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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Lost pets, microchips, holidays and mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a cat indoors following a change of residence. Exam question 3 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a cat indoors following a change of residence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, residence · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, follow, retain, change · **To what, where:** response, retention, change, cat

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a cat indoors following a change of residence.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 retention of a cat |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus retention=Experiencer |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a change of residence |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme |
| 5 | **retain** |  |  | a cat |  |  |  |  | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **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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Immediate release on the first night is recommended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e3:o1:1
# text = Immediate release on the first night is recommended
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | present · passive |  | Immediate release on the first night |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Confinement for a period of approximately two weeks assists the animal in learning its new home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e3:o2:1
# text = Confinement for a period of approximately two weeks assists the animal in learning its new home
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	assists	assist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | present | Confinement for a period of two weeks |  | the animal |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund | Confinement for a period of two weeks *not said here* | Confinement's new home |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The application of butter to the paws renders confinement unnecessary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e3:o3:1
# text = The application of butter to the paws renders confinement unnecessary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | the application of butter to the paws | confinement |  |  |  | unnecessary *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confinement=Theme |
| 2 | **apply** |  | butter |  |  |  |  | to the paws | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cats are incapable of learning a new home under any conditions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:e3:o4:1
# text = Cats are incapable of learning a new home under any conditions
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cats |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund | Cats *not said here* | a new home |  | any conditions |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |

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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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