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title: Grace: "That song's from the noughties? It's like 20 years old, that… — Decades, centuries and millennia · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace: "That song's from the noughties? It's like 20 years old, that's ancient, I'm dead." ("I'm dead" means I'm laughing so hard.) The song is from 2006. How old is it in 2026? Test 9 of lesson 124 «Decades, centuries and millennia» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 9 · Decades, centuries and millennia

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Grace: "That song's from the noughties? It's like 20 years old, that's ancient, I'm dead." ("I'm dead" means I'm laughing so hard.) The song is from 2006. How old is it in 2026?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** song, that, I · **What happens:** be, mean, laugh · **To what, where:** 2006, song, 2026 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace: "That song's from the noughties?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:1
# text = Grace: "That song's from the noughties?
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	noughties	noughty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* It's like 20 years old, that's ancient, I'm dead."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:2
# text = It's like 20 years old, that's ancient, I'm dead."
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | song |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | ancient *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* ("I'm dead" means I'm laughing so hard.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:3
# text = ("I'm dead" means I'm laughing so hard.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **laugh** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* The song is from 2006.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:4
# text = The song is from 2006.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2006	2006	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the song |  |  | 2006 |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 5:* How old is it in 2026?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:5
# text = How old is it in 2026?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present |  | song |  | 2026 |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 2026=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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10 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:o1:1
# text = 10 years
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:o2:1
# text = 6 years
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
20 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:o3:1
# text = 20 years
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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60 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:124-decades-centuries-millennia:t9:o4:1
# text = 60 years
1	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	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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