Exam question 1 · Adoption

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises adoption?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: adoption

This is exam question 1 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		adoption				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

The enrolment of a child at a residential school distant from the family home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enrolment	det
2	enrolment	enrolment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distant	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enrolment	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 school	det
8	residential	residential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 school	amod
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enrolment	nmod
10	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distant	obl
14	home	home	ADV	_	10 distant	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enrol			a child		a residential school			nom enrolment «act transitive»: of=patient at=place

Option 2

A temporary arrangement in which a child resides with carers for a short period only

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arrangement	det
2	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrangement	amod
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 resides	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resides	nsubj
8	resides	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 arrangement	acl:relcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 carers	case
10	carers	carer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 resides	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 period	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 period	det
13	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 period	amod
14	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resides	obl
15	only	only	ADV	_	8 resides	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	present	a child			a temporary arrangement		with carers; for a short period	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location

Option 3

An annual visit to relatives undertaken during the summer holidays by the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 visit	det
2	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 visit	amod
3	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 relatives	case
5	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 visit	nmod
6	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 relatives	acl
7	during	during	ADP	_	10 holidays	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 holidays	det
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 holidays	compound
10	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 undertaken	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	participle		relatives not said here			during the summer holidays	by the child	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The permanent joining of a child to a new family where the birth parents cannot raise the child

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 family	amod
3	joining	join	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 family	csubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 child	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 joining	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 family	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 family	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 family	amod
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 raise	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 parents	det
13	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 parents	compound
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 raise	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 raise	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 raise	advmod
17	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 family	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 raise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	gerund						of a child	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	not raise	can	the birth parents	the child					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

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