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description: Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for which children enter care. Exam question 2 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 2 · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

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Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for which children enter care.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, children · **What happens:** identify, establish, enter · **To what, where:** principal reason, lesson, care

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for which children enter care.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	enter	enter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
16	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **enter** | present | children | care |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme care=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They have themselves requested to leave home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e2:o1:1
# text = They have themselves requested to leave home
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **request** | participle | themselves *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | themselves *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Their parents are unable to cope or to keep them safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e2:o2:1
# text = Their parents are unable to cope or to keep them safe
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cope	cope	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Their parents |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cope** | to-infinitive | Their parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Their parents *not said here* | parents *= parent* |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their parents have expressly declined to want them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e2:o3:1
# text = Their parents have expressly declined to want them
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	expressly	expressly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	declined	decline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | present · perfect · passive |  | Their parents |  |  |  | expressly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **want** | to-infinitive |  | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They have conducted themselves poorly at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e2:o4:1
# text = They have conducted themselves poorly at school
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present · perfect | They | themselves *= they* |  | school |  | poorly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme at school=Destination |

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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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