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title: Given that a person was seven years of age at the first Moon landing… — "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a person was seven years of age at the first Moon landing in 1969, determine that person's approximate age in the year 2026. Exam question 4 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 4 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990

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Given that a person was seven years of age at the first Moon landing in 1969, determine that person's approximate age in the year 2026.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** give, be, determine · **To what, where:** first Moon landing, approximate age

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» 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/126-in-the-olden-days/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:e4:1
# text = Given that a person was seven years of age at the first Moon landing in 1969, determine that person's approximate age in the year 2026.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	1969	1969	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
18	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
27	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | a person |  |  | the first Moon landing in 1969 | of age; year |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | that person's approximate age |  |  | year |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Topic |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sixty-nine years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:e4:o1:1
# text = Sixty-nine years
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	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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Seventy-six years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:e4:o2:1
# text = Seventy-six years
1	Seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	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}

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Sixty-four years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:e4:o3:1
# text = Sixty-four years
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	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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Fifty-seven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:e4:o4:1
# text = Fifty-seven years
1	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	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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**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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