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title: It is given that the sum of soixante-dix and vingt-cinq is required.… — Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the sum of soixante-dix and vingt-cinq is required. State the said sum in the French of France. Exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★

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It is given that the sum of soixante-dix and vingt-cinq is required. State the said sum in the French of France.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, require, sum, say · **To what, where:** It, sum, soixante dix · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★» 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/37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the sum of soixante-dix and vingt-cinq is required.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:e4:1
# text = It is given that the sum of soixante-dix and vingt-cinq is required.
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	_	16	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	soixante	soixante	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	cinq	cinq	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 | **require** | present · passive |  | the sum of soixante dix and vingt cinq |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | soixante dix and vingt cinq |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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:* State the said sum in the French of France.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:e4:2
# text = State the said sum in the French of France.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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soixante-quinze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:e4:o1:1
# text = soixante-quinze
1	soixante	soixante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	quinze	quinze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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quatre-vingt-quinze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:e4:o2:1
# text = quatre-vingt-quinze
1	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	quinze	quinze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nonante-cinq

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:e4:o3:1
# text = nonante-cinq
1	nonante	nonante	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	cinq	cinq	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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quatre-vingt-cinq

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:e4:o4:1
# text = quatre-vingt-cinq
1	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cinq	cinq	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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