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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate manner of summoning a waiter in France? Exam question 1 of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · At the café: ordering in French

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate manner of summoning a waiter in France?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** appropriate manner · **What happens:** follow, characteris, summon · **To what, where:** appropriate manner, waiter, France

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» 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/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate manner of summoning a waiter in France?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the appropriate manner |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **summon** | gerund | the appropriate manner *not said here* |  | a waiter | France |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waiter=Recipient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Remaining silent until the waiter approaches of his own accord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e1:o1:1
# text = Remaining silent until the waiter approaches of his own accord
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	approaches	approach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	accord	accord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund |  |  |  |  | until the waiter | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **approach** | present | Remaining |  |  |  |  | of his own accord | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of accord=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A loud whistle followed by the word monsieur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e1:o2:1
# text = A loud whistle followed by the word monsieur
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | a loud whistle *not said here* |  |  |  | by the word monsieur | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by monsieur=Location |

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

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Eye contact accompanied by the words excusez-moi or s'il vous plaît

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e1:o3:1
# text = Eye contact accompanied by the words excusez-moi or s'il vous plaît
1	Eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	excusez	excusez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	moi	MoI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	s'il	s'il	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	vous	vous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	plaît	plaît	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | Eye contact *not said here* |  |  |  | by the words  excusez moi or s'il vous plaît | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by word=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The clicking of the fingers accompanied by the word garçon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e1:o4:1
# text = The clicking of the fingers accompanied by the word garçon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clicking	clicking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	garçon	garçon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | the fingers *not said here* |  |  |  | by the word garçon | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by garçon=Destination |

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