--- title: how do dandelion seeds get about — Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra… · tree and pragmatics description: how do dandelion seeds get about Test 11 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/t11/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/) / t11 # Test 11 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel how do dandelion seeds get about **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dandelion seeds · **What happens:** get about This is test 11 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» 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/23-flowers-and-seeds/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t11:1 # text = how do dandelion seeds get about 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 dandelion dandelion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get about** | present · do-support | dandelion seeds | | | | | about *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} They are shot out of a pod ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t11:o1:1 # text = They are shot out of a pod 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pod pod NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | present · passive | | They | | a pod | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme out pod=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The wind carries them ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t11:o2:1 # text = The wind carries them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | the wind | them *= they* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They float down rivers ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t11:o3:1 # text = They float down rivers 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float down** | present | They | rivers | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They stick to animals' fur ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t11:o4:1 # text = They stick to animals' fur 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stick stick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | present | They | | | | | to animals's fur | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to fur=Co-Patient | **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. 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