Exam question 1 · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the French numeral soixante-dix?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: French numeral

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 numeral	det
10	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 numeral	amod
11	numeral	numeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	soixante	soixante	X	Foreign=Yes	14 dix	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 dix	punct
14	dix	dix	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 numeral	appos
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the French numeral				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It denotes seventy and is used solely in Belgium

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 used	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	conj
7	solely	solely	ADV	_	6 used	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Belgium	case
9	Belgium	Belgium	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	seventy					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seventy=Topic
2	use	present · passive				Belgium		solely property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»

Option 2

It denotes six hundred and ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hundred	compound
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ten	cc
6	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hundred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	six hundred					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hundred=Topic

Option 3

It denotes sixteen and is formed as six plus ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 formed	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 formed	aux:pass
6	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 six	case
8	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 formed	obl
9	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	10 ten	cc
10	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 six	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	sixteen					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sixteen=Topic
2	form	present · passive						as six	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes seventy and is formed as sixty plus ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 formed	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 formed	aux:pass
6	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 sixty	case
8	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 formed	obl
9	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	10 ten	cc
10	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sixty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	seventy					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seventy=Topic
2	form	present · passive						as sixty	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»

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