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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★

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★★★ Grace from Geneva writes quatre-vingt with no s and counts 11 letters, so she says huitante is 3 shorter. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, ★, huitante · **What happens:** write, count, say, be, go · **To what, where:** quatre vingt, 11 letters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Grace from Geneva writes quatre-vingt with no s and counts 11 letters, so she says huitante is 3 shorter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Grace from Geneva writes quatre-vingt with no s and counts 11 letters, so she says huitante is 3 shorter.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Geneva	Geneva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
22	huitante	huitante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	25	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | ★ ★ ★ | quatre vingt |  |  |  | with no s | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vingt=Theme |
| 2 | **count** | present | ★ ★ ★ *not said here* | 11 letters |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | huitante |  |  |  |  | short *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:* What went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:t10:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Quatre-vingts has 14 letters, so 6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:t10:o1:1
# text = Quatre-vingts has 14 letters, so 6
1	Quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	vingts	vingt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Quatre | 14 letters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |

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

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Alone, quatre-vingts keeps its s: 12 letters, so 4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:t10:o2:1
# text = Alone, quatre-vingts keeps its s: 12 letters, so 4
1	Alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	vingts	vingt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | quatre | quatre's s |  |  |  | 12 letters *obl*; alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent s=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Huitante has 9 letters, so it's 2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:t10:o3:1
# text = Huitante has 9 letters, so it's 2
1	Huitante	Huitante	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Huitante | 9 letters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | 2 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, 3 is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:37-olympiad-number-word-puzzles:t10:o4:1
# text = Nothing, 3 is right
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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**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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