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title: Why do seeds carry their own food store? — Parts of a plant and what each does · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do seeds carry their own food store? Test 8 of lesson 21 «Parts of a plant and what each does» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · Parts of a plant and what each does

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Why do seeds carry their own food store?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** seeds · **What happens:** carry · **To what, where:** own food store

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This is test 8 of lesson 21 «Parts of a plant and what each does» of the world 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/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t8:1
# text = Why do seeds carry their own food store?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present · do-support | seeds | seeds's own food store |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To feed the young plant before it has leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t8:o1:1
# text = To feed the young plant before it has leaves
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  | the young plant |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Recipient |
| 2 | **have** | present | plant | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To attract animals that eat roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t8:o2:1
# text = To attract animals that eat roots
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attract	attract	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | to-infinitive |  | animals |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present | animals | roots |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To feed the soil around the seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t8:o3:1
# text = To feed the soil around the seed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  | the soil |  | the seed |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To make the seed heavier, so it sinks into the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t8:o4:1
# text = To make the seed heavier, so it sinks into the soil
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the seed |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset seed=Product |
| 2 | **sink** | present | seed |  |  | the soil |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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