sentient to nonsentient lifecycle

This was an idea I had for an alien life form but i thought it made so little sense for a science-based story that I didn't further it.

The idea is a tree-like life form that instead of bearing fruit or releasing its seeds to be caught by the wind, the seeds or fruit were a mobile sentient creature, that has a short amount of time to travel as far from the tree as possible, burry itself in a suitable location where it will die but a new tree will grow out of its body.

I could have fun designing the tree and life form but I don't think something like this could evolve or exist.

What are the chances something like this could evolve or does it make no evolutionary sense?

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