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title: Olivia in Chicago reads quarante-quatre with "kwah" sounds. Her teac… — Numbers 21 to 69 · tree and pragmatics
description: Olivia in Chicago reads quarante-quatre with "kwah" sounds. Her teacher says, "Close, but drop the w's." Why? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Numbers 21 to 69

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Olivia in Chicago reads quarante-quatre with "kwah" sounds. Her teacher says, "Close, but drop the w's." Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Olivia, kwah, teacher · **What happens:** read, sound, say, drop · **To what, where:** quarante quatre, w · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Olivia in Chicago reads quarante-quatre with "kwah" sounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:1
# text = Olivia in Chicago reads quarante-quatre with "kwah" sounds.
1	Olivia	Olivia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Chicago	Chicago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quarante	quarante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	kwah	kwah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Olivia in Chicago | quarante quatre |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quatre=Topic |
| 2 | **sound** | present | kwah |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 teacher says, "Close, but drop the w's."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:2
# text = Her teacher says, "Close, but drop the w's."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	w	w	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kwah's teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the w |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent w=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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French w is said like v

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:o1:1
# text = French w is said like v
1	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	w	w	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	v	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | French w |  |  |  | like v | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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French quarante has no q

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:o2:1
# text = French quarante has no q
1	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	quarante	quarante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	q	Q	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | French | no q |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent q=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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French q is always silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:o3:1
# text = French q is always silent
1	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	q	Q	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | French q |  |  |  |  | always, silent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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French qu says just "k"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:7-numbers-21-to-69:t5:o4:1
# text = French qu says just "k"
1	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
2	qu	qu	NOUN	FW	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	k	k	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | qu | French k |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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