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title: State the designation applied to a child who habitually prepares mea… — Minding the little ones: «you're the o… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the designation applied to a child who habitually prepares meals for and attends to younger siblings in the absence of a parent. Exam question 2 of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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State the designation applied to a child who habitually prepares meals for and attends to younger siblings in the absence of a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** state, apply, prepare, attend, absent · **To what, where:** designation, meals, parent

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e2:1
# text = State the designation applied to a child who habitually prepares meals for and attends to younger siblings in the absence of a parent.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	prepares	prepare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	attends	attend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the designation |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent designation=Topic |
| 2 | **apply** | participle |  | the designation *not said here* |  |  |  | to a child | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **prepare** | present | a child | meals |  |  |  | habitually *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |
| 4 | **attend** | present | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to younger siblings in the absence of a parent | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to sibling=Theme |
| 5 | **absent** |  |  | a parent |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A minor domestic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e2:o1:1
# text = A minor domestic
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	domestic	domestic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A young carer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e2:o2:1
# text = A young carer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carer	carer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A junior guardian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e2:o3:1
# text = A junior guardian
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	junior	junior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guardian	guardian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A household warden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e2:o4:1
# text = A household warden
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	warden	warden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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