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title: What would happen if a class voted by hands up and everyone watched… — School councils and class reps · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a class voted by hands up and everyone watched their best mate first? Test 3 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.
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# Test 3 · School councils and class reps

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What would happen if a class voted by hands up and everyone watched their best mate first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class, everyone · **What happens:** happen, vote up, watch · **To what, where:** best mate

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t3:1
# text = What would happen if a class voted by hands up and everyone watched their best mate first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
13	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **vote up** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | a class |  |  |  |  | by hands | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **watch** | past | everyone | hands's best mate |  |  |  | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Everyone would vote exactly what they really think, because watching your mates helps you decide

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t3:o1:1
# text = Everyone would vote exactly what they really think, because watching your mates helps you decide
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | would | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **watch** | gerund |  | your mates |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Theme |
| 4 | **help** | present | watching | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 5 | **decide** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The vote would become a secret ballot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t3:o2:1
# text = The vote would become a secret ballot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ballot	ballot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | the vote | a secret ballot |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody would be allowed to vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t3:o3:1
# text = Nobody would be allowed to vote
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | would · passive |  | Nobody |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nobody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Some would vote to please friends, not for what they think

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:37-school-councils-and-class-reps:t3:o4:1
# text = Some would vote to please friends, not for what they think
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	conj	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | would | Some |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **please** | to-infinitive | Some *not said here* | friends |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | friends *= friend* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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