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title: Grandad: "No phones in our pockets in 1990." Kai: "So, like, the Mid… — "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad: "No phones in our pockets in 1990." Kai: "So, like, the Middle Ages, then." Fix it. Test 1 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad: "No phones in our pockets in 1990." Kai: "So, like, the Middle Ages, then." Fix it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** fix · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 1 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» 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/126-in-the-olden-days/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad: "No phones in our pockets in 1990."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:1
# text = Grandad: "No phones in our pockets in 1990."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Kai: "So, like, the Middle Ages, then."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:2
# text = Kai: "So, like, the Middle Ages, then."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Fix it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:3
# text = Fix it.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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1990 was 36 years ago; the Middle Ages ended about 500 years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:o1:1
# text = 1990 was 36 years ago; the Middle Ages ended about 500 years ago
1	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	36	36	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | 1990 |  |  |  | year | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | past | the Middle Ages |  |  |  | year |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kai's right: 1990 was in the Middle Ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:o2:1
# text = Kai's right: 1990 was in the Middle Ages
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Kai's right |  |  |  | in the Middle Ages |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Middle Ages ended in 1990

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:o3:1
# text = The Middle Ages ended in 1990
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1990	1990	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 | **end** | past | the Middle Ages |  |  | 1990 |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
1990 was about 1,000 years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t1:o4:1
# text = 1990 was about 1,000 years ago
1	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	1,000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | 1990 | 1,000 years |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |

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