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title: what was she wearing so nobody could see her face? — Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was she wearing so nobody could see her face? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 6 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

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what was she wearing so nobody could see her face?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, nobody · **What happens:** wear, see · **To what, where:** face

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1311-pg3454-part36/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t6:1
# text = what was she wearing so nobody could see her face?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | could | nobody | her face |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |

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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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a plain shawl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t6:o1:1
# text = a plain shawl
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shawl	shawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a heavy silk hood pulled down low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t6:o2:1
# text = a heavy silk hood pulled down low
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hood	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull down** | participle |  | a heavy silk hood *not said here* |  |  |  | low *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a mask of painted wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t6:o3:1
# text = a mask of painted wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a veil of golden gauze round her head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t6:o4:1
# text = a veil of golden gauze round her head
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gauze	gauze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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