Test 10 · ★★ · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts
A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and Ava thinks he's 4,208. What would help her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon penpal, Mon, Ava · What happens: write, huit, think, be, help · To what, where: ans, 4,208, penpal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» 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: A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and Ava thinks he's 4,208.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 penpal | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 penpal | compound |
| 3 | penpal | penpal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | nsubj |
| 4 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Mon | punct |
| 6 | Mon | mon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 huit | nsubj |
| 7 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 père | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 grand | punct |
| 9 | père | père | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Mon | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 vingt | det |
| 11 | quatre | quatre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 vingt | compound |
| 12 | vingt | vingt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 huit | nsubj |
| 13 | huit | huit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 writes | ccomp |
| 14 | ans | an | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 huit | obj |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 huit | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 thinks | cc |
| 17 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 thinks | nsubj |
| 18 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 writes | conj |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 4,208 | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 4,208 | cop |
| 21 | 4,208 | 4,208 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 thinks | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | a cartoon penpal | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | huit in a quote | past | Mon and grand père | ans | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | present | Ava | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | Ava | 4,208 | 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.
Sentence 2: What would help her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | penpal | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Add the parts: 4 × 20 + 8 = 88
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 parts | det |
| 3 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Add | obj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Add | punct |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 × | nummod |
| 6 | × | × | SYM | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obj |
| 7 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 × | flat |
| 8 | + | + | SYM | _ | 9 8 | cc |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 20 | conj |
| 10 | = | = | SYM | _ | 11 88 | case |
| 11 | 88 | 88 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 20 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the parts | tree rules |
Option 2
Ignore quatre and read 28
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quatre | quatre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 read | cc |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ignore | conj |
| 5 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | quatre | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quatre=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | infinitive | you not said here | 28 | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 28=Topic |
Option 3
Read each word as a digit: 4, 20, 8
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 word | det |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Read | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 digit | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 digit | det |
| 6 | digit | digit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Read | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 4 | punct |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Read | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 20 | punct |
| 10 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 4 | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 8 | punct |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 4 | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | each word | as a digit | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus as digit=Attribute |
Option 4
Multiply everything: 4 × 20 × 8
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiply | multiply | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 everything | amod |
| 2 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 4 | punct |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 everything | appos |
| 5 | × | × | SYM | _ | 6 20 | case |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 4 | nmod |
| 7 | × | × | SYM | _ | 8 8 | case |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 4 | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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