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title: Ascertain the purpose of the seed vault situated upon Svalbard. — From field to plate: wheat, flour and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose of the seed vault situated upon Svalbard. Exam question 4 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ascertain the purpose of the seed vault situated upon Svalbard.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, seed vault · **What happens:** ascertain, situate, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose, seed vault

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» 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/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose of the seed vault situated upon Svalbard.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Svalbard	Svalbard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of the seed vault |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | the seed vault *not said here* |  |  |  | upon Svalbard | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon svalbard=Destination |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the seed vault |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The commercial sale of seeds to gardeners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e4:o1:1
# text = The commercial sale of seeds to gardeners
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The storage of flour for the population of Norway in time of war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e4:o2:1
# text = The storage of flour for the population of Norway in time of war
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storage	storage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** |  |  | flour |  |  | in time of war | for the population of Norway | nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl in=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cultivation of wheat beneath the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e4:o3:1
# text = The cultivation of wheat beneath the ice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cultivate** |  |  | wheat |  |  |  | beneath the ice | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient beneath=obl |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The preservation of crop seeds as a safeguard against war and disaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e4:o4:1
# text = The preservation of crop seeds as a safeguard against war and disaster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	safeguard	safeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** |  |  | crop seeds |  |  |  | as a safeguard against war and disaster | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient as=obl |

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