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title: Why might gorse pods burst on a hot dry day instead of a wet one? — Seeds and fruit and how they travel · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might gorse pods burst on a hot dry day instead of a wet one? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · Seeds and fruit and how they travel

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Why might gorse pods burst on a hot dry day instead of a wet one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gorse pods · **What happens:** burst

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This is test 7 of lesson 59 «Seeds and fruit and how they travel» 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/59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:t7:1
# text = Why might gorse pods burst on a hot dry day instead of a wet one?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	gorse	gorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pods	pod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	burst	burst	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | present | gorse pods |  |  |  | day | instead a wet one | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The pods are scared of thunder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:t7:o1:1
# text = The pods are scared of thunder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pods	pod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pods |  |  |  |  | of thunder; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hot days make the seeds jump by themselves, like fleas on a dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:t7:o2:1
# text = Hot days make the seeds jump by themselves, like fleas on a dog
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	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	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Hot days |  |  |  |  | like fleas; on a dog | tree rules |
| 2 | **jump** | present | the seeds |  |  |  |  | by seeds *= seed* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Trajectory |

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

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Dry, windy weather spreads seeds best, and pods twist as they dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:t7:o3:1
# text = Dry, windy weather spreads seeds best, and pods twist as they dry
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	pods	pod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	twist	twist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	dry	dry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Dry windy weather | seeds  best |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location seed=Theme |
| 2 | **twist** | present | pods |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **dry** | present | pods *= pod* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rain makes them explode too early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel:t7:o4:1
# text = Rain makes them explode too early
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	explode	explode	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Rain | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **explode** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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