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title: What is the precise length of the beard that the dwarf possesses, as… — Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the precise length of the beard that the dwarf possesses, as stated in the passage? Exam question 3 of lesson 788 «Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befriend a bear and free a dwarf from a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befri…

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What is the precise length of the beard that the dwarf possesses, as stated in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dwarf · **What happens:** be, possess, state · **To what, where:** precise length, passage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 788 «Grimm, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 64: two sisters befriend a bear and free a dwarf from a tree» 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/788-pg2591-part64/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:e3:1
# text = What is the precise length of the beard that the dwarf possesses, as stated in the passage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the precise length |  |  |  | of the beard | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | present | the dwarf |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:e3:o1:1
# text = Short
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A yard long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:e3:o2:1
# text = A yard long
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Three yards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:e3:o3:1
# text = Three yards
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	yards	yard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:788-pg2591-part64:e3:o4:1
# text = A foot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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