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title: In a cartoon, an adopted kid finds their «real» rich family and leav… — Adoption · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, an adopted kid finds their «real» rich family and leaves the adoptive one. What's more real? Test 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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# Test 3 · Adoption

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In a cartoon, an adopted kid finds their «real» rich family and leaves the adoptive one. What's more real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** adopted kid · **What happens:** adopt, find, leave, be · **To what, where:** real rich family, cartoon, adoptive one

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This is test 3 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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/522-adoption/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, an adopted kid finds their «real» rich family and leaves the adoptive one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon, an adopted kid finds their «real» rich family and leaves the adoptive one.
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	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	adoptive	adoptive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | present | a adopted kid | their real rich family |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic |
| 3 | **leave** | present | a adopted kid *not said here* | the adoptive one |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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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:522-adoption:t3:2
# 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Adoption is permanent; curiosity doesn't mean leaving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t3:o1:1
# text = Adoption is permanent; curiosity doesn't mean leaving
1	Adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Adoption |  |  |  |  | permanent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | curiosity |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | gerund | curiosity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Birth families are always rich and famous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t3:o2:1
# text = Birth families are always rich and famous
1	Birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Birth families |  |  |  |  | always, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Birth families *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Adopted children are allowed to swap families

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t3:o3:1
# text = Adopted children are allowed to swap families
1	Adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	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	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swap	swap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Adopted children |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **swap** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Adopted children *not said here* | families |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All adopted kids secretly go back to birth parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t3:o4:1
# text = All adopted kids secretly go back to birth parents
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go back** | present | all adopted kids |  |  |  |  | to birth parents *result*; secretly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result |

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