--- title: wait, where did the snakes chat about the plan? — The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, par… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, where did the snakes chat about the plan? Test 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 and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/622-pg236-part23/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhear… wait, where did the snakes chat about the plan? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, snakes · **What happens:** wait, chat This is test 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t2:1 # text = wait, where did the snakes chat about the plan? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 chat chat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the snakes | | | | | about the plan | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about plan=Topic | 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} In the garden, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t2:o1:1 # text = In the garden, bro 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Outside the bathroom, in the moonlight, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t2:o2:1 # text = Outside the bathroom, in the moonlight, innit 1 Outside outside ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Under the veranda, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t2:o3:1 # text = Under the veranda, innit 1 Under under ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 veranda veranda NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Outside the bathroom, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t2:o4:1 # text = Outside the bathroom, innit 1 Outside outside ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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