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title: Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?" ("La" means mate.) The teacher… — Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and qu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?" ("La" means mate.) The teacher said soixante-seize. What should he do? Test 9 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

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Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?" ("La" means mate.) The teacher said soixante-seize. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ethan, that, La, teacher · **What happens:** shout, be, mean, say, seize, do · **To what, where:** 60 16, mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:1
# text = Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?"
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouts	shout	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	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
7	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	la	la	X	FW	_	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | 60 16 |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("La" means mate.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:2
# text = ("La" means mate.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	La	La	PROPN	NNP	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	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	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 | La | mate |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* The teacher said soixante-seize.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:3
# text = The teacher said soixante-seize.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	soixante	soixante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **seize** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:4
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Wait for the whole number and mark 76

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:o1:1
# text = Wait for the whole number and mark 76
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	76	76	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the whole number | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mark** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 76 |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent 76=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mark 60, it came first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:o2:1
# text = Mark 60, it came first
1	Mark	Mark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Mark |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mark 60 and 16 both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:o3:1
# text = Mark 60 and 16 both
1	Mark	Mark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
2	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mark 16, it came last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:8-numbers-70-to-100-soixante-dix-and-quatre-vingts:t9:o4:1
# text = Mark 16, it came last
1	Mark	Mark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	last	last	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Mark |  |  |  |  | last *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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