--- title: What measure of length is employed in the description of Dapplegrim'… — Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics description: What measure of length is employed in the description of Dapplegrim's descent into the earth? Exam question 2 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» of the books course of Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1561-pg540-part58/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1561-pg540-part58/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58… What measure of length is employed in the description of Dapplegrim's descent into the earth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dapplegrim · **What happens:** employ, measure, describe, descend · **To what, where:** measure, description, length, descent This is exam question 2 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» 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/1561-pg540-part58/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e2:1 # text = What measure of length is employed in the description of Dapplegrim's descent into the earth? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 Dapplegrim Dapplegrim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | present · passive | | what measure of length | | the description of Dapplegrim's descent | | into the earth | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **measure** | | | length | | | | | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **describe** | | | Dapplegrim's descent | | | | | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **descend** | | Dapplegrim | | | | | | nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} the ell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e2:o1:1 # text = the ell 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ell ell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e2:o2:1 # text = the yard 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the inch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e2:o3:1 # text = the inch 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e2:o4:1 # text = the foot 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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