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title: Josh: "Mum, were you alive in the 1900s?" She sighs: "Born 1989, so… — "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh: "Mum, were you alive in the 1900s?" She sighs: "Born 1989, so technically yes. Cheers." What's true? Test 8 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 choic
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# Test 8 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990

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Josh: "Mum, were you alive in the 1900s?" She sighs: "Born 1989, so technically yes. Cheers." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh · **What happens:** be, sigh · **To what, where:** 1900s

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh: "Mum, were you alive in the 1900s?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:1
# text = Josh: "Mum, were you alive in the 1900s?"
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	1900s	1900	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Josh |  |  | the 1900s |  | alive *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:* She sighs: "Born 1989, so technically yes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:2
# text = She sighs: "Born 1989, so technically yes.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sighs	sigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Born	born	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	1989	1989	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	technically	technically	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | present | Josh |  |  |  |  | born, technically *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Cheers."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:3
# text = Cheers."
1	Cheers	cheer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:4
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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1989 is in the 21st century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:o1:1
# text = 1989 is in the 21st century
1	1989	1989	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	21st	21st	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 1989 |  |  |  |  | in the 21st century | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The 1900s ended in 1950

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:o2:1
# text = The 1900s ended in 1950
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	1900s	1900	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the 1900s |  |  | 1950 |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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1989 is in the 1800s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:o3:1
# text = 1989 is in the 1800s
1	1989	1989	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the 1989 1800s |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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1989 is in the 1900s, the 20th century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:126-in-the-olden-days:t8:o4:1
# text = 1989 is in the 1900s, the 20th century
1	1989	1989	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	1900s	1900	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	20th	20th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the 1989 1900s |  |  | tree rules |

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