the way water supports a boat crossing a river the way a flagpole supports a flag in the schoolyard the way bookends support books on a shelf the way a belt supports pants on a person's waist
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: Which is most like the way a stem supports a flower?
Possibilities:
- the way water supports a boat crossing a river
- the way a flagpole supports a flag in the schoolyard
- the way bookends support books on a shelf
- the way a belt supports pants on a person's waist

the way a flagpole supports a flag in the schoolyard