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title: A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live w… — Family changes and grief · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum. What is true? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

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A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new friend, boy · **What happens:** ask, not live, be · **To what, where:** boy

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t5:1
# text = A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:agent	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · passive | a new friend | a boy in foster care |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **live** *not said to happen* | present · do-support | boy |  |  |  |  | with boy's mum | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mum=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t5:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He should never make friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t5:o1:1
# text = He should never make friends
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | should | He | friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He can choose how much of his story to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t5:o2:1
# text = He can choose how much of his story to share
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | can | He | much of his story |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He must explain everything, right from the very start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t5:o3:1
# text = He must explain everything, right from the very start
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | must | He | everything |  |  |  | right *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He must lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t5:o4:1
# text = He must lie
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | must | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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