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title: A sunflower head has 55 spirals one way. What does that tell you? — Flowers and pollination · tree and pragmatics
description: A sunflower head has 55 spirals one way. What does that tell you? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · Flowers and pollination

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A sunflower head has 55 spirals one way. What does that tell you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sunflower head, that · **What happens:** have, tell · **To what, where:** 55 spirals, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sunflower head has 55 spirals one way.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t6:1
# text = A sunflower head has 55 spirals one way.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sunflower	sunflower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	spirals	spiral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a sunflower head | 55 spirals  one way |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spiral=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does that tell you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t6:2
# text = What does that tell you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is 55 days old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t6:o1:1
# text = It is 55 days old
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  | day | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has 55 seeds only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t6:o2:1
# text = It has 55 seeds only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | 55 seeds |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Its tiny flowers and seeds are packed in a special spiral pattern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t6:o3:1
# text = Its tiny flowers and seeds are packed in a special spiral pattern
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	spiral	spiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | present · passive |  | Its tiny flowers and seeds |  | a special spiral pattern |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in pattern=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It has been visited by 55 bees, and each one left behind a spiral track

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:t6:o4:1
# text = It has been visited by 55 bees, and each one left behind a spiral track
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	visited	visit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	spiral	spiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present · perfect · passive | 55 bees | It |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | each one *not said here* |  | a spiral track |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind track=Location |

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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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