Exam question 1 · Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises kinship care?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: kinship care

This is exam question 1 of lesson 523 «Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt» 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	kinship	kinship	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		kinship 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

The attendance of a child at a residential school during term time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attendance	det
2	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
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 attendance	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 attendance	nmod
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 time	case
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 time	compound
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attendance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend			a child		a residential school	during term time		nom attendance «act transitive»: of=patient at=place during=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The care of a child by a relative or close family friend where the parents are unable to provide it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 care	det
2	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
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 care	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 relative	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 relative	det
8	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 care	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 friend	cc
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 friend	amod
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 friend	compound
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	conj
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 unable	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 parents	det
15	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 unable	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 unable	cop
17	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 friend	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 provide	mark
19	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 unable	xcomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 provide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the parents		unable property	tree rules
2	provide	to-infinitive	the parents not said here	friend		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme
3	care		a child			nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The care of a child by trained strangers in their own home on a temporary basis

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 care	det
2	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
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 care	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 strangers	case
7	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 strangers	amod
8	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 care	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 home	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 home	amod
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strangers	nmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 basis	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 basis	det
15	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 basis	amod
16	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 home	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	participle							vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	care		a child						nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The residence of a child in a staffed institution operating in shifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 residence	det
2	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
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 residence	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 operating	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 operating	det
8	staffed	staff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 operating	amod
9	institution	institution	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 operating	compound
10	operating	operating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 residence	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 shifts	case
12	shifts	shift	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 operating	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	staff	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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