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title: Identify the principal stimulus by which a bull is provoked to charg… — Pets and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal stimulus by which a bull is provoked to charge at a matador's cape. Exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Pets and farm animals

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Identify the principal stimulus by which a bull is provoked to charge at a matador's cape.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **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 7 «Pets and farm animals» of the myths 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal stimulus by which a bull is provoked to charge at a matador's cape.
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	matador	matador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	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 principal stimulus |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent stimulus=Theme |
| 2 | **provoke** | present · passive | the principal stimulus | a bull |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **charge** | to-infinitive | the principal stimulus *not said here* |  |  | a matador's cape |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The applause of the spectators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:e2:o1:1
# text = The applause of the spectators
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	applause	applause	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	spectators	spectator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The scent of the material

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:e2:o2:1
# text = The scent of the material
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	material	material	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 material |  |  |  |  | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The movement of the cape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:e2:o3:1
# 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 4 {#o4}

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The red colour of the cape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:e2:o4:1
# text = The red colour of the cape
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	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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**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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