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title: Ascertain the principal reason for the long preservation of honey. — Food from around the world: how crops… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal reason for the long preservation of honey. Exam question 3 of lesson 289 «Food from around the world: how crops travelled the globe» 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 w
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# Exam question 3 · Food from around the world: how crops travelled the globe

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Ascertain the principal reason for the long preservation of honey.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, preserve · **To what, where:** principal reason, honey

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 289 «Food from around the world: how crops travelled the globe» 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/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the principal reason for the long preservation of honey.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	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 principal reason |  |  |  | for the long preservation of honey | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition reason=Theme for preservation=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **preserve** |  |  | honey |  |  |  |  | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 presence of alcohol in substantial quantities, produced by the fermentation within the hive

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e3:o1:1
# text = The presence of alcohol in substantial quantities, produced by the fermentation within the hive
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	quantities	quantity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fermentation	fermentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | participle |  | substantial quantities *not said here* |  |  |  | by the fermentation; within the hive | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The addition of salt by the bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e3:o2:1
# text = The addition of salt by the bees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Its low water content and slight acidity, which prevent the growth of microorganisms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e3:o3:1
# text = Its low water content and slight acidity, which prevent the growth of microorganisms
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	slight	slight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	acidity	acidity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	prevent	prevent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	microorganisms	microorganism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | Its low water content and slight acidity | the growth of microorganisms |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer growth=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** |  | microorganisms |  |  |  |  |  | nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its storage invariably in sealed vessels of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe:e3:o4:1
# text = Its storage invariably in sealed vessels of gold
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	storage	storage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **store** |  | Its *= it* |  |  | sealed vessels of gold |  |  | nom storage «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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