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title: Mia: "The pyramids are like 2,000 years old, no?" Her sister: "Way o… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia: "The pyramids are like 2,000 years old, no?" Her sister: "Way older, babe." Who's right? Test 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 and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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Mia: "The pyramids are like 2,000 years old, no?" Her sister: "Way older, babe." Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia: "The pyramids are like 2,000 years old, no?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:1
# text = Mia: "The pyramids are like 2,000 years old, no?"
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mia |  |  |  | year | old *property* | 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:* Her sister: "Way older, babe."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:2
# text = Her sister: "Way older, babe."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Way	Way	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	babe	babe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The sister: about 4,500 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:o1:1
# text = The sister: about 4,500 years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	4,500	4,500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither: about 45,000 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:o2:1
# text = Neither: about 45,000 years
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	45,000	45,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	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 {#o3}

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Neither: about 450 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:o3:1
# text = Neither: about 450 years
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	450	450	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	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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Mia: about 2,000 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:t4:o4:1
# text = Mia: about 2,000 years
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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

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