--- title: Which of the following methods of team formation most effectively av… — Picking teams and being picked last · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following methods of team formation most effectively avoids a public ranking of pupils? Exam question 2 of lesson 66 «Picking teams and being picked last» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Picking teams and being picked last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Picking teams and being picked last Which of the following methods of team formation most effectively avoids a public ranking of pupils? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, avoid, rank · **To what, where:** public ranking, pupils This is exam question 2 of lesson 66 «Picking teams and being picked last» of the medicine 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/medicine/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:e2:1 # text = Which of the following methods of team formation most effectively avoids a public ranking of pupils? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 methods method NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 formation formation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 10 advmod _ _ 10 effectively effectively ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 avoids avoid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 ranking ranking NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 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 | **avoid** | present | | a public ranking of pupils | | | | effectively *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent ranking=Location | | 3 | **rank** | | | pupils | | | | | nom ranking «state 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Selection by the tallest pupils ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:e2:o1:1 # text = Selection by the tallest pupils 1 Selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | | the tallest pupils | | | | | | nom selection «act transitive»: by=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Selection by the two most able pupils ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:e2:o2:1 # text = Selection by the two most able pupils 1 Selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | | the two able pupils | | | | | | nom selection «act transitive»: by=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Allocation by counting off or by a teacher's list ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:e2:o3:1 # text = Allocation by counting off or by a teacher's list 1 Allocation allocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count off** | gerund | Allocation or a teacher's list *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **list** | | a teacher | | | | | | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Selection by the pupils who arrived first ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:e2:o4:1 # text = Selection by the pupils who arrived first 1 Selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the pupils | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **select** | | the pupils | | | | | | nom selection «act transitive»: by=agent | **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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