---
title: Why would a flower want only one kind of visitor? — Flowers and pollination · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would a flower want only one kind of visitor? Test 5 · ★★ 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/t5/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Flowers and pollination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/) / t5

# Test 5 · ★★ · Flowers and pollination

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why would a flower want only one kind of visitor?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flower · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** one kind

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t5:1
# text = Why would a flower want only one kind of visitor?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | would | a flower | one kind of visitor |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Other visitors steal the petals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t5:o1:1
# text = Other visitors steal the petals
1	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | Other visitors | the petals |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location petal=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So pollen goes to a flower of the same kind, not wasted on others

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t5:o2:1
# text = So pollen goes to a flower of the same kind, not wasted on others
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | pollen |  |  | a flower of the same kind |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to flower=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **not** **waste** | participle | pollen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on others *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on other=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It runs out of nectar far too fast when lots of different insects come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t5:o3:1
# text = It runs out of nectar far too fast when lots of different insects come
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
10	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | It |  |  | nectar |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out nectar=Trajectory |
| 2 | **come** | present | lots of different insects |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It does not like crowds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t5:o4:1
# text = It does not like crowds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | It | crowds |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crowd=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Flowers and pollination, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/t4/)
- next →: [Flowers and pollination, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/t6/)
- ↑ back to [Flowers and pollination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/)