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title: ★★★ A diabolo costs 3 euros, a croque-monsieur 6 euros and a carafe… — At the café: ordering in French · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A diabolo costs 3 euros, a croque-monsieur 6 euros and a carafe d'eau is free. Two friends share one croque-monsieur and have one diabolo each, plus a carafe. What is l'addition? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 12 · ★★ · At the café: ordering in French

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★★★ A diabolo costs 3 euros, a croque-monsieur 6 euros and a carafe d'eau is free. Two friends share one croque-monsieur and have one diabolo each, plus a carafe. What is l'addition?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, diabolo, carafe d'eau, Two friends · **What happens:** ★, cost, be, share, have · **To what, where:** 3 euros, one croque monsieur, one diabolo, l'addition

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» 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/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A diabolo costs 3 euros, a croque-monsieur 6 euros and a carafe d'eau is free.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:1
# text = ★★★ A diabolo costs 3 euros, a croque-monsieur 6 euros and a carafe d'eau is free.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	diabolo	diabolo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	croque	croque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	carafe	carafe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	d'eau	d'eau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cost** | present | a diabolo | 3 euros  a croque monsieur  6 euros |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme euro=Value |
| 3 | **is** | present | a carafe d'eau |  |  |  |  | free *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:* Two friends share one croque-monsieur and have one diabolo each, plus a carafe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:2
# text = Two friends share one croque-monsieur and have one diabolo each, plus a carafe.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	croque	croque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	diabolo	diabolo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	carafe	carafe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | Two friends | one croque monsieur |  |  |  | a carafe *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | Two friends *not said here* | one diabolo |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diabolo=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What is l'addition?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:3
# text = What is l'addition?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	l'addition	l'addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | l'addition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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13 euros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:o1:1
# text = 13 euros
1	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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9 euros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:o2:1
# text = 9 euros
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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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12 euros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:o3:1
# text = 12 euros
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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15 euros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t12:o4:1
# text = 15 euros
1	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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