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title: Grandad at a party in 2000: "Technically we're a year early, you num… — Decades, centuries and millennia · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad at a party in 2000: "Technically we're a year early, you numpties." Why? Test 4 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.
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# Test 4 · Decades, centuries and millennia

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Grandad at a party in 2000: "Technically we're a year early, you numpties." Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, you · **What happens:** be, numpty · **To what, where:** year, party

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad at a party in 2000: "Technically we're a year early, you numpties."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t4:1
# text = Grandad at a party in 2000: "Technically we're a year early, you numpties."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Technically	technically	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
14	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	numpties	numpty	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	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 | we | a year |  |  |  | early, technically *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **numpty** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  | a party in 2000 |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t4:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The millennium had begun back in 1999

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t4:o1:1
# text = The millennium had begun back in 1999
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	millennium	millennium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1999	1999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin back** | past · perfect | the millennium |  |  | 1999 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grandad was looking at the wrong calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t4:o2:1
# text = Grandad was looking at the wrong calendar
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | Grandad |  |  |  |  | at the wrong calendar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at calendar=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Counting started at year 1, so the millennium began in 2001

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t4:o3:1
# text = Counting started at year 1, so the millennium began in 2001
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	millennium	millennium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	2001	2001	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 | **count** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **start** | participle |  |  |  |  | year |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **begin** | past | the millennium |  |  | 2001 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There was no year 2000 in the calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t4:o4:1
# text = There was no year 2000 in the calendar
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no year |  |  | the calendar; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in calendar=Location |

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