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title: Identify the French numeral denoting the quantity twelve. — Numbers 0 to 20 · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the French numeral denoting the quantity twelve. Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Numbers 0 to 20» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Numbers 0 to 20

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Identify the French numeral denoting the quantity twelve.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, French numeral · **What happens:** identify, denote · **To what, where:** French numeral, quantity

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Numbers 0 to 20» 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/6-numbers-0-to-20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e2:1
# text = Identify the French numeral denoting the quantity twelve.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	numeral	numeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	denoting	denote	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the French numeral |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent numeral=Theme |
| 2 | **denote** | gerund | the French numeral *not said here* | the quantity |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Topic |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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dix-deux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e2:o1:1
# text = dix-deux
1	dix	dix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	deux	deux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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deux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e2:o2:1
# text = deux
1	deux	deux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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douze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e2:o3:1
# text = douze
1	douze	douze	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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treize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e2:o4:1
# text = treize
1	treize	treize	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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