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title: Why do grasses not bother with bright petals? — Flowers and pollination · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do grasses not bother with bright petals? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Flowers and pollination

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Why do grasses not bother with bright petals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grasses · **What happens:** not bother

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» 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/58-flowers-and-pollination/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t4:1
# text = Why do grasses not bother with bright petals?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	grasses	grass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bother** | present · do-support | grasses |  |  |  |  | with bright petals | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Grasses are too poor to make colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t4:o1:1
# text = Grasses are too poor to make colour
1	Grasses	grass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grasses |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Grasses *not said here* | colour |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset colour=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bright petals would be eaten by cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t4:o2:1
# text = Bright petals would be eaten by cows
1	Bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would · passive | cows | Bright petals |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grass petals are hidden underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t4:o3:1
# text = Grass petals are hidden underground
1	Grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · passive |  | Grass petals |  |  |  | underground *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The wind carries their pollen, and the wind does not see colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t4:o4:1
# text = The wind carries their pollen, and the wind does not see colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | the wind | their pollen |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **see** | present · do-support | the wind | colour |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |

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