---
title: Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?" ("Aye" means yes.… — At the café: ordering in French · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?" ("Aye" means yes.) What would have been more polite? Test 8 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice 
---

<!-- md -->
[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/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★★ · At the café: ordering in French

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?" ("Aye" means yes.) What would have been more polite?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, Aye · **What happens:** say, mean, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:1
# text = Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?"
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Des	Des	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	frites	frite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	et	et	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	un	un	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	Coca	Coca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* ("Aye" means yes.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:2
# text = ("Aye" means yes.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Aye	aye	NOUN	NN	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	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Aye |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 3:* What would have been more polite?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:3
# text = What would have been more polite?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Speak louder and slower in English until he understands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:o1:1
# text = Speak louder and slower in English until he understands
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	understands	understand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **understand** | present | English |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Start with bonjour and try French first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:o2:1
# text = Start with bonjour and try French first
1	Start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bonjour	bonjour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with bonjour | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with bonjour=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* | French |  |  |  | first *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent french=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Point at the menu and say nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:o3:1
# text = Point at the menu and say nothing
1	Point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Point at the menu | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask for the manager straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t8:o4:1
# text = Ask for the manager straight away
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the manager; away *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [At the café: ordering in French, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/t7/)
- next →: [At the café: ordering in French, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/t9/)
- ↑ back to [At the café: ordering in French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/)