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# Exam question 1 · Living in a children's home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reason for which a child may reside in a children's home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** follow, characteris, reside · **To what, where:** reason, home

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reason for which a child may reside in a children's home?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	reside	reside	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | the reason |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reside** | may | a child |  |  | a children's home |  | for the reason | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in home=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The child has been expelled from school for poor conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e1:o1:1
# text = The child has been expelled from school for poor conduct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | present · perfect · passive |  | the child |  | school |  | for poor conduct | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from school=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child has elected to leave a satisfactory family home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e1:o2:1
# text = The child has elected to leave a satisfactory family home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elect** | present · perfect · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | a satisfactory family |  |  |  | home *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Residence in such a home is compulsory for all children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e1:o3:1
# text = Residence in such a home is compulsory for all children
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Residence in such home |  |  |  |  | for all children; compulsory *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The child's parents are presently unable to care for the child safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e1:o4:1
# text = The child's parents are presently unable to care for the child safely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the child's parents |  |  |  |  | presently, unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **care** | to-infinitive | the child's parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the child; safely *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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