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title: Why was the lady with the veil so mysterious? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the lady with the veil so mysterious? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc…

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Why was the lady with the veil so mysterious?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lady · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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/169-pg128-part9/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t8:1
# text = Why was the lady with the veil so mysterious?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the lady with the veil |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

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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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Because she was basically the enchantress in disguise all along, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t8:o1:1
# text = Because she was basically the enchantress in disguise all along, bro
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	along	along	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | the enchantress |  | disguise |  | basically *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She was hiding stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t8:o2:1
# text = She was hiding stuff
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | She | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She was a secret, lowkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t8:o3:1
# text = She was a secret, lowkey
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | a secret and lowkey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cause she was actually a queen hiding from her enemies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t8:o4:1
# text = Cause she was actually a queen hiding from her enemies
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a queen |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | a queen *not said here* |  |  | her enemies |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from enemy=Beneficiary |

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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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