--- title: What reason did Nagaina advance when she offered to depart if handed… — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason did Nagaina advance when she offered to depart if handed the egg? Exam question 3 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 th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/e3/) [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/) / [Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co… What reason did Nagaina advance when she offered to depart if handed the egg? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, Nagaina · **What happens:** advance, offer, depart, hand · **To what, where:** egg This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e3:1 # text = What reason did Nagaina advance when she offered to depart if handed the egg? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Nagaina Nagaina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 advance advance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | past · do-support | reason | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer what=Patient | | 2 | **offer** | past | Nagaina | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nagaina *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hand** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Nagaina *not said here* | the egg | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | 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} She would go away and never return ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e3:o1:1 # text = She would go away and never return 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | would | She | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **return** | infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} She would go away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e3:o2:1 # text = She would go away 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | would | She | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She would fly off and not return ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e3:o3:1 # text = She would fly off and not return 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | would | She | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **return** | infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She would leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e3:o4:1 # text = She would leave 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | would | She | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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