--- title: Why is a self-drilling seed useful on hard dry steppe ground? — Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a self-drilling seed useful on hard dry steppe ground? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 377 «Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime trees and steppe grasses» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime tree… Why is a self-drilling seed useful on hard dry steppe ground? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** drilling seed · **What happens:** drill, be · **To what, where:** hard dry steppe ground This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 377 «Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime trees and steppe grasses» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t11:1 # text = Why is a self-drilling seed useful on hard dry steppe ground? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 drilling drill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drill** | gerund | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | a drilling seed | | | hard dry steppe ground | | useful *property* | tree rules | 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} It makes the soil softer for cows ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t11:o1:1 # text = It makes the soil softer for cows 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 softer soft ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the soil | | | | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material soil=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It plants itself where it could not just fall in ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t11:o2:1 # text = It plants itself where it could not just fall in 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fall in** | could | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It helps the seed fly far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t11:o3:1 # text = It helps the seed fly far away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | the seed | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent seed=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | present | the seed *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It keeps birds from flying ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t11:o4:1 # text = It keeps birds from flying 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | birds | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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