Exam question 3 · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of a microchip implanted in a pet.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, implant · To what, where: response, function, microchip

This is exam question 3 of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 function	det
11	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 microchip	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 microchip	det
14	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 function	nmod
15	implanted	implant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 microchip	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 pet	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pet	det
18	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 implanted	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the function of a microchip		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus function=Experiencer
4	implant	participle		a microchip not said here	in a pet	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pet=Destination

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

Option 1

It regulates the appetite of the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regulates	nsubj
2	regulates	regulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 appetite	det
4	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regulates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appetite	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regulate	present	It	the appetite of the animal					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It carries a number linked to the owner, permitting the return of a lost animal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obj
5	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 number	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 owner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 linked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 permitting	punct
10	permitting	permit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 carries	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 return	det
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 permitting	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 animal	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 animal	det
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 animal	amod
16	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	present	It	a number		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme
2	link	participle		a number not said here	to the owner	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to owner=Co-Patient
3	permit	gerund		the return of a lost animal		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme
4	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	return		a lost animal			nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It confers immunity against the principal infectious diseases of domestic animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immunity	immunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obj
4	against	against	ADP	_	8 diseases	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 diseases	det
6	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 diseases	amod
7	infectious	infectious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 diseases	amod
8	diseases	disease	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 confers	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 animals	case
10	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 animals	amod
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 diseases	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It	immunity				against the principal infectious diseases of domestic animals	tree rules

Option 4

It transmits the continuous location of the animal by satellite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transmits	nsubj
2	transmits	transmit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 location	det
4	continuous	continuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 location	amod
5	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transmits	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 location	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 satellite	case
10	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transmits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present	It	the continuous location of the animal				by satellite	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Theme

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