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それで起きるほど

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Hi. Please have a look at the circled part.
How should I understand the ほど there? It doesn't seem that it is the same usage as in 試験ほど嫌なものはない。.
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Thank you.
 
ほど【程】 の解説
[副助](名詞、名詞的な語、活用語の連体形などに付く)

2 ある事柄をあげることによって、動作や状態の程度を表す。…くらい。「二人は驚く程似ている」

3 打消しの意を表す語と呼応して、程度を比較する基準を表す。…くらい。「きのう程暑くはない」「彼程正直な人はいない」


試験ほど嫌なものはない。 is the definition #3, and the one in the book is #2.
 
Thank you. So how can I translate or semantically connect the two clauses それで起きるほど and 五河琴里一三歳の眠りは浅くはない?
 
Thank you again. So the opposite of the example could be phrased like 五河琴里一三歳の眠りはそれで起きるほど浅い。. Is it grammatically correct?
 
Yes, that's perfectly correct. Incidentally, それで起きないほど、五河琴里一三歳の眠りは深い。 "Her sleep is as deep as she is not woken up by that." is for the same meaning as the original.
 
Thank you again. By the way, is 五河琴里一三歳の眠りはそれで起きるほど浅くはない also grammatically correct? (the circled part can be inserted between 眠りは and 浅くはない in the original sentence?)
 
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