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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Numbers 21 to 69 · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of the numbers twenty-one, thirty-one and forty-one? Exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Numbers 21 to 69» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 1 · Numbers 21 to 69

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of the numbers twenty-one, thirty-one and forty-one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** formation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Numbers 21 to 69» 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/7-numbers-21-to-69/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of the numbers twenty-one, thirty-one and forty-one?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the formation of the numbers  twenty one |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Each is formed by the conjunction et preceding un

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e1:o1:1
# text = Each is formed by the conjunction et preceding un
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	conjunction	conjunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	et	et	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	un	un	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present · passive | the conjunction | Each |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
| 2 | **precede** | gerund | the conjunction *not said here* | un |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme un=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each is formed by a hyphen alone, without any conjunction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e1:o2:1
# text = Each is formed by a hyphen alone, without any conjunction
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hyphen	hyphen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	conjunction	conjunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present · passive | a hyphen | Each |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Each possesses a distinct single word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e1:o3:1
# text = Each possesses a distinct single word
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Each | a distinct single word |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Each is formed by placing the unit before the ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e1:o4:1
# text = Each is formed by placing the unit before the ten
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	placing	place	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present · passive |  | Each |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **place** | gerund |  | the unit |  | the ten |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent unit=Theme before ten=Destination |

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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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