Exam question 4 · Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the…

State the meaning of the archaic term "ell" as it is employed in the description of the Bushy Bride.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, employ, mean, describe · To what, where: meaning, description, archaic term, Bushy Bride

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 term	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 term	det
6	archaic	archaic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 term	amod
7	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 ell	punct
9	ell	ell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 term	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 ell	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 employed	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 employed	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 employed	aux:pass
14	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 State	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 description	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 description	det
17	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 employed	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 Bride	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Bride	det
20	Bushy	bushy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 Bride	amod
21	Bride	Bride	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 description	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the archaic term		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	employ	present · passive		meaning	the description of the Bushy Bride	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	mean			the archaic term		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	describe			the Bushy Bride		nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 unit	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unit	amod
3	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 measure	case
5	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 inches	punct
9	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	12 five	advmod
10	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 five	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 forty	punct
12	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 inches	nummod
13	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unit	conj

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

Option 2

An old unit of weight for gold, about three pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 unit	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unit	amod
3	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 weight	case
5	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pounds	punct
9	about	about	ADV	_	10 three	advmod
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pounds	nummod
11	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unit	conj

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

Option 3

The length of a king's arm, a measure of cloth used at court for weddings

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 length	det
2	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 arm	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arm	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 length	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 measure	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 measure	det
10	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 length	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 cloth	case
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 measure	nmod
13	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 measure	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 court	case
15	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 weddings	case
17	weddings	wedding	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a measure of cloth not said here		court		for weddings	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	measure			cloth					nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

An old unit of measure for cloth, roughly forty-five inches long and used by tailors

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 unit	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unit	amod
3	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 long	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 measure	case
5	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 inches	punct
9	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	12 five	advmod
10	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 five	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 forty	punct
12	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 inches	nummod
13	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 long	obl:unmarked
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 used	cc
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 long	conj
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 tailors	case
18	tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 used	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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