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title: Theo: "What happened in year 0, sir?" Teacher: "Trick question." Why? — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Theo: "What happened in year 0, sir?" Teacher: "Trick question." Why? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 2 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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Theo: "What happened in year 0, sir?" Teacher: "Trick question." Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Theo · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Theo: "What happened in year 0, sir?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:1
# text = Theo: "What happened in year 0, sir?"
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sir	sir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | Theo |  |  |  | year |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Teacher: "Trick question."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:2
# text = Teacher: "Trick question."
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Trick	trick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:3
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing happened, so it was left out of books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing happened, so it was left out of books
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave out** | past · passive |  | it |  | books |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Year 0 was skipped in 1752

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:o2:1
# text = Year 0 was skipped in 1752
1	Year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	skipped	skip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1752	1752	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 | **skip** | past · passive |  | Year |  | 1752 |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in 1752=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was no year 0; 1 BC is followed by AD 1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:o3:1
# text = There was no year 0; 1 BC is followed by AD 1
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	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	BC	BC	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no year |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | present · passive | AD | 1 BC |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Year 0 lasted only one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t2:o4:1
# text = Year 0 lasted only one day
1	Year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
3	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | Year |  |  |  | day |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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