Exam question 2 · Foster care

Given that a child in foster care is treated unfairly by the carers, ascertain the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: carers · What happens: give, treat, ascertain · To what, where: child, appropriate course

This is exam question 2 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 treated	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treated	nsubj:pass
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 care	case
6	foster	foster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 care	compound
7	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 child	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 treated	aux:pass
9	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Given	advcl
10	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	9 treated	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 carers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 carers	det
13	carers	carer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 treated	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ascertain	punct
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 carers	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 course	det
17	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 course	amod
18	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ascertain	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 action	case
20	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 course	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	treat	present · passive	the carers	a child in foster care	unfairly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
3	ascertain	present	the carers not said here	the appropriate course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice

To retaliate against the carers in kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 retaliate	mark
2	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 carers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carers	det
5	carers	carer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 retaliate	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 kind	case
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retaliate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	to-infinitive				kind		against the carers	vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against carer=Maleficiary

Option 2

To leave the placement without notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 placement	det
4	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 notice	case
6	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		the placement				without notice	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent placement=Theme

Option 3

To remain silent so as to avoid a move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 avoid	advcl
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 avoid	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 avoid	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 avoid	mark
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 move	det
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive						silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive		a move					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent move=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To inform the social worker or a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 worker	det
4	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worker	amod
5	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 teacher	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worker	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		the social worker or a teacher					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient

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