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title: the queen was lowkey nosy, she hid in the room to peek at the nurse — Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

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the queen was lowkey nosy, she hid in the room to peek at the nurse

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** queen, she · **What happens:** be, hide, peek · **To what, where:** room

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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/2073-pg976-part32/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t6:1
# text = the queen was lowkey nosy, she hid in the room to peek at the nurse
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	peek	peek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the queen |  |  |  |  | lowkey, nosy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | past | she |  |  | the room |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
| 3 | **peek** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the nurse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at nurse=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Metanira hid in the room where the nurse slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t6:o1:1
# text = Metanira hid in the room where the nurse slept
1	Metanira	Metanira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Metanira |  |  | the room |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the nurse |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Metanira hid in the room where the nurse slept to spy on her at night

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t6:o2:1
# text = Metanira hid in the room where the nurse slept to spy on her at night
1	Metanira	Metanira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	spy	spy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Metanira |  |  | the room |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the nurse |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spy** | to-infinitive | the nurse *not said here* |  |  |  | night | on nurse | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Metanira hid in the garden and watched the nurse through the window of the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t6:o3:1
# text = Metanira hid in the garden and watched the nurse through the window of the palace
1	Metanira	Metanira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Metanira |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | past | Metanira *not said here* | the nurse |  | the window of the palace |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Metanira watched from the hallway door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:t6:o4:1
# text = Metanira watched from the hallway door
1	Metanira	Metanira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hallway	hallway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | Metanira |  |  | the hallway door |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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