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title: Identify the principal reason for which an owner is required to amen… — Lost pets, microchips, holidays and mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which an owner is required to amend the details registered against a microchip upon a change of residence. Exam question 2 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an owner is required to amend the details registered against a microchip upon a change of residence.
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	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	amend	amend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	registered	register	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	against	against	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	microchip	microchip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 | **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 |

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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}

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The law requires a new microchip at each change of address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e2:o1:1
# text = The law requires a new microchip at each change of address
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	microchip	microchip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e2:o2:1
# text = The microchip number is linked to those details, which alone permit the return of the animal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	microchip	microchip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
11	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	permit	permit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#o3}

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The microchip ceases to function in a different postal district

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e2:o3:1
# text = The microchip ceases to function in a different postal district
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	microchip	microchip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	function	function	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	postal	postal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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The microchip is otherwise unreadable by any scanner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e2:o4:1
# text = The microchip is otherwise unreadable by any scanner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	microchip	microchip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	unreadable	unreadable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	scanner	scanner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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