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title: Which of the following is designated by the term pollination? — Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is designated by the term pollination? Exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» 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 right.
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# Exam question 2 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel

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Which of the following is designated by the term pollination?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** following · **What happens:** follow, designate

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/23-flowers-and-seeds/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:e2:1
# text = Which of the following is designated by the term pollination?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pollination	pollination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | present · passive | following |  |  |  |  | by the term pollination | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |

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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 dispersal of seeds by the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:e2:o1:1
# text = The dispersal of seeds by the wind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disperse** |  | the wind | seeds |  |  |  |  | nom dispersal «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The germination of a seed in the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:e2:o2:1
# text = The germination of a seed in the soil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	germination	germination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **germinate** |  |  | a seed in the soil |  |  |  |  | nom germination «process transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The conveyance of pollen to the pistil of a flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:e2:o3:1
# text = The conveyance of pollen to the pistil of a flower
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pistil	pistil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** |  |  | pollen |  |  |  | to the pistil of a flower | nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The growth of a fruit from the ovary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:e2:o4:1
# text = The growth of a fruit from the ovary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ovary	ovary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** |  | a fruit from the ovary |  |  |  |  |  | nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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