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title: Identify the principal reason for which a bull charges at the cape i… — Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a bull charges at the cape in the arena. Exam question 1 of lesson 287 «Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Exam question 1 · Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat

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Identify the principal reason for which a bull charges at the cape in the arena.

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 287 «Farm animals: milk, eggs, wool and meat» 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/287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a bull charges at the cape in the arena.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	charges	charge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	arena	arena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **charge** | present | a bull |  |  | the cape |  | for the principal reason; in the arena | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at cape=Trajectory |

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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 trumpets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:e1:o1:1
# text = The sound of the trumpets
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	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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, the animal being unable to perceive red distinctly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:e1:o2:1
# text = The movement of the cape, the animal being unable to perceive red distinctly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the movement of the cape and the animal |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **perceive** | to-infinitive | the movement of the cape and the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | distinctly, red *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **move** |  |  | the cape and the animal |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The scent of the matador

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:e1:o3:1
# text = The scent of the matador
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scent	scent	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	matador	matador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scent** |  |  | the matador |  |  |  |  | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An innate aversion to the colour red, which provokes the animal to fury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat:e1:o4:1
# text = An innate aversion to the colour red, which provokes the animal to fury
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	innate	innate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	aversion	aversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	provokes	provoke	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provoke** | present | a innate aversion to the colour red | the animal |  |  |  | to fury | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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