Exam question 2 · Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt

Identify the meaning of a Kinship Care Order as explained in the lesson.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, explain, mean · To what, where: meaning, lesson, Care Order

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 Order	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Order	det
6	Kinship	Kinship	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Care	compound
7	Care	Care	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Order	compound
8	Order	Order	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 explained	mark
10	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 lesson	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 explained	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of a Care Order		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	participle	you not said here		the lesson	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean			a Care Order		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 court awards the child a prize in recognition of exemplary conduct at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awards	nsubj
3	awards	award	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awards	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prize	det
7	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awards	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 recognition	case
9	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awards	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 conduct	case
11	exemplary	exemplary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conduct	amod
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recognition	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 school	case
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award	present	the court	a prize	the child	recognition of exemplary conduct at school			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent child=Goal prize=Theme
2	recognize			exemplary conduct at school					nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The court instructs the child to return to the parents forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructs	nsubj
3	instructs	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructs	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 return	mark
7	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 instructs	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parents	det
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 return	obl
11	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 return	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	present	the court		the child				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
2	return	to-infinitive	the court not said here					to the parents result; forthwith property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The court confirms officially that the carer looks after the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confirms	nsubj
3	confirms	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	officially	officially	ADV	_	3 confirms	advmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 looks	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carer	det
7	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looks	nsubj
8	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confirms	advcl
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	present	the court					officially property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	look	present	the carer				after the child		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

The court imposes a financial penalty upon the kinship carer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposes	nsubj
3	imposes	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 penalty	det
5	financial	financial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 penalty	amod
6	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposes	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 carer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 carer	det
9	kinship	kinship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carer	compound
10	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present	the court	a financial penalty				upon the kinship carer	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme

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