--- title: Ruby: "Nan was a teen in the eighties? So, like, 80 years ago?" What… — Decades, centuries and millennia · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby: "Nan was a teen in the eighties? So, like, 80 years ago?" What's right? Test 1 of lesson 124 «Decades, centuries and millennia» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/124-decades-centuries-millennia/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Decades, centuries and millennia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/124-decades-centuries-millennia/) / t1 # Test 1 · Decades, centuries and millennia Ruby: "Nan was a teen in the eighties? So, like, 80 years ago?" What's right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nan · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** teen, eighties This is test 1 of lesson 124 «Decades, centuries and millennia» 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/124-decades-centuries-millennia/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby: "Nan was a teen in the eighties? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:1 # text = Ruby: "Nan was a teen in the eighties? 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 teen teen NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eighties eighties NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Nan | a teen | | the eighties | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* So, like, 80 years ago?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:2 # text = So, like, 80 years ago?" 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 80 80 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What's right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:3 # text = What's right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The eighties are 1880 to 1889 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:o1:1 # text = The eighties are 1880 to 1889 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eighties eighties NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 1880 1880 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1889 1889 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the eighties | 1880 | | | | to 1889 | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The eighties are 1980 to 1989, about 40 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:o2:1 # text = The eighties are 1980 to 1989, about 40 years ago 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eighties eighties NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 1980 1980 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1989 1989 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ _ 11 ago ago ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the eighties | 1980 | | | | to 1989 | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It means when she was 80 years old ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:o3:1 # text = It means when she was 80 years old 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 80 80 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | she | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, exactly 80 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, exactly 80 years ago 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 80 80 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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