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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises adoption? Exam question 1 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Adoption

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises adoption?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** adoption

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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/522-adoption/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises adoption?
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	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |  | adoption |  |  |  | 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}

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The enrolment of a child at a residential school distant from the family home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e1:o1:1
# text = The enrolment of a child at a residential school distant from the family home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enrolment	enrolment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	residential	residential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enrol** |  |  | a child |  | a residential school |  |  | nom enrolment «act transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A temporary arrangement in which a child resides with carers for a short period only

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e1:o2:1
# text = A temporary arrangement in which a child resides with carers for a short period only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	temporary	temporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	resides	reside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	carers	carer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | present | a child |  |  | a temporary arrangement |  | with carers; for a short period | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An annual visit to relatives undertaken during the summer holidays by the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e1:o3:1
# text = An annual visit to relatives undertaken during the summer holidays by the child
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | participle |  | relatives *not said here* |  |  | during the summer holidays | by the child | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The permanent joining of a child to a new family where the birth parents cannot raise the child

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e1:o4:1
# text = The permanent joining of a child to a new family where the birth parents cannot raise the child
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
3	joining	join	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a child | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **raise** | can | the birth parents | the child |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

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