Exam question 1 · Foster care
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises foster care?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: foster care
This is exam question 1 of lesson 521 «Foster care» of the everyday 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 care | compound |
| 10 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | 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 | characteris | present | foster care | of the following statements; accurately 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
Option 1
Children are cared for in large institutions staffed by rotating shifts of teachers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cared | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cared | aux:pass |
| 3 | cared | care | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 cared | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 institutions | case |
| 6 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 institutions | amod |
| 7 | institutions | institution | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cared | obl |
| 8 | staffed | staff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 institutions | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 shifts | case |
| 10 | rotating | rotate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 shifts | amod |
| 11 | shifts | shift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 staffed | obl:agent |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 teachers | case |
| 13 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 shifts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present · passive | Children | large institutions | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | staff | participle | large institutions not said here | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | rotate | gerund | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | shift | teachers | nom shift «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Children are permanently removed from all contact with their parents without exception
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 removed | aux:pass |
| 3 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 4 removed | advmod |
| 4 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 contact | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 contact | det |
| 7 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 removed | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 parents | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 parents | nmod:poss |
| 10 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 contact | nmod |
| 11 | without | without | ADP | _ | 12 exception | case |
| 12 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 removed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | present · passive | Children | all contact with Children's parents | without exception; permanently property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from contact=Source |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Children are placed with any adult who volunteers, without examination or training
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 placed | aux:pass |
| 3 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 adult | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 placed | obl |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 volunteers | nsubj |
| 8 | volunteers | volunteer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 adult | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 examination | punct |
| 10 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 examination | case |
| 11 | examination | examination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 placed | obl |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 training | cc |
| 13 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 examination | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | present · passive | Children | with any adult; without examination or training | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | volunteer | present | any adult | vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Children are cared for in a carer's own home whilst their parents are unable to do so
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cared | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cared | aux:pass |
| 3 | cared | care | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 carer | det |
| 7 | carer | carer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 home | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 carer | case |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 home | amod |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cared | obl |
| 11 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 15 unable | mark |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 parents | nmod:poss |
| 13 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 unable | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 unable | cop |
| 15 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cared | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 do | mark |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 unable | xcomp |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present · passive | Children | for a carer's own home | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Children's parents | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | Children's parents not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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