--- title: Pea pods dry out and suddenly twist open. What does this do? — Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra… · tree and pragmatics description: Pea pods dry out and suddenly twist open. What does this do? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel Pea pods dry out and suddenly twist open. What does this do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pea pods, this · **What happens:** dry out, twist, do This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Pea pods dry out and suddenly twist open. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t8:1 # text = Pea pods dry out and suddenly twist open. 1 Pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pods pod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dry dry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 twist twist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry out** | present | Pea pods | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **twist** | infinitive | Pea pods *not said here* | | | | | open, suddenly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What does this do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t8:2 # text = What does this do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do 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 | **do** | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It pollinates the next flower ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t8:o1:1 # text = It pollinates the next flower 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pollinates pollinate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pollinate** | present | It | the next flower | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It attracts bees to the plant ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t8:o2:1 # text = It attracts bees to the plant 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 attracts attract VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | present | It | bees | | | | to the plant *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent bee=Patient to plant=Result | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It throws the seeds away from the plant ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t8:o3:1 # text = It throws the seeds away from the plant 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | present | It | the seeds | | the plant | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent seed=Theme from plant=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes the seeds inside grow much faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:23-flowers-and-seeds:t8:o4:1 # text = It makes the seeds inside grow much faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the seeds | | | | fast, inside *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | the seeds *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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