--- title: Ollie's family in Texas reads "soixante" as "sixteen". Why is that w… — Numbers 21 to 69 · tree and pragmatics description: Ollie's family in Texas reads "soixante" as "sixteen". Why is that wrong? Test 10 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/7-numbers-21-to-69/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Numbers 21 to 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/7-numbers-21-to-69/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Numbers 21 to 69 Ollie's family in Texas reads "soixante" as "sixteen". Why is that wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, that · **What happens:** read, be · **To what, where:** soixante This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 7 «Numbers 21 to 69» 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/7-numbers-21-to-69/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ollie's family in Texas reads "soixante" as "sixteen". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t10:1 # text = Ollie's family in Texas reads "soixante" as "sixteen". 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Texas Texas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 soixante soixante X FW Foreign=Yes 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Ollie's family in Texas | soixante | | | | as sixteen | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer soixante=Stimulus as sixteen=Attribute | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is that wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t10:2 # text = Why is that wrong? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Sixteen is seize; soixante is sixty ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t10:o1:1 # text = Sixteen is seize; soixante is sixty 1 Sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 soixante soixante X FW Foreign=Yes 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | seize *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | soixante | sixty | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Soixante is sixty-six, not sixteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t10:o2:1 # text = Soixante is sixty-six, not sixteen 1 Soixante Soixante PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Soixante | sixty six | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are right; both start with s ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t10:o3:1 # text = They are right; both start with s 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 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | present | both | | | | | with s | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with s=Subeventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Soixante is six hundred in French ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t10:o4:1 # text = Soixante is six hundred in French 1 Soixante Soixante PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Soixante | six hundred | | French | | | tree rules | **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. 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