Exam question 2 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

Identify the principal reason for which an owner is required to amend the details registered against a microchip upon a change of residence.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, residence · What happens: identify, require, amend, register, change · To what, where: principal reason, owner, details

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 required	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 required	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 required	aux:pass
10	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 amend	mark
12	amend	amend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 required	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 details	det
14	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 amend	obj
15	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 details	acl
16	against	against	ADP	_	18 microchip	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 microchip	det
18	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 registered	obl
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 change	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 change	det
21	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 microchip	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 residence	case
23	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 change	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	require	present · passive		a owner	for the principal reason	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	amend	to-infinitive		the details		tree rules
4	register	participle		the details not said here	against a microchip upon a change of residence	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	change		residence			nom change «event intransitive»: of=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

The law requires a new microchip at each change of address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 microchip	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 microchip	amod
6	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 change	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 change	det
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 address	case
11	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the law	a new microchip		each change of address			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme microchip=Precondition
2	change		address						nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

The microchip number is linked to those details, which alone permit the return of the animal

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 number	compound
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 linked	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 linked	aux:pass
5	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 details	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 details	det
8	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 linked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 permit	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 permit	obj
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 permit	advmod
12	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 details	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 return	det
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 permit	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 animal	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animal	det
17	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	link	present · passive		the microchip number	to that details	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to detail=Co-Patient
2	permit	present		that details	alone property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent which=Theme return=Location
3	return		the animal			nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The microchip ceases to function in a different postal district

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 microchip	det
2	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 function	mark
5	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 district	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 district	det
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 district	amod
9	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 district	amod
10	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the microchip						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	function	to-infinitive	the microchip not said here			a different postal district			vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The microchip is otherwise unreadable by any scanner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 microchip	det
2	microchip	microchip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unreadable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unreadable	cop
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	5 unreadable	advmod
5	unreadable	unreadable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 scanner	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 scanner	det
8	scanner	scanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unreadable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the microchip					by any scanner; otherwise, unreadable property	tree rules

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