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title: Megan says 71 being "sixty and eleven" is "tamping". ("Tamping" mean… — Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and qu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Megan says 71 being "sixty and eleven" is "tamping". ("Tamping" means fuming.) What would 74 be? Test 2 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

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Megan says 71 being "sixty and eleven" is "tamping". ("Tamping" means fuming.) What would 74 be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Megan, 71, sixty, Tamping · **What happens:** say, be, mean, fume · **To what, where:** sixty, tamping, 74 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Megan says 71 being "sixty and eleven" is "tamping".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:1
# text = Megan says 71 being "sixty and eleven" is "tamping".
1	Megan	Megan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	71	71	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Megan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | 71 | sixty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | sixty | tamping |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Tamping" means fuming.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:2
# text = ("Tamping" means fuming.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fuming	fume	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Tamping |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fume** *not said to happen* | gerund | Tamping *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* What would 74 be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:3
# text = What would 74 be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	74	74	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive |  | 74 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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soixante-dix-quatre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:o1:1
# text = soixante-dix-quatre
1	soixante	soixante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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septante-quatorze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:o2:1
# text = septante-quatorze
1	septante	septante	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	quatorze	quatorze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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soixante-quatorze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:o3:1
# text = soixante-quatorze
1	soixante	soixante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	quatorze	quatorze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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soixante et quatorze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t2:o4:1
# text = soixante et quatorze
1	soixante	soixante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	amod	_	_
2	et	et	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat	_	_
3	quatorze	quatorze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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