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description: It is given that the customary French manner of indicating numbers upon the fingers commences with a particular digit. Determine that digit. Exam question 4 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 eac
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# Exam question 4 · Numbers 0 to 20

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It is given that the customary French manner of indicating numbers upon the fingers commences with a particular digit. Determine that digit.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** customary, French manner, you · **What happens:** give, manner, indicate, commence, determine · **To what, where:** It, numbers, digit

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the customary French manner of indicating numbers upon the fingers commences with a particular digit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e4:1
# text = It is given that the customary French manner of indicating numbers upon the fingers commences with a particular digit.
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	_	15	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	indicating	indicate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	digit	digit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **manner** |  | the customary |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **indicate** | gerund | French manner *not said here* | numbers |  |  |  | upon the fingers | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot number=Topic |
| 4 | **commence** | present | French manner |  |  |  |  | with a particular digit | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with digit=Subeventuality |

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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:* Determine that digit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e4:2
# text = Determine that digit.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	digit	digit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | that digit |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent digit=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The middle finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e4:o1:1
# text = The middle finger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	finger	finger	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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The index finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e4:o2:1
# text = The index finger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	index	index	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	finger	finger	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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The thumb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e4:o3:1
# text = The thumb
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thumb	thumb	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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The little finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:e4:o4:1
# text = The little finger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	finger	finger	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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**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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