Exam question 4 · Foster care

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning siblings in care.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, siblings, care

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 care	case
12	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	siblings	care		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sibling=Experiencer

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

They must not be permitted to see one another once placed apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 permitted	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 permitted	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 permitted	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 permitted	aux:pass
5	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 permitted	xcomp
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 see	obj
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 one	fixed
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 placed	advmod
11	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 permitted	advcl
12	apart	apart	ADV	_	11 placed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not permit	must · passive	They		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	one		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
3	place	participle		apart, once property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are invariably placed together in all circumstances whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 placed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 placed	advmod
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 placed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 placed	obl
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 placed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		They		all circumstances		invariably, together, whatsoever property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in circumstance=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They cease to be regarded as siblings upon placement in care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cease	nsubj
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 regarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cease	ccomp
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 siblings	case
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 regarded	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 placement	case
9	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 care	case
11	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	They						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	regard	to-infinitive · passive	They not said here			care		as siblings; upon placement	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: as sibling=Value

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They may be placed apart, and contact between them should be maintained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 placed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 placed	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 contact	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 contact	cc
8	contact	contact	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	conj
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 contact	obl
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 maintained	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 maintained	aux:pass
13	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 placed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	place	may · passive	They	apart property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme
2	contact	infinitive		between them = they	tree rules
3	maintain	should · passive			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»

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