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title: What quantity of salt did Esben introduce into the witch's porridge… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben an… · tree and pragmatics
description: What quantity of salt did Esben introduce into the witch's porridge pot? Exam question 2 of lesson 1658 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben and the Witch, part 47: Esben steals the witch's lamp and is sent for a coverlet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben and the Witch, part 47…

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What quantity of salt did Esben introduce into the witch's porridge pot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quantity · **What happens:** introduce · **To what, where:** porridge pot

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1658 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Esben and the Witch, part 47: Esben steals the witch's lamp and is sent for a coverlet» 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/1658-pg5615-part47/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e2:1
# text = What quantity of salt did Esben introduce into the witch's porridge pot?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Esben	Esben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	introduce	introduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	porridge	porridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | past · do-support | what quantity of salt |  |  | the witch's porridge pot |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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a cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e2:o1:1
# text = a cup
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	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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a handful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e2:o2:1
# text = a handful
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	handful	handful	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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a pinch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e2:o3:1
# text = a pinch
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a bushel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1658-pg5615-part47:e2:o4:1
# text = a bushel
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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