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title: Which bro was the real hero, the littlest one? — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which bro was the real hero, the littlest one? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 459 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the youngest prince tricks Vikhor and frees his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the y…

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Which bro was the real hero, the littlest one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real hero

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 459 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the youngest prince tricks Vikhor and frees his mother» 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/459-pg22373-part51/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t3:1
# text = Which bro was the real hero, the littlest one?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	littlest	little	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which bro | the real hero and the littlest one |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Vasily, the youngest, who hid behind the cushions and grabbed the finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t3:o1:1
# text = Vasily, the youngest, who hid behind the cushions and grabbed the finger
1	Vasily	vasily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the youngest |  |  | the cushions |  | vasily *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind cushion=Location |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the youngest *not said here* | the finger |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The littlest one, Vasily, who did the whole thing alone, no cap, fr

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t3:o2:1
# text = The littlest one, Vasily, who did the whole thing alone, no cap, fr
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	littlest	little	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Vasily	vasily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the littlest one and no cap and fr | the whole thing |  |  |  | alone, vasily *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dmitri, the middle one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t3:o3:1
# text = Dmitri, the middle one
1	Dmitri	Dmitri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vasily, the youngest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t3:o4:1
# text = Vasily, the youngest
1	Vasily	vasily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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

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