--- title: Them ants came down to check, for real? — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics description: Them ants came down to check, for real? Test 9 · ★ 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's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co… Them ants came down to check, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ants · **What happens:** come down, check This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t9:1 # text = Them ants came down to check, for real? 1 Them them DET DT PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | them ants | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | them ants *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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, they came down to check on the eggs and the melons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t9:o1:1 # text = Nah, they came down to check on the eggs and the melons 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | they | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | the eggs and the melons | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on egg=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, to check the eggs out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t9:o2:1 # text = Yeah, to check the eggs out 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check out** | to-infinitive | | the eggs | | | | out *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, they came down to see if the snakes were really dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t9:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they came down to see if the snakes were really dead 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | they | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the snakes | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, to see if it was true ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, to see if it was true 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | **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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