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title: Zoe: "500 BC in one book and AD 500 in another, same year innit?" — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zoe: "500 BC in one book and AD 500 in another, same year innit?" Test 1 · ★★★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zoe: "500 BC in one book and AD 500 in another, same year innit?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» 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/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t1:1
# text = Zoe: "500 BC in one book and AD 500 in another, same year innit?"
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
5	BC	BC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, BC and AD are just two different names for one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, BC and AD are just two different names for one year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	BC	BC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | BC and AD | two different names |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they're only 500 years apart, because both say 500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t1:o2:1
# text = No, they're only 500 years apart, because both say 500
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  | year | apart *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | both | 500 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 500=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they're exactly 1,000 years apart, 500 and 500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t1:o3:1
# text = No, they're exactly 1,000 years apart, 500 and 500
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	1,000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | 1,000 years |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they're 999 years apart, either side of year 1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t1:o4:1
# text = No, they're 999 years apart, either side of year 1
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc:preconj	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  | year | apart *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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