--- title: Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★ — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · French description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/) [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/) / Olympiad: decoding a short French text… # Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★ The 15 questions of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t1/) — ★★★ Emma from Leeds reads "on a nagé dans la mer" and goes, "Easy, they swam with their mum, like." What's the trap? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t2/) — ★★★ Leo from Dublin asks, "Who's the master, and why's he got cheese in a tree?" Which retelling is right? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t3/) — ★★★ Olivia from Bath reads 9,50 € and gasps, "Nine hundred and fifty euros for chips?!" How much would two kids' menus really cost? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t4/) — ★★★ Jacob from Cardiff reads "Défense de marcher sur la pelouse" and goes, "Defence of marching? Is there an army, butt?" (butt = mate, in Wales) What does the sign really say? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t5/) — ★★★ Ruby from Belfast doesn't know singes and answers un citron to the riddle. Why is that weak? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t6/) — ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning. The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil". What should he do? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t7/) — ★★★ Mia from Ohio thinks farine is "a farm" and sucre is "a sucker". What does she actually need to buy? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t8/) — ★★★ Harvey from Kent sees "Perdu : petit chat noir" on a lamppost and goes, "Bargain, a cat for sale!" What is it really, and what should he do if he sees the cat? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t9/) — ★★★ Josh from Leeds says, "14h05 to 16h50? Two hours fifty-five, sorted." Which way of counting is right? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t10/) — ★★★ Sophie from Glasgow reads "je vais à la librairie... J'achète un livre sur les chevaux" and says, "She's borrowing a horse book from the library, aye?" Which word proves she's wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/t11/) — ★★★ Tom's gran from Somerset reads the fridge note and goes, "Eat all the chocolate, my lover - Mum says so!" Which two little words did she miss? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/e1/) — Ascertain the activity undertaken by the writer of the postcard on the preceding day, as stated in the phrase "Hier, on a nagé dans la mer". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/e2/) — Identify the sum denoted by the inscription "9,50 €" upon a French menu. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/e3/) — Select the rendering most consistent with the notice "Défense de marcher sur la pelouse". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/e4/) — It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. Determine the duration of the journey. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [38. Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/) - next →: [40. Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/) - ↑ back to [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/)