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title: Ascertain the origin of the cavities observed in cheeses of the Emme… — Where milk comes from: cow to carton,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the origin of the cavities observed in cheeses of the Emmental type. Exam question 3 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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 3 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…

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Ascertain the origin of the cavities observed in cheeses of the Emmental type.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, observe · **To what, where:** origin, cavities, cheeses

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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/341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the origin of the cavities observed in cheeses of the Emmental type.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cavities	cavity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cheeses	cheese	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Emmental	emmental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 origin of the cavities |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic |
| 2 | **observe** | participle |  | the cavities *not said here* |  | cheeses of the Emmental type |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gas produced by bacteria during the ripening of the cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:e3:o1:1
# text = Gas produced by bacteria during the ripening of the cheese
1	Gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:agent	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ripening	ripening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | participle |  | Gas *not said here* |  |  | during the ripening of the cheese |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ripen** |  |  | the cheese |  |  |  |  | nom ripening «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The consumption of the cheese by rodents during storage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:e3:o2:1
# text = The consumption of the cheese by rodents during storage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rodents	rodent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	storage	storage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  |  | the cheese by rodents |  |  | during storage |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient during=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The deliberate perforation of the cheese by its maker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:e3:o3:1
# text = The deliberate perforation of the cheese by its maker
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	perforation	perforation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The evaporation of whey from the surface of the cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:e3:o4:1
# text = The evaporation of whey from the surface of the cheese
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	whey	whey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evaporate** |  |  | whey |  | the surface of the cheese |  |  | nom evaporation «process transitive»: of=patient from=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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