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title: Yo, what does a bushel even mean, like the actual size? — Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what does a bushel even mean, like the actual size? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what does a bushel even mean, like the actual size?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean · **To what, where:** actual size

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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/1656-pg5615-part45/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t10:1
# text = Yo, what does a bushel even mean, like the actual size?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support |  | the actual size |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
an old basket-sized measure for grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t10:o1:1
# text = an old basket-sized measure for grain
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a large old measure of grain, roughly the size of a basket, used by farmers

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t10:o2:1
# text = a large old measure of grain, roughly the size of a basket, used by farmers
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a large old measure of grain and the size of a basket *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **measure** |  |  | grain |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a large old measure of grain, roughly the size of a barrel, used by farmers

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t10:o3:1
# text = a large old measure of grain, roughly the size of a barrel, used by farmers
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a large old measure of grain and the size of a barrel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **measure** |  |  | grain |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a heavy wooden box used for money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t10:o4:1
# text = a heavy wooden box used for money
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a heavy wooden box *not said here* |  |  |  | for money | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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