--- title: What is the approximate meaning of the term "sludge" as used in the… — Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the bla… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the approximate meaning of the term "sludge" as used in the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 587 «Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and ends up as a light between heaven and earth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/e4/) [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/) / [Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the bla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the B… What is the approximate meaning of the term "sludge" as used in the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** approximate meaning · **What happens:** be, use, mean · **To what, where:** approximate meaning, passage, term This is exam question 4 of lesson 587 «Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and ends up as a light between heaven and earth» 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/587-pg2306-part23/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:e4:1 # text = What is the approximate meaning of the term "sludge" as used in the passage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 sludge sludge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the approximate meaning of the term | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | participle | | the approximate meaning of the term *not said here* | | the passage | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | | | the term | | | | | nom meaning «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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} a heavy iron tool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:e4:o1:1 # text = a heavy iron tool 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} a hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:e4:o2:1 # text = a hammer 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:e4:o3:1 # text = a mud 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a heavy sledge hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:e4:o4:1 # text = a heavy sledge hammer 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 hammer hammer 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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