--- title: Given a timeline of one metre representing two thousand years, deter… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Given a timeline of one metre representing two thousand years, determine the length representing a single century. Exam question 4 of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/e4/) [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/) / [BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines Given a timeline of one metre representing two thousand years, determine the length representing a single century. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one metre, you, length · **What happens:** give, represent, determine · **To what, where:** length This is exam question 4 of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e4:1 # text = Given a timeline of one metre representing two thousand years, determine the length representing a single century. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 timeline timeline NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 representing represent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ _ 9 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 representing represent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **represent** | gerund | one metre *not said here* | | | | year | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the length | | | | give a timeline of one metre | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Topic | | 4 | **represent** | gerund | the length *not said here* | | | | century | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ten centimetres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e4:o1:1 # text = Ten centimetres 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 centimetres centimetre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Five centimetres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e4:o2:1 # text = Five centimetres 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 centimetres centimetre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twenty centimetres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e4:o3:1 # text = Twenty centimetres 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 centimetres centimetre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One centimetre ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e4:o4:1 # text = One centimetre 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 centimetre centimetre NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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