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title: Identify the correct French expression of the statement "I am nine y… — Numbers 21 to 69 · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the correct French expression of the statement "I am nine years of age". Exam question 2 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Numbers 21 to 69

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Identify the correct French expression of the statement "I am nine years of age".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** correct French expression, nine years

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e2:1
# text = Identify the correct French expression of the statement "I am nine years of age".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 correct French expression of the statement |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent expression=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | nine years |  |  | of age |  | 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 {#o1}

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J'ai neuf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e2:o1:1
# text = J'ai neuf
1	J'ai	J'ai	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	neuf	neuf	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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Je suis neuf ans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e2:o2:1
# text = Je suis neuf ans
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	suis	suis	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	neuf	neuf	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	ans	ans	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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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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J'ai neuf ans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e2:o3:1
# text = J'ai neuf ans
1	J'ai	J'ai	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	_
2	neuf	neuf	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	ans	an	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Je suis neuf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:e2:o4:1
# text = Je suis neuf
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suis	sui	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	neuf	neuf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sui** | present | Je | neuf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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