--- title: Was Rikki-tikki sleeping on the job when he got back? — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Rikki-tikki sleeping on the job when he got back? Test 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 the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co… Was Rikki-tikki sleeping on the job when he got back? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rikki tikki, he · **What happens:** be, sleep, get back · **To what, where:** Rikki tikki, job This is test 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t4:1 # text = Was Rikki-tikki sleeping on the job when he got back? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 Rikki Rikki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tikki tikki NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Rikki tikki | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sleep** | gerund | Rikki tikki *not said here* | | | the job | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get back** | past | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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} Nah, he went right after the snake into her hole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t4:o1:1 # text = Nah, he went right after the snake into her hole 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | snake's hole | after the snake | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hole=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he was snoozing away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was snoozing away 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 snoozing snooze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snooze away** | past · progressive | he | | | | | away *property* | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he went after the snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, he went after the snake 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | after the snake | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he slept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he slept 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | he | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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