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title: Taras: "Dad was born in 1991. So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?"… — "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 · tree and pragmatics
description: Taras: "Dad was born in 1991. So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?" Is he right? Test 5 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 5 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990

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Taras: "Dad was born in 1991. So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?" Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Taras, Ukraine, Dad · **What happens:** bear, be · **To what, where:** Dad, 1991, same age

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Taras: "Dad was born in 1991.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:1
# text = Taras: "Dad was born in 1991.
1	Taras	tara	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | Taras *not said here* | Dad |  | 1991 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:2
# text = So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?"
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ukraine and Dad | the same age |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:3
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
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 | Dad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, Ukraine is 1,544 years old, the same age as Kyiv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:o1:1
# text = No, Ukraine is 1,544 years old, the same age as Kyiv
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	1,544	1,544	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ukraine |  |  |  | the same age as Kyiv; year | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, Ukraine declared independence in August 1991

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, Ukraine declared independence in August 1991
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	August	August	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Ukraine | independence |  |  | august |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, Ukraine only became independent much later, in 2001

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:o3:1
# text = No, Ukraine only became independent much later, in 2001
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	2001	2001	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Ukraine |  |  |  |  | in 2001 *result*; independent, late *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 2001=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Ukraine became independent long before, in 1969

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t5:o4:1
# text = No, Ukraine became independent long before, in 1969
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1969	1969	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 | **become** | past | Ukraine |  |  |  |  | in 1969 *result*; before, independent *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1969=Result |

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