--- title: where did Nag chill before the fight? — The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, par… · tree and pragmatics description: where did Nag chill before the fight? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/622-pg236-part23/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhear… where did Nag chill before the fight? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nag · **What happens:** chill This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t8:1 # text = where did Nag chill before the fight? 1 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Nag Nag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chill chill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chill** | past · do-support | Nag | | | | before the fight | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Hiding by the wall, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t8:o1:1 # text = Hiding by the wall, innit 1 Hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | | | | | | by the wall and innit | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Coiled up by the tap, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t8:o2:1 # text = Coiled up by the tap, bruv 1 Coiled coil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coil up** | participle | | | | | | by the tap and bruv | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by tap=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Coiled round the big jar, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t8:o3:1 # text = Coiled round the big jar, bruv 1 Coiled coil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 round round ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coil** | participle | | | | the big jar and bruv | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round jar=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Coiled round the big jar in the bathroom, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:622-pg236-part23:t8:o4:1 # text = Coiled round the big jar in the bathroom, bruv 1 Coiled coil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 round round ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coil** | participle | | | | the big jar in the bathroom and bruv | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round jar=Destination | **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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