--- title: What did Nagaina state as her reason for wishing the house emptied? — The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, par… · tree and pragmatics description: What did Nagaina state as her reason for wishing the house emptied? Exam question 2 of lesson 622 «The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhears the cobras' plot and waits to strike» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/622-pg236-part23/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/622-pg236-part23/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhear… What did Nagaina state as her reason for wishing the house emptied? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** do, wish, empty · **To what, where:** Nagaina state, house This is exam question 2 of lesson 622 «The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhears the cobras' plot and waits to strike» 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/622-pg236-part23/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:e2:1 # text = What did Nagaina state as her reason for wishing the house emptied? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Nagaina Nagaina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 wishing wish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 emptied empty VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Nagaina state | | | | as her reason | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality | | 2 | **wish** | gerund | her reason *not said here* | the house | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **empty** *not said to happen* | participle | her reason *not said here* | | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The eggs needed room and quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:e2:o1:1 # text = The eggs needed room and quiet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | the eggs | room | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot room=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The eggs wanted more space ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:e2:o2:1 # text = The eggs wanted more space 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the eggs | more space | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:e2:o3:1 # text = Room 1 Room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:e2:o4:1 # text = Quiet 1 Quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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