--- title: Given that a child in foster care is treated unfairly by the carers,… — Foster care · tree and pragmatics description: Given that a child in foster care is treated unfairly by the carers, ascertain the appropriate course of action. Exam question 2 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/521-foster-care/e2/) [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/) / [Foster care](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/521-foster-care/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Foster care Given that a child in foster care is treated unfairly by the carers, ascertain the appropriate course of action. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** carers · **What happens:** give, treat, ascertain · **To what, where:** child, appropriate course This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e2:1 # text = Given that a child in foster care is treated unfairly by the carers, ascertain the appropriate course of action. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 10 unfairly unfairly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 carers carer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 ascertain ascertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **treat** | present · passive | the carers | a child in foster care | | | | unfairly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 3 | **ascertain** | present | the carers *not said here* | the appropriate course of action | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | 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} To retaliate against the carers in kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e2:o1:1 # text = To retaliate against the carers in kind 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 retaliate retaliate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 carers carer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retaliate** | to-infinitive | | | | kind | | against the carers | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against carer=Maleficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} To leave the placement without notice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e2:o2:1 # text = To leave the placement without notice 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 placement placement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | the placement | | | | without notice | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent placement=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To remain silent so as to avoid a move ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e2:o3:1 # text = To remain silent so as to avoid a move 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 avoid avoid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | | a move | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent move=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To inform the social worker or a teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:e2:o4:1 # text = To inform the social worker or a teacher 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 inform inform VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 social social ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 worker worker NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | the social worker or a teacher | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient | **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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