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title: Who's the real hero of this bit, mate? — Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brother… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's the real hero of this bit, mate? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor…

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Who's the real hero of this bit, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real hero

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t12:1
# text = Who's the real hero of this bit, mate?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the real hero |  |  |  | of this bit | tree rules |

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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 poor brother, who still helped the mule out of the swamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t12:o1:1
# text = The poor brother, who still helped the mule out of the swamp
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | the poor brother |  | the mule | the swamp | still |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The poor brother, who still helped the mule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t12:o2:1
# text = The poor brother, who still helped the mule
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | the poor brother |  | the mule |  | still |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rich brother, who helped the mule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t12:o3:1
# text = The rich brother, who helped the mule
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | the rich brother |  | the mule |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The poor brother, who fed the farmer's wife and still helped the mule

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1307-pg3454-part32:t12:o4:1
# text = The poor brother, who fed the farmer's wife and still helped the mule
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | the poor brother |  | the farmer's wife |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | past | the poor brother *not said here* |  | the mule |  | still |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Beneficiary |

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