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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the function of a class representative? Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Exam question 1 · School councils and class reps

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the function of a class representative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e1:o1:1
# text = To represent the class before the school council and to report back upon its proceedings
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	represent	represent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	report	report	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | 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 {#o2}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e1:o2:1
# text = To assume the duties of the head teacher during meetings of the council and whenever the head teacher is absent
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assume	assume	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	meetings	meeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
15	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To determine the school menu without consultation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e1:o3:1
# text = To determine the school menu without consultation
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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To assess the homework of fellow pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:e1:o4:1
# text = To assess the homework of fellow pupils
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assess	assess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fellow	fellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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