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Less than a dozen people have ever been killed before the year after 2002.
( z0 kill :ARG1 ( z1 person :quant ( z2 less-than :op 12 ) ) :time ( z3 ever ) :time ( z4 before :op ( z5 after :quant ( z6 temporal-quantity :quant 1 :unit ( z7 year ) ) :op ( z8 date-entity :year 2002 ) ) ) )
(z0 / kill-01
    :ARG1 (z1 / person
              :quant (z2 / less-than
                         :op1 12))
    :time (z3 / ever)
    :time (z4 / before
              :op1 (z5 / after
                       :quant (z6 / temporal-quantity
                                  :quant 1
                                  :unit (z7 / year))
                       :op1 (z8 / date-entity
                                :year 2002))))
Less than a dozen people have ever been killed before the year after 2002 .
z2 :op1 1
z1 :quant z2
z0 :time z3
z0 :ARG1 z1
z0 :time z4
z6 :unit z7
z6 :quant 0
z5 :quant z6
z4 :op1 z5
z5 :op1 z8
z8 :year 2