Test 1 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

Zoe: "500 BC in one book and AD 500 in another, same year innit?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗

This is test 1 · ★★★ 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 500	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 500	punct
4	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Zoe	appos
5	BC	BC	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 500	nmod:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 book	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 book	nummod
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 500	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 AD	cc
10	AD	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 book	conj
11	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 AD	flat
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 another	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 AD	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 innit	amod
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 innit	compound
17	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Zoe	appos
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, BC and AD are just two different names for one year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 names	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	BC	BC	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 names	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 AD	cc
5	AD	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 BC	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 names	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 names	advmod
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 names	nummod
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 names	amod
10	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 year	nummod
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 names	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	BC and AD	two different names			year		tree rules

Option 2

No, they're only 500 years apart, because both say 500

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 apart	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 apart	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 apart	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 apart	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 500	advmod
6	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 apart	obl:unmarked
8	apart	apart	ADV	_	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 apart	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 say	mark
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 apart	advcl
13	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they				year	apart property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	both	500					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 500=Topic

Option 3

No, they're exactly 1,000 years apart, 500 and 500

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 years	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 years	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 years	cop
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 1,000	advmod
6	1,000	1000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 apart	obl:unmarked
8	apart	apart	ADV	_	10 500	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 apart	punct
10	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 500	cc
12	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 500	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	1,000 years					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, they're 999 years apart, either side of year 1

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 apart	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 apart	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 apart	cop
5	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 apart	obl:unmarked
7	apart	apart	ADV	_	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 side	punct
9	either	either	CCONJ	_	10 side	cc:preconj
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 apart	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 year	case
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 side	nmod
13	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they				year	apart property	tree rules

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