Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★ ★★★ Max from Glasgow's mystery number is "between soixante-dix and quatre-vingts, ending in neuf". His pal says, "Aye, it's 89, cos quatre-vingt is in the clue." Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, soixante dix, pal, quatre vingt · What happens: be, end, say, co · To what, where: neuf, 89, clue · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★» of the French 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 Sentence 1: ★★★ Max from Glasgow's mystery number is "between soixante-dix and quatre-vingts, ending in neuf".
compound compound nmod:desc nsubj case nmod:poss case compound nmod cop punct case compound punct cc compound punct conj punct acl case obl punct punct root ★ PROPN ★ NOUN ★ NOUN Max PROPN from ADP Glasgow PROPN 's PART mystery NOUN number NOUN is AUX " PUNCT between ADP soixante X - PUNCT dix NOUN and CCONJ quatre NOUN - PUNCT vingts NOUN , PUNCT ending VERB in ADP neuf NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 3 ★ compound 2 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 3 ★ compound 3 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 4 Max nmod:desc 4 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing 15 dix nsubj 5 from from ADP _ 9 number case 6 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN Number=Sing 9 number nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Glasgow case 8 mystery mystery NOUN Number=Sing 9 number compound 9 number number NOUN Number=Sing 4 Max nmod 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 dix cop 11 " " PUNCT _ 15 dix punct 12 between between ADP _ 15 dix case 13 soixante soixante X Foreign=Yes 15 dix compound 14 - - PUNCT _ 15 dix punct 15 dix dix NOUN Number=Sing root root 16 and and CCONJ _ 19 vingts cc 17 quatre quatre NOUN Number=Sing 19 vingts compound 18 - - PUNCT _ 17 quatre punct 19 vingts vingt NOUN Number=Plur 15 dix conj 20 , , PUNCT _ 21 ending punct 21 ending end VERB VerbForm=Ger 15 dix acl 22 in in ADP _ 23 neuf case 23 neuf neuf NOUN Number=Sing 21 ending obl 24 " " PUNCT _ 21 ending punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 15 dix punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Max ★ ★ ★ from Glasgow's mystery number between soixante dix and quatre vingts tree rules 2 end in a quote gerund soixante dix and quatre vingts not said here neuf vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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.
Sentence 2: His pal says, "Aye, it's 89, cos quatre-vingt is in the clue."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct discourse punct nsubj cop obl punct conj compound punct nsubj cop case det ccomp punct punct root His PRON pal NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Aye INTJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX 89 NUM , PUNCT cos VERB quatre NOUN - PUNCT vingt NOUN is AUX in ADP the DET clue NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 pal nmod:poss 2 pal pal NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 89 punct 6 Aye aye INTJ _ 10 89 discourse 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 Aye punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 89 nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 89 cop 10 89 89 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 says obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 cos punct 12 cos co VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says conj 13 quatre quatre NOUN Number=Sing 15 vingt compound 14 - - PUNCT _ 13 quatre punct 15 vingt vingt NOUN Number=Sing 19 clue nsubj 16 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 clue cop 17 in in ADP _ 19 clue case 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 clue det 19 clue clue NOUN Number=Sing 12 cos ccomp 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Max's pal vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present pal 89 tree rules 3 co in a quote present Max's pal not said here tree rules 4 is in a quote present quatre vingt the clue tree rules
Sentence 3: Who's right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON 's AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Max, if he says 99
punct mark nsubj advcl obj root Max PROPN , PUNCT if SCONJ he PRON says VERB 99 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Max punct 3 if if SCONJ _ 5 says mark 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Max advcl 6 99 99 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 says obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Max 99 vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 99=Topic
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Neither: it's 79, soixante-dix-neuf
advmod punct nsubj cop punct amod punct compound punct conj root Neither ADV : PUNCT it PRON 's AUX 79 NUM , PUNCT soixante X - PUNCT dix NOUN - PUNCT neuf NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 5 79 advmod 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 79 punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 79 nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 79 cop 5 79 79 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 neuf punct 7 soixante soixante X Foreign=Yes 11 neuf amod 8 - - PUNCT _ 9 dix punct 9 dix dix NOUN Number=Sing 11 neuf compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 dix punct 11 neuf neuf NOUN Number=Sing 5 79 conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it 79 and soixante dix neuf neither property tree rules
Option 3 Both, 79 and 89 both fit
nsubj punct cc conj nsubj acl:relcl root Both DET , PUNCT 79 NUM and CCONJ 89 NUM both DET fit VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 3 79 nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Both punct 3 79 79 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 89 cc 5 89 89 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 79 conj 6 both both DET PronType=Tot 7 fit nsubj 7 fit fit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 79 acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fit present both vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Option 4 His pal: 89 is right
nmod:poss nsubj punct appos cop root His PRON pal NOUN : PUNCT 89 NUM is AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 pal nmod:poss 2 pal pal NOUN Number=Sing 6 right nsubj 3 : : PUNCT _ 4 89 punct 4 89 89 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 pal appos 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 right cop 6 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present His pal right property tree rules
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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