Exam question 4 · School councils and class reps

Whereas the funds available suffice for one undertaking only, select the response most consistent with the proper conduct of the council.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: undertake, select, conduct · To what, where: response, council

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 suffice	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 funds	det
3	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 suffice	nsubj
4	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 suffice	amod
5	suffice	suffice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 one	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 suffice	nmod
8	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 one	acl:relcl
9	only	only	ADV	_	8 undertaking	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 suffice	punct
11	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 response	det
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 consistent	advmod
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 response	amod
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 conduct	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 conduct	det
18	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 conduct	amod
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 consistent	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 council	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 council	det
22	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 conduct	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	gerund				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	whereas available suffice for one	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	conduct			the council		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 council permits the loudest member to decide alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permits	nsubj
3	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 member	det
5	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 member	amod
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permits	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 decide	mark
8	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permits	advcl
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 decide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	the council	the loudest member					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme
2	decide	to-infinitive	the council not said here					alone property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The council determines a priority after hearing the views advanced on each side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determines	nsubj
3	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 priority	det
5	priority	priority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determines	obj
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 hearing	mark
7	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 determines	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 views	det
9	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 advanced	nsubj
10	advanced	advanced	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hearing	ccomp
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 side	case
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	present	the council	a priority		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priority=Topic
2	hear	gerund	the council not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	advanced	present	the views		each side	tree rules

Option 3

The council undertakes both projects regardless of the funds, borrowing whatever further sums may be required

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertakes	nsubj
3	undertakes	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 projects	det
5	projects	project	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 undertakes	obj
6	regardless	regardless	ADV	_	3 undertakes	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 funds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 funds	det
9	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 regardless	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 borrowing	punct
11	borrowing	borrow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 undertakes	advcl
12	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 borrowing	obj
13	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sums	amod
14	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 required	nsubj:pass
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 required	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 required	aux:pass
17	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	present	the council	both projects	regardless property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Eventuality
2	borrow	gerund	the council not said here	whatever		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme
3	require	may · passive		further sums		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4

The council declines to consider either project

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 declines	nsubj
3	declines	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 consider	mark
5	consider	consider	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 declines	xcomp
6	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	7 project	det
7	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consider	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	present	the council						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not consider	to-infinitive	the council not said here	either project					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent project=Attribute

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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