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description: Identify the stimulus to which a bull principally responds when it charges the cape of the matador. Exam question 2 of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

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Identify the stimulus to which a bull principally responds when it charges the cape of the matador.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, bull, stimulus · **What happens:** identify, respond, charge · **To what, where:** stimulus, cape

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:e2:1
# text = Identify the stimulus to which a bull principally responds when it charges the cape of the matador.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stimulus	stimulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	responds	respond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	charges	charge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	matador	matador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stimulus |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent stimulus=Theme |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | a bull |  |  |  |  | to the stimulus; principally *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=Theme |
| 3 | **charge** | present | stimulus | the cape of the matador |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location cape=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The movement of the cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:e2:o1:1
# text = The movement of the cloth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** |  |  | the cloth |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The odour of the coloured cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:e2:o2:1
# text = The odour of the coloured cloth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	odour	odour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rough texture of the cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:e2:o3:1
# text = The rough texture of the cloth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	texture	texture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The red colour of the cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:e2:o4:1
# text = The red colour of the cloth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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