--- title: A big seed has a hard, waterproof shell and air inside, and the plan… — Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra… · tree and pragmatics description: A big seed has a hard, waterproof shell and air inside, and the plant grows on beaches. How does it travel? Test 7 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 --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel A big seed has a hard, waterproof shell and air inside, and the plant grows on beaches. How does it travel? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big seed, plant · **What happens:** have, grow, travel · **To what, where:** hard waterproof shell, beaches This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A big seed has a hard, waterproof shell and air inside, and the plant grows on beaches. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t7:1 # text = A big seed has a hard, waterproof shell and air inside, and the plant grows on beaches. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 waterproof waterproof ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 inside inside ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a big seed | a hard waterproof shell and air | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient | | 2 | **grow** | present | the plant | | | beaches | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* How does it travel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t7:2 # text = How does it travel? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present · do-support | plant | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It hooks onto birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t7:o1:1 # text = It hooks onto birds 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hooks hook VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 onto onto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hook** | present | It | | | | | onto birds | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto bird=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It floats on the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t7:o2:1 # text = It floats on the sea 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 floats float VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | It | | | the sea | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sea=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is shot from a pod ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t7:o3:1 # text = It is shot from a pod 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 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 | | It | | a pod | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from pod=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It flies on the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t7:o4:1 # text = It flies on the wind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present | It | | | the wind | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wind=Location | **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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