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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fost… — Foster care · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises foster care? Exam question 1 of lesson 521 «Foster care» 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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# Exam question 1 · Foster care

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises foster care?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** foster care

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 521 «Foster care» 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/521-foster-care/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises foster care?
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	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | foster care |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children are cared for in large institutions staffed by rotating shifts of teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e1:o1:1
# text = Children are cared for in large institutions staffed by rotating shifts of teachers
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cared	care	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	staffed	staff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	rotating	rotate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	shifts	shift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present · passive |  | Children |  | large institutions |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **staff** | participle |  | large institutions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **rotate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **shift** |  |  | teachers |  |  |  |  | nom shift «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Children are permanently removed from all contact with their parents without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e1:o2:1
# text = Children are permanently removed from all contact with their parents without exception
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | Children |  | all contact with Children's parents |  | without exception; permanently *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from contact=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children are placed with any adult who volunteers, without examination or training

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e1:o3:1
# text = Children are placed with any adult who volunteers, without examination or training
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	volunteers	volunteer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  | with any adult; without examination or training | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **volunteer** | present | any adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Children are cared for in a carer's own home whilst their parents are unable to do so

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e1:o4:1
# text = Children are cared for in a carer's own home whilst their parents are unable to do so
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cared	care	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carer	carer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  | for a carer's own home | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Children's parents |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | Children's parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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