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description: In the narrative, what implement does Alnaschar conceal beneath his garment before confronting the old woman? Exam question 1 of lesson 195 «Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar…

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In the narrative, what implement does Alnaschar conceal beneath his garment before confronting the old woman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alnaschar · **What happens:** conceal, confront · **To what, where:** narrative, old woman

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 195 «Arabian Nights, The Barber's Brothers, part 35: Alnaschar takes revenge, then is robbed and banished; Schacabac meets a Barmecide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/195-pg128-part35/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e1:1
# text = In the narrative, what implement does Alnaschar conceal beneath his garment before confronting the old woman?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	Alnaschar	Alnaschar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	confronting	confront	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | present · do-support | Alnaschar |  |  | the narrative |  | beneath Alnaschar's garment | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in narrative=Location |
| 2 | **confront** | gerund | Alnaschar *not said here* | the old woman |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |

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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 cane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e1:o1:1
# text = a cane
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a sabre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e1:o2:1
# text = a sabre
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a rod

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e1:o3:1
# text = a rod
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a dagger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:195-pg128-part35:e1:o4:1
# text = a dagger
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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