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title: It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety diff… — Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and qu… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety differ from those employed in France. State those numerals. Exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

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It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety differ from those employed in France. State those numerals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** numerals · **What happens:** give, differ, employ · **To what, where:** It, Belgium, France

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» 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/8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety differ from those employed in France.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:e4:1
# text = It is given that in Belgium the numerals for seventy and ninety differ from those employed in France.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Belgium	Belgium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
13	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	obl	_	_
16	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **differ** | present | the numerals for seventy |  |  | Belgium |  | from those | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from that=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  | France |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* State those numerals.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:e4:2
# text = State those numerals.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Septante and huitante

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:e4:o1:1
# text = Septante and huitante
1	Septante	Septante	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	huitante	huitante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Soixante-dix and quatre-vingt-dix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:e4:o2:1
# text = Soixante-dix and quatre-vingt-dix
1	Soixante	Soixante	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sept-dix and neuf-dix

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:e4:o3:1
# text = Sept-dix and neuf-dix
1	Sept	September	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	neuf	neuf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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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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Septante and nonante

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:e4:o4:1
# text = Septante and nonante
1	Septante	Septante	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	nonante	nonante	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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