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title: In what location did Rikki-tikki discover the concealed cobra eggs? — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what location did Rikki-tikki discover the concealed cobra eggs? Exam question 1 of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co…

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In what location did Rikki-tikki discover the concealed cobra eggs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** location, Rikki tikki · **What happens:** do, discover, conceal · **To what, where:** concealed cobra eggs

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» 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/623-pg236-part24/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e1:1
# text = In what location did Rikki-tikki discover the concealed cobra eggs?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Rikki	Rikki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	tikki	tikki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	discover	discover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
11	cobra	cobra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | location |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **discover** | present | Rikki tikki | the concealed cobra eggs |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic |
| 3 | **conceal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Hidden in the litter of dry straw just above the melon patch by the wall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e1:o1:1
# text = Hidden in the litter of dry straw just above the melon patch by the wall
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	above	above	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the litter of dry straw above the melon patch |  | by the wall | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in litter=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Beneath the old straw bedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e1:o2:1
# text = Beneath the old straw bedding
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Among the litter above the melons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e1:o3:1
# text = Among the litter above the melons
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	melons	melon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Among the litter above the melons in the garden bed by the veranda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e1:o4:1
# text = Among the litter above the melons in the garden bed by the veranda
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	melons	melon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	veranda	veranda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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