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title: A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and… — Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and qu… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and Ava thinks he's 4,208. What would help her? Test 10 · ★★ 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 question and of 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

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A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and Ava thinks he's 4,208. What would help her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon penpal, Mon, Ava · **What happens:** write, huit, think, be, help · **To what, where:** ans, 4,208, penpal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» 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/8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and Ava thinks he's 4,208.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t10:1
# text = A cartoon penpal writes "Mon grand-père a quatre vingt huit ans" and Ava thinks he's 4,208.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	penpal	penpal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mon	mon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	père	père	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	vingt	vingt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	huit	huit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
14	ans	an	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	4,208	4,208	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | a cartoon penpal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **huit** *in a quote* | past | Mon and grand père | ans |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Ava |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | Ava | 4,208 |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would help her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t10:2
# text = What would help her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  | penpal |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Add the parts: 4 × 20 + 8 = 88

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t10:o1:1
# text = Add the parts: 4 × 20 + 8 = 88
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	×	×	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
8	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	9	cc	_	_
9	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
10	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	11	case	_	_
11	88	88	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the parts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ignore quatre and read 28

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t10:o2:1
# text = Ignore quatre and read 28
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	28	28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | quatre |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quatre=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 28 |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 28=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Read each word as a digit: 4, 20, 8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t10:o3:1
# text = Read each word as a digit: 4, 20, 8
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	digit	digit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | each word |  |  |  | as a digit | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus as digit=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Multiply everything: 4 × 20 × 8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t10:o4:1
# text = Multiply everything: 4 × 20 × 8
1	Multiply	multiply	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
5	×	×	SYM	SYM	_	6	case	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	×	×	SYM	SYM	_	8	case	_	_
8	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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