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It seems:

  * 動物: どうぶつ{LHHH}
  * 会社: かいしゃ{LHHH}
  * 学校: がっこう{LHHH}

Given that 好き is 尾高, すきな{LHL}, how are 好きな動物, 好きな学校, 好きな会社 pronounced?

I think I hear すきなどうぶつ{LHLHLLL}, not sure if it's that or すきなどうぶつ{LHLLLLL}.
What about the other two?
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好きな動物, 好きな学校, 好きな会社 pitch accent
First off, すきなどうぶつ{LHLHLLL} is impossible, that's just an issue with your
perception. (How well do you score on [this
site](https://kotu.io/tests/pitchAccent/perception/minimalPairs)? It should be
100%.)

As for すきなどうぶつ{LHLLLLL} vs すきなどうぶつ{LHLLHHH}, that's actually not a question of
pitch accent, but rather a question of **intonation** (whether you rise back
up for a word or not).

In this case, すきなどうぶつ{LHLLLLL} is more natural, but that isn't a general rule:
_it depends on the semantic relationship of the modifier and the following
word._

For example, if you have 白い雪が, that is said approximately しろいゆきが{LHLLHL},
because 白い is purely descriptive, it's not selecting one type of snow out of
multiple differently colored snow (at least normally...)

But if you are looking at a field of flowers and you want to say something
about the blue ones in particular, you would say 青い花は, that is said closer to
あおいはなは{LHLLLLL} (i.e., you don't raise back up for 花, despite it having an
accent on な.)

However, _big note_ , the HL notation is totally insufficient for notating
phrases and is omitting detail even in this very answer, because when
considering intonation for multiple accents, each accent is said at a
different height, so in reality you would need to use a more expressive
notation (like a graph, or honestly just an audio file).
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