def primitive(self):
        """
        Returns a primitive object representation for this container (which is a dict).

        WARNING: The returned container does not contain any markup or formatting metadata.
        """
        raw_container = raw.to_raw(self._navigable)

        # Collapsing the anonymous table onto the top-level container is present
        if '' in raw_container:
            raw_container.update(raw_container[''])
            del raw_container['']

        return raw_container