# PART 1:  Per-column pattern-matching values

    # when this column ...
           # has this value ...
                  # count it as a column match toward these pats ...

    0 => { -1 =>  [ 'pattern 1'              ] },
    1 => {  2 =>  [ 'pattern 1', 'pattern 2' ] },
    2 => {  3 =>  [ 'pattern 1'              ] },
    3 => {  4 =>  [ 'pattern 2', 'pattern 3' ] },
    5 => {  2 =>  [ 'pattern 3'              ] }


    # PART 2: Pattern sizes

    # this pattern ...
                   # requires this many column matches ...
    'pattern 1' => 3,
    'pattern 2' => 2,
    'pattern 3' => 2