "I'm 10, so I've lived exactly 3,650 days, no more, no less." What did he leave out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Liam · **What happens:** be, live, leave out · **To what, where:** 10

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam: "I'm 10, so I've lived exactly 3,650 days, no more, no less."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t8:1
# text = Liam: "I'm 10, so I've lived exactly 3,650 days, no more, no less."
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	3,650	3,650	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	no	no	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
20	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | 10 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Liam |  |  |  | day |  | 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:* What did he leave out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t8:2
# text = What did he leave out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | past · do-support | Liam |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing; it is exactly 3,650

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t8:o1:1
# text = Nothing; it is exactly 3,650
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	3,650	3,650	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 3,650 |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The days before he could walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t8:o2:1
# text = The days before he could walk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | could | the days before he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The weekends, which do not count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t8:o3:1
# text = The weekends, which do not count
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | the weekends |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The 2 or 3 extra leap days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:114-birthdays-ages-and-how-many-sleeps:t8:o4:1
# text = The 2 or 3 extra leap days
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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