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The US lasted over 50,000 deaths in the year before 2019.
( z0 last :ARG1 ( z1 country :name ( z2 name :op "US" ) ) :ARG2 ( z3 die :quant ( z4 over :op 50000 ) ) :time ( z5 before :op ( z6 date-entity :year 2019 ) ) )
(z0 / last-01
    :ARG1 (z1 / country
              :name (z2 / name
                        :op1 "US"))
    :ARG2 (z3 / die-01
              :quant (z4 / over
                         :op1 50000))
    :time (z5 / before
              :op1 (z6 / date-entity
                       :year 2019)))
The US lasted over 50,000 deaths in the year before 2019 .
z1 :name z2
z2 :op1 2
z0 :ARG1 z1
z4 :op1 1
z3 :quant z4
z0 :ARG2 z3
z0 :time z5
z5 :op1 z6
z6 :year 0