--- title: What would happen if centuries were counted from a year 0 instead of… — Decades, centuries and millennia · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if centuries were counted from a year 0 instead of from year 1? Test 10 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 right. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Decades, centuries and millennia What would happen if centuries were counted from a year 0 instead of from year 1? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, count · **To what, where:** centuries This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t10:1 # text = What would happen if centuries were counted from a year 0 instead of from year 1? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 0 0 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 flat _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **count** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | centuries | | | year | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The 21st century would last a full 1,000 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t10:o1:1 # text = The 21st century would last a full 1,000 years 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 21st 21st ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | would | the 21st century | | | | year | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} There would be no 21st century at all, only the 20th ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t10:o2:1 # text = There would be no 21st century at all, only the 20th 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 5 21st 21st ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 20th 20th NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | would | no 21st century at all and the 20th | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The 21st century would run from 2000 to 2099 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t10:o3:1 # text = The 21st century would run from 2000 to 2099 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 21st 21st ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 2000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 2099 2099 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | would | the 21st century | | | 2000 to 2099 | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from 2000=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The 21st century would only run from 2100 to 2199 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t10:o4:1 # text = The 21st century would only run from 2100 to 2199 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 21st 21st ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 2100 2100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 2199 2199 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | would | the 21st century | | | 2100 to 2199 | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from 2100=Trajectory | **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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