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title: Ascertain the purpose of the facilities hereinafter referred to as f… — The future of life: de-extinction, cli… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose of the facilities hereinafter referred to as frozen zoos. Exam question 4 of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 4 · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…

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Ascertain the purpose of the facilities hereinafter referred to as frozen zoos.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, purpose, facilities · **What happens:** ascertain, refer, purpose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» 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/297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose of the facilities hereinafter referred to as frozen zoos.
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	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	facilities	facility	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	referred	refer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	frozen	frozen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **refer** | past | the purpose of the facilities |  |  |  |  | as frozen zoos; hereinafter *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the facilities |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The exhibition of ice sculptures of extinct species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:e4:o1:1
# text = The exhibition of ice sculptures of extinct species
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sculptures	sculpture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** |  |  | ice sculptures of extinct species |  |  |  |  | nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The preservation in liquid nitrogen of cells, ova and sperm of rare animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:e4:o2:1
# text = The preservation in liquid nitrogen of cells, ova and sperm of rare animals
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ova	ova	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sperm	sperm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The keeping of living animals in refrigerated enclosures so as to arrest their ageing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:e4:o3:1
# text = The keeping of living animals in refrigerated enclosures so as to arrest their ageing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	refrigerated	refrigerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	enclosures	enclosure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	arrest	arrest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	ageing	ageing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of living animals in refrigerated enclosures | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **refrigerate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **arrest** | to-infinitive |  | enclosures's ageing |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ageing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The storage of food for animals in zoological gardens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:e4:o4:1
# text = The storage of food for animals in zoological gardens
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	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** |  |  | food |  |  |  | for animals in zoological gardens | nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

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