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title: To which city is the dispute of the two brothers ultimately referred… — Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brother… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which city is the dispute of the two brothers ultimately referred for judgement? Exam question 1 of lesson 1307 «Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor brother jumps from the wall onto a sick old man, and two sons drag him to court» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor…

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To which city is the dispute of the two brothers ultimately referred for judgement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, refer · **To what, where:** dispute, two brothers

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1307 «Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor brother jumps from the wall onto a sick old man, and two sons drag him to court» of the books 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/books/1307-pg3454-part32/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:e1:1
# text = To which city is the dispute of the two brothers ultimately referred for judgement?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the dispute |  |  |  | to which city; of the two brothers | tree rules |
| 2 | **refer** | participle |  | the two brothers *not said here* |  |  |  | for judgement; ultimately *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Lisbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:e1:o1:1
# text = Lisbon
1	Lisbon	Lisbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Beja

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:e1:o2:1
# text = Beja
1	Beja	Beja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Evora

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:e1:o3:1
# text = Evora
1	Evora	Evora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coimbra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:e1:o4:1
# text = Coimbra
1	Coimbra	Coimbra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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