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title: Did Esben help the brothers with a load of peas or a bag of sweets? — Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Esben help the brothers with a load of peas or a bag of sweets? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

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Did Esben help the brothers with a load of peas or a bag of sweets?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Esben · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** brothers

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» 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/1657-pg5615-part46/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t10:1
# text = Did Esben help the brothers with a load of peas or a bag of sweets?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Esben	Esben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past · do-support | Esben |  | the brothers |  |  | with a load of peas or a bag of sweets | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary with load=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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peas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t10:o1:1
# text = peas
1	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t10:o2:1
# text = rice
1	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t10:o3:1
# text = sweets
1	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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beans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t10:o4:1
# text = beans
1	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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