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title: Ruby says, "Our kid, she's reading out a lottery." Her penpal said "… — Numbers 21 to 69 · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby says, "Our kid, she's reading out a lottery." Her penpal said "zéro six, douze, trente-quatre". What did she mean? Test 3 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 3 · ★ · Numbers 21 to 69

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Ruby says, "Our kid, she's reading out a lottery." Her penpal said "zéro six, douze, trente-quatre". What did she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, penpal · **What happens:** say, read out, mean · **To what, where:** lottery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby says, "Our kid, she's reading out a lottery."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:1
# text = Ruby says, "Our kid, she's reading out a lottery."
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lottery	lottery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read out** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Ruby | a lottery |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Topic |

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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:* Her penpal said "zéro six, douze, trente-quatre".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:2
# text = Her penpal said "zéro six, douze, trente-quatre".
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	penpal	penpal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	zéro	zéro	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	douze	douze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	trente	trente	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ruby's penpal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What did she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:3
# text = What did she mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past · do-support | penpal |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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0 6 1 2 3 4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:o1:1
# text = 0 6 1 2 3 4
1	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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06 21 43

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:o2:1
# text = 06 21 43
1	06	06	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	43	43	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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6 12 30 4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:o3:1
# text = 6 12 30 4
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
3	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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06 12 34

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t3:o4:1
# text = 06 12 34
1	06	06	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	34	34	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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