Exam question 1 · School councils and class reps

Which of the following most accurately characterises the function of a class representative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» of the politics 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 function	det
9	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 representative	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 representative	det
12	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 representative	compound
13	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 function	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of a class representative				accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To represent the class before the school council and to report back upon its proceedings

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 represent	mark
2	represent	represent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 represent	obj
5	before	before	ADP	_	8 council	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 council	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 council	compound
8	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 represent	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 report	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 report	mark
11	report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 represent	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 report	advmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 proceedings	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 proceedings	nmod:poss
15	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	represent	to-infinitive		the class	before the school council		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot class=Theme
2	report back	to-infinitive				upon council's proceedings	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	proceed		council				nom proceedings «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To assume the duties of the head teacher during meetings of the council and whenever the head teacher is absent

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 assume	mark
2	assume	assume	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 duties	det
4	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assume	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teacher	compound
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 duties	nmod
9	during	during	ADP	_	10 meetings	case
10	meetings	meeting	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assume	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 council	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 council	det
13	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meetings	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 absent	cc
15	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	20 absent	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 teacher	det
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 teacher	compound
18	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 absent	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 absent	cop
20	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 assume	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	to-infinitive		the duties of the head teacher			during meetings of the council		vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme
2	is	present	the head teacher					absent, whenever property	tree rules

Option 3

To determine the school menu without consultation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 menu	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 menu	compound
5	menu	menu	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 consultation	case
7	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive		the school menu				without consultation	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent menu=Topic

Option 4

To assess the homework of fellow pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 assess	mark
2	assess	assess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 homework	det
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assess	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupils	case
6	fellow	fellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pupils	amod
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 homework	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assess	to-infinitive		the homework of fellow pupils					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme

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