--- title: Identify the sum denoted by the inscription "9,50 €" upon a French m… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the sum denoted by the inscription "9,50 €" upon a French menu. Exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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 was right. --- [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/e2/) [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…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★ Identify the sum denoted by the inscription "9,50 €" upon a French menu. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, denote · **To what, where:** sum This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e2:1 # text = Identify the sum denoted by the inscription "9,50 €" upon a French menu. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 denoted denote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 inscription inscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 9,50 9,50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 appos _ _ 10 € € SYM SYM Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 menu menu NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | | 2 | **denote** | participle | | the sum *not said here* | | | | by the inscription; upon a French menu | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Nine euros and fifty cents ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e2:o1:1 # text = Nine euros and fifty cents 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 euros euro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 cents cent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ninety-five euros ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e2:o2:1 # text = Ninety-five euros 1 Ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 euros euro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nine hundred and fifty euros ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e2:o3:1 # text = Nine hundred and fifty euros 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 euros euro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ninety-five cents ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e2:o4:1 # text = Ninety-five cents 1 Ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 cents cent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` 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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