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title: Identify the principal stimulus which provokes a bull to charge the… — Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cap… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal stimulus which provokes a bull to charge the cape of a matador. Exam question 2 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 2 · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

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Identify the principal stimulus which provokes a bull to charge the cape of a matador.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal stimulus · **What happens:** identify, provoke, charge · **To what, where:** principal stimulus, bull, cape

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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/209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal stimulus which provokes a bull to charge the cape of a matador.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stimulus	stimulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	provokes	provoke	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	matador	matador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 principal stimulus |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent stimulus=Theme |
| 2 | **provoke** | present | the principal stimulus | a bull |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bull=Experiencer |
| 3 | **charge** | to-infinitive | the principal stimulus *not said here* | the cape of a 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 {#o1}

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The sound of the crowd alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e2:o1:1
# text = The sound of the crowd alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	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	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The movement of the cape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e2:o2:1
# text = The movement of the cape
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	cape	cape	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 cape |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The odour of the fabric

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e2:o3:1
# text = The odour of the fabric
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	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fabric	fabric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 colouration of the cape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e2:o4:1
# text = The red colouration of the cape
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	colouration	colouration	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	cape	cape	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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