--- title: Given that a child receives a formal notice of a placement review, a… — Living in a children's home · tree and pragmatics description: Given that a child receives a formal notice of a placement review, ascertain the person best placed to explain its contents. Exam question 3 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Living in a children's home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Living in a children's home Given that a child receives a formal notice of a placement review, ascertain the person best placed to explain its contents. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** give, receive, ascertain, place, explain, notice · **To what, where:** formal notice, person, contents, placement review This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e3:1 # text = Given that a child receives a formal notice of a placement review, ascertain the person best placed to explain its contents. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 receives receive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 placement placement NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 review review NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 18 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **receive** | present | a child | a formal notice of a placement review | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic | | 4 | **place** | participle | | the person *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | child's contents | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Topic | | 6 | **notice** | | | a placement review | | | | | nom notice «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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nobody, since the notice is confidential ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e3:o1:1 # text = Nobody, since the notice is confidential 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 since since ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 confidential confidential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nobody | | | | | confidential *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The other children in the home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e3:o2:1 # text = The other children in the home 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A classmate selected at random ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e3:o3:1 # text = A classmate selected at random 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 selected select VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 random random NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | participle | | a classmate *not said here* | | random | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The child's social worker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:e3:o4:1 # text = The child's social worker 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 social social ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 worker worker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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