Exam question 4 · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts
It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety differ from those employed in France. State those numerals.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: numerals · What happens: give, differ, employ · To what, where: It, Belgium, France
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety differ from those employed in France.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 differ | mark |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Belgium | case |
| 6 | Belgium | Belgium | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 differ | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 numerals | det |
| 8 | numerals | numeral | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 differ | nsubj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 seventy | case |
| 10 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 numerals | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ninety | cc |
| 12 | ninety | ninety | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 seventy | conj |
| 13 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 those | case |
| 15 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 differ | obl |
| 16 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 those | acl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 France | case |
| 18 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 employed | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | differ | present | the numerals for seventy | Belgium | from those | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from that=Co-Theme | |||
| 3 | employ | participle | France | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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: State those numerals.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 numerals | det |
| 3 | numerals | numeral | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 State | conj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Septante and huitante
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Septante | Septante | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 huitante | cc |
| 3 | huitante | huitante | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Septante | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Soixante-dix and quatre-vingt-dix
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soixante | Soixante | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dix | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 dix | punct |
| 3 | dix | dix | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 dix | cc |
| 5 | quatre | quatre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dix | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 quatre | punct |
| 7 | vingt | vingt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dix | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 dix | punct |
| 9 | dix | dix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dix | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Sept-dix and neuf-dix
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept | September | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 3 dix | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 dix | punct |
| 3 | dix | dix | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dix | cc |
| 5 | neuf | neuf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dix | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 neuf | punct |
| 7 | dix | dix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dix | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Septante and nonante
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Septante | Septante | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 nonante | cc |
| 3 | nonante | nonante | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Septante | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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