--- title: It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?" Determ… — At the café: ordering in French · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?" Determine the nature of the information requested. Exam question 4 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 option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [At the café: ordering in French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · At the café: ordering in French It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?" Determine the nature of the information requested. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cream vendor, you · **What happens:** give, enquire, determine, request · **To what, where:** It, Quel parfum, nature, information This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e4:1 # text = It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?" 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 vendor vendor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 enquires enquire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Quel Quel X FW Foreign=Yes 13 compound _ _ 13 parfum parfum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | present | a cream vendor | Quel parfum | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parfum=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the nature of the information requested. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e4:2 # text = Determine the nature of the information requested. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nature of the information | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic | | 2 | **request** | participle | | the information *not said here* | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The flavour desired ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e4:o1:1 # text = The flavour desired 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flavour flavour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desire** | participle | | the flavour *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} The fragrance worn by the customer ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e4:o2:1 # text = The fragrance worn by the customer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 worn wear 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 customer customer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | participle | | the fragrance *not said here* | | | | by the customer | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The quantity of scoops desired ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e4:o3:1 # text = The quantity of scoops desired 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 scoops scoop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desire** | participle | | the quantity of scoops *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} The method of payment ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:e4:o4:1 # text = The method of payment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 method method NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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