--- title: By what means did Rikki-tikki ultimately recover the final egg from… — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Rikki-tikki ultimately recover the final egg from the cobra? Exam question 4 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 t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co… By what means did Rikki-tikki ultimately recover the final egg from the cobra? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, recover · **To what, where:** Rikki tikki, final egg · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e4:1 # text = By what means did Rikki-tikki ultimately recover the final egg from the cobra? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 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 4 obj _ _ 8 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 recover recover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cobra cobra NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | Rikki tikki | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tikki=Eventuality | | 3 | **recover** | present | | the final egg | | | | from the cobra; ultimately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent egg=Theme from cobra=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He took it while she turned away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e4:o1:1 # text = He took it while she turned away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | He | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **turn away** | past | she | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He stole the egg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e4:o2:1 # text = He stole the egg 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | He | the egg | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He seized it while she was turned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e4:o3:1 # text = He seized it while she was turned 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | He | it | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | past · passive | | she | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} He grabbed it fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:e4:o4:1 # text = He grabbed it fast 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | He | it | | | | fast *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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