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title: Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wron… — Numbers 0 to 20 · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wrong". Who is right? Test 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · Numbers 0 to 20

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Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wrong". Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah, French boy · **What happens:** think, count, do, be · **To what, where:** thumb · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 6 «Numbers 0 to 20» 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/6-numbers-0-to-20/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wrong".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t4:1
# text = Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wrong".
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **count** | gerund | the French boy *not said here* |  |  | boy's thumb |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the French boy | thumb |  |  |  |  | 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:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t4:2
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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The French boy: in France people usually start on the thumb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t4:o1:1
# text = The French boy: in France people usually start on the thumb
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | people | the French boy *not said here* |  | France |  | on the thumb; usually *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Noah: the thumb is only used for counting in maths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t4:o2:1
# text = Noah: the thumb is only used for counting in maths
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	counting	counting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | Noah |  | maths |  | for counting | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for counting=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The French boy: starting on the pointing finger is rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t4:o3:1
# text = The French boy: starting on the pointing finger is rude
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	starting	start	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	pointing	pointing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund | the French boy *not said here* |  |  | the pointing finger |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | the French boy |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Noah: everyone in the whole world starts counting on the pointing finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t4:o4:1
# text = Noah: everyone in the whole world starts counting on the pointing finger
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	pointing	pointing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **count** | gerund | Noah *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the pointing finger | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on finger=Theme |

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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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