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description: It is given that the words deux and douze are frequently confused. Ascertain their respective numerical values. Exam question 4 of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 4 · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u

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It is given that the words deux and douze are frequently confused. Ascertain their respective numerical values.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** words, you · **What happens:** give, be, ascertain, value · **To what, where:** It, respective numerical values

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the words deux and douze are frequently confused.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e4:1
# text = It is given that the words deux and douze are frequently confused.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
7	deux	deux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	douze	douze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is** | present | the words |  |  |  |  | confused, frequently *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain their respective numerical values.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e4:2
# text = Ascertain their respective numerical values.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	respective	respective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	numerical	numerical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	values	value	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | words's respective numerical values |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Topic |
| 2 | **value** |  | words *= word* |  |  |  |  |  | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Two and twelve respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e4:o1:1
# text = Two and twelve respectively
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twelve and two respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e4:o2:1
# text = Twelve and two respectively
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two and twenty respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e4:o3:1
# text = Two and twenty respectively
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both denote the number two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e4:o4:1
# text = Both denote the number two
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot number=Topic |

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