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title: ★★★ Olivia from Bath reads 9,50 € and gasps, "Nine hundred and fifty… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Olivia from Bath reads 9,50 € and gasps, "Nine hundred and fifty euros for chips?!" How much would two kids' menus really cost? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 que
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★

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★★★ Olivia from Bath reads 9,50 € and gasps, "Nine hundred and fifty euros for chips?!" How much would two kids' menus really cost?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Olivia, menus · **What happens:** read, gasp, cost · **To what, where:** hundred euros, much

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Olivia from Bath reads 9,50 € and gasps, "Nine hundred and fifty euros for chips?!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t3:1
# text = ★★★ Olivia from Bath reads 9,50 € and gasps, "Nine hundred and fifty euros for chips?!"
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Olivia	Olivia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bath	Bath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	9,50	9,50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	€	€	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gasps	gasp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	compound	_	_
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
18	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?!	?!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Olivia  ★ ★ ★ from Bath |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent €=Topic |
| 2 | **gasp** | present | Olivia  ★ ★ ★ from Bath *not said here* | hundred euros |  |  |  | for chips | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent euro=Topic |

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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:* How much would two kids' menus really cost?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t3:2
# text = How much would two kids' menus really cost?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	menus	menu	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | would | two kids's menus | much |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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18 euros 50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t3:o1:1
# text = 18 euros 50
1	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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9 euros 50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t3:o2:1
# text = 9 euros 50
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	euros	euro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
```

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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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19 euros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t3:o3:1
# text = 19 euros
1	19	19	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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1,900 euros

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t3:o4:1
# text = 1,900 euros
1	1,900	1,900	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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