Exam question 1 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a microchip implanted in a domestic animal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, implant · To what, where: function, microchip

This is exam question 1 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 microchip	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 microchip	det
13	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
14	implanted	implant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 microchip	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 animal	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 animal	det
17	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 animal	amod
18	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 implanted	obl:agent
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the function of a microchip	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	implant	participle	a microchip not said here		vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

It records the sounds heard by 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 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sounds	det
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obj
5	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sounds	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	the sounds					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
2	hear	participle		the sounds not said here				by the animal	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It bears a unique number, readable by a scanner at close range, linked to the owner's registered details

The tree, 19 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 bears	nsubj
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	unique	unique	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 number	amod
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bears	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 readable	punct
7	readable	readable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bears	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 scanner	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 scanner	det
10	scanner	scanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 readable	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 range	case
12	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 range	amod
13	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scanner	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 linked	punct
15	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bears	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	21 details	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 owner	det
18	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 details	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 owner	case
20	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 details	amod
21	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 linked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	link	participle		bears not said here	to the owner's registered details	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to detail=Co-Patient
2	register	participle				vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	detail		the owner			nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It requires replacement of its battery at annual intervals

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 battery	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 battery	nmod:poss
6	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 replacement	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 intervals	case
8	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 intervals	amod
9	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	replacement of replacement's battery		annual intervals			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme replacement=Precondition
2	replace			replacement's battery					nom replacement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It transmits the position of the animal continuously to a satellite, permitting it to be traced upon a map

The tree, 19 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 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	4 position	det
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transmits	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 position	nmod
8	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	11 satellite	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 satellite	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 satellite	det
11	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animal	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 permitting	punct
13	permitting	permit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 transmits	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 permitting	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	17 traced	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 traced	aux:pass
17	traced	trace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 permitting	advcl
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 map	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 map	det
20	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 traced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	transmit	present	It	the position of the animal to a satellite		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Theme
2	permit	gerund		position		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	trace	to-infinitive · passive			upon a map	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»

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