--- title: "class rep just goes to the meetings and never tells us nothing" — w… — School councils and class reps · tree and pragmatics description: "class rep just goes to the meetings and never tells us nothing" — what is missing? Test 10 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/t10/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [School councils and class reps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/37-school-councils-and-class-reps/) / t10 # Test 10 · School councils and class reps "class rep just goes to the meetings and never tells us nothing" — what is missing? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class rep · **What happens:** go, not tell, be · **To what, where:** meetings, nothing, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t10:1 # text = "class rep just goes to the meetings and never tells us nothing" — what is missing? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 rep rep NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 meetings meeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 — - PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | class rep | | | the meetings | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to meeting=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | class rep *not said here* | nothing | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient nothing=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | missing *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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Reps are not allowed to report back ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t10:o1:1 # text = Reps are not allowed to report back 1 Reps rep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 report report VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Reps | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **report back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Reps *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A good rep brings back what happened ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t10:o2:1 # text = A good rep brings back what happened 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rep rep NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring back** | present | a good rep | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Reps should only talk to teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t10:o3:1 # text = Reps should only talk to teachers 1 Reps rep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | should | Reps | | | | | to teachers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A good rep keeps everything secret ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t10:o4:1 # text = A good rep keeps everything secret 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rep rep NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a good rep | everything | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | **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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