QUES:  So, would the answer to "How many years did it take James Joyce to write Ulysses ?" be an abbreviation, an entity, a human, a human, a description, or a numeric value?
ANS: numeric

QUES:  So, would the answer to "What was the name of the horse that fell on Queen Elizabeth , Prince Albert 's wife ?" be an abbreviation, an entity, a human, a human, a description, or a numeric value?
ANS: entity

QUES:  So, would the answer to "How many feet long is a baseball pitcher 's rubber ?" be an abbreviation, an entity, a human, a human, a description, or a numeric value?
ANS: numeric

QUES:  So, would the answer to "What does the word `` meta '' mean ?" be an abbreviation, an entity, a human, a human, a description, or a numeric value?
ANS:
description