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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises kinship care? Exam question 1 of lesson 523 «Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt» 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 · Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises kinship care?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** kinship care

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 523 «Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt» 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/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises kinship care?
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	kinship	kinship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | kinship care |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The attendance of a child at a residential school during term time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt:e1:o1:1
# text = The attendance of a child at a residential school during term time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The care of a child by a relative or close family friend where the parents are unable to provide it

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt:e1:o2:1
# text = The care of a child by a relative or close family friend where the parents are unable to provide it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the parents |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | to-infinitive | the parents *not said here* | friend |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme |
| 3 | **care** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The care of a child by trained strangers in their own home on a temporary basis

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt:e1:o3:1
# text = The care of a child by trained strangers in their own home on a temporary basis
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	temporary	temporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **care** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The residence of a child in a staffed institution operating in shifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt:e1:o4:1
# text = The residence of a child in a staffed institution operating in shifts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	staffed	staff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	operating	operating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shifts	shift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **staff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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