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title: Ascertain the principal purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. — Seeds and fruit and how they travel · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Exam question 4 of lesson 59 «Seeds and fruit and how they travel» 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 · Seeds and fruit and how they travel

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Ascertain the principal purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Svalbard Global Seed Vault · **What happens:** ascertain, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 59 «Seeds and fruit and how they travel» 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/59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	Svalbard	Svalbard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
8	Global	Global	PROPN	NNP	_	10	compound	_	_
9	Seed	Seed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Vault	Vault	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	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 purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the Svalbard Global 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 investigation of the effects of prolonged cold upon growth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:e4:o1:1
# text = The investigation of the effects of prolonged cold upon growth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	investigation	investigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	nmod	_	_
7	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | past | the investigation of the effects |  |  |  |  | upon growth; cold *property* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **investigate** |  |  | the effects |  |  |  |  | nom investigation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cultivation of vegetables beneath the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:e4:o2:1
# text = The cultivation of vegetables 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	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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** |  |  | vegetables |  |  |  | beneath the ice | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient beneath=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The commercial sale of seeds to visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:e4:o3:1
# text = The commercial sale of seeds to visitors
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	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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The preservation of seed samples against the loss of crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:e4:o4:1
# text = The preservation of seed samples against the loss of crops
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	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	samples	sample	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** |  |  | seed samples against the loss of crops |  |  |  |  | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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