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title: In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the… — Foster care · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the stairs. What's more real? Test 5 · ★ 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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# Test 5 · ★ · Foster care

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In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the stairs. What's more real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foster kid · **What happens:** send, live, be · **To what, where:** foster kid, cartoon, cupboard

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 521 «Foster care» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the stairs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, the foster kid is sent to live in a cupboard under the stairs.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · passive |  | the foster kid |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | the foster kid *not said here* |  |  | a cupboard |  | under the stairs | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cupboard=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's more real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:t5:2
# text = What's more real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Foster carers are paid to be mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:t5:o1:1
# text = Foster carers are paid to be mean
1	Foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	carers	carer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | Foster carers |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Foster kids always sleep in cupboards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:t5:o2:1
# text = Foster kids always sleep in cupboards
1	Foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cupboards	cupboard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | Foster kids |  |  | cupboards |  | always *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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No one ever checks on foster kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:t5:o3:1
# text = No one ever checks on foster kids
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | no one |  |  |  | ever | on foster kids | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kid=Location |

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

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Carers are checked, and social workers visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:521-foster-care:t5:o4:1
# text = Carers are checked, and social workers visit
1	Carers	carer	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	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · passive |  | Carers |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **visit** | present | social workers |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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