Question: What socioeconomic class used the Florentine Tuscan language in Dante's time?
Sentence: The Tuscan-based language that would eventually become modern standard Italian had been used in poetry and literature since at least the 12th century, and it first became widely known in Italy through the works of authors such as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Petrarch.
Answer in sentence: no