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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Adoption · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning letterbox contact. Exam question 3 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Adoption

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning letterbox contact.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, letterbox contact

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning letterbox contact.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	letterbox	letterbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | letterbox contact |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus contact=Experiencer |

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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 delivery of all adoption papers to a child's letterbox by the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e3:o1:1
# text = The delivery of all adoption papers to a child's letterbox by the court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	letterbox	letterbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** |  | the court | all adoption papers to a child's letterbox |  |  |  |  | nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Daily communication with birth parents by mobile telephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e3:o2:1
# text = Daily communication with birth parents by mobile telephone
1	Daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	mobile	mobile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** |  | mobile telephone |  |  |  |  | with birth parents | nom communication «communication intransitive»: with=obl by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The prohibition of any correspondence with the birth family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e3:o3:1
# text = The prohibition of any correspondence with the birth family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** |  |  | any correspondence with the birth family |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Correspondence with the birth family is conveyed through an agency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:e3:o4:1
# text = Correspondence with the birth family is conveyed through an agency
1	Correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present · passive | a agency | Correspondence with the birth family |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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