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title: Mia says, "That's like eleven syllables, I'm literally dead." How ca… — Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and qu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia says, "That's like eleven syllables, I'm literally dead." How can she break up 99? Test 8 · ★★ 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's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

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Mia says, "That's like eleven syllables, I'm literally dead." How can she break up 99?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, That · **What happens:** say, be, break up · **To what, where:** 99 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia says, "That's like eleven syllables, I'm literally dead."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t8:1
# text = Mia says, "That's like eleven syllables, I'm literally dead."
1	Mia	Mia	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | like eleven syllables | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  | dead, literally *property* | 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:* How can she break up 99?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t8:2
# text = How can she break up 99?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break up** | can | Mia | 99 |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 99=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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4 + 20 + 9 + 10 + 9

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t8:o1:1
# text = 4 + 20 + 9 + 10 + 9
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	3	cc	_	_
3	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	5	cc	_	_
5	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
6	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	7	cc	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
8	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	9	cc	_	_
9	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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80 + 19

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t8:o2:1
# text = 80 + 19
1	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	3	cc	_	_
3	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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90 + 9 said as nonante-neuf in France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t8:o3:1
# text = 90 + 9 said as nonante-neuf in France
1	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	3	cc	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	nonante	nonante	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	neuf	neuf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as nonante neuf in France | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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9 + 9

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t8:o4:1
# text = 9 + 9
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	3	cc	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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