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title: Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'v… — Numbers 0 to 20 · tree and pragmatics
description: Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'van'?" What's the truth? Test 7 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 7 · Numbers 0 to 20

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Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'van'?" What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Arjun, vingt, truth · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** Sir, g, van · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'van'?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t7:1
# text = Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'van'?"
1	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	g	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	just	just	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Arjun |  | Sir |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sir=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a g and a t in vingt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | vingt | van |  |  |  |  | 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's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t7:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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French kids added them to make it longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t7:o1:1
# text = French kids added them to make it longer
1	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | French kids | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | French kids *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The g and t are a mistake in the dictionary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t7:o2:1
# text = The g and t are a mistake in the dictionary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	g	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the g and t | a mistake |  | the dictionary |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The letters are left over from the old Latin word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t7:o3:1
# text = The letters are left over from the old Latin word
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave over** | present · passive |  | the letters |  | the old Latin word |  | over *property* | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Source from word=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are said very quietly, so you hear them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:6-numbers-0-to-20:t7:o4:1
# text = They are said very quietly, so you hear them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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