Question

the woman
the woman who works
the woman who works at that desk
who works at that desk
desk is absent
is absent today
this sentence contains no dependent clause

Answer 1

Dependent clauses have subjects and verbs and often start with: who, what, where which, that. Etc. I possibly think it can be D. If this clause is omitted, the remaining sentence still makes sense and has a subject and verb. I would classify answer D as a restrictive relative clause due to it being necessary to identify the exact woman in question.