--- title: Which measure of length was used to describe the stepsister's nose? — Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook… · tree and pragmatics description: Which measure of length was used to describe the stepsister's nose? Exam question 3 of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1576-pg540-part73/e3/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1576-pg540-part73/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the broth… Which measure of length was used to describe the stepsister's nose? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** use, describe, measure · **To what, where:** measure, nose, length This is exam question 3 of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» 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/1576-pg540-part73/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e3:1 # text = Which measure of length was used to describe the stepsister's nose? 1 Which which 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stepsister stepsister NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · passive | | which measure of length | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **describe** | to-infinitive | | the stepsister's nose | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 3 | **measure** | | | length | | | | | nom measure «act 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Measured in ells and yards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e3:o1:1 # text = Measured in ells and yards 1 Measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | participle | | | | ells and yards | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e3:o2:1 # text = Ells 1 Ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Long ells of cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e3:o3:1 # text = Long ells of cloth 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e3:o4:1 # text = Yards 1 Yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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