Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1083 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, so the miller's youngest bruv got what from his dad?

1. Just a mill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The cat — no support
3. Just the cat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only a donkey — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the cat ask for so he could look proper cool?

1. A bag — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A bag and boots — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Boots — score 5
4. A cap and gloves — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1083, line 8: «What: the cat asks for "a bag" and "a pair of boots" so he can "scamper thro' the dirt and the brambles".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «cat» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, how'd the cat catch them rabbits, like?

1. Played dead with bran in the bag — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Hid in the barn with oats — score 2
3. Pretended dead with corn inside — score 6
4. Played dead with bran in the bag and a rabbit trap — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1083, line 9: «What: the cat puts bran and sow-thistle in his bag and lies down "as if he had been dead".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Who got totally tricked by the rabbit thing, innit?

1. The Queen — score -4
2. Dad — score -4
3. The Cat — score -4
4. The King — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 255, line 10: «why: The apples are "the only things that would do him good" for his father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «only things» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «jack» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

What name did the cat give his master, dead posh?

1. The mighty Marquis of Carabas, son of the miller — score 5
2. The Marquis of Carabas, the lord of all these lands — score 5
3. The Marquis of Carabas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Marquis Carabas Junior — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 928, line 2: «The brother is also called Ole-Luk-Oie, though he is really Death, and he rides a horse through the town.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same thing acted on «brother» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did the cat shout at the river to get the King's attention?

1. He's drowning — no support
2. Help, my master's sinking — no support
3. Help, my lord's drowning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Help! — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 782, line 11: «The cats cry from a corner, "Au, miau! how cold we are!" and the youth calls them fools but invites them to the fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «cats» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, who did the princess fancy, big time?

1. The Ogre — no support
2. The princess — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. The King — score 1
4. The Marquis — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 989, line 16: «She first thinks the swans are "only foam," but she says "one can see that by their walk" that they belong to the goose species.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the cat threaten the mowers with, proper scary?

1. Mince-meat chopping with a great sharp axe — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Threat of a club — score 6
3. Mince-meat chopping — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Chopping with an axe — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 736, line 17: «The cat threatens: "one word more, and I will eat you too," and then she swallows the mouse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «threaten» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the cat hide the rogues' clothes, like his secret stash?

1. Under a big stone — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Under a big stone beside the river and the mill — score 4
3. Behind a big barrel — score 4
4. Inside an old chest — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 747, line 11: «Why: the old woman hides the girl because "they are eaters of men" and would kill her without mercy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same property (+2); the same doer «old woman» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted much? Where did the Ogre live, then?

1. In a stately castle on top of the high hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In a stately castle full of gold and hidden treasure rooms — no support
3. In a stately castle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. In a dark forest — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mega random, what could the Ogre turn himself into?

1. A lion — no support
2. A lion or an elephant — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A mouse or a snake — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. A bear or a wolf — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1059, line 5: «The Carl turns into a shining ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, and Fionn holds a feast for him, which ends the tale.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «tale» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah, how many partridges did the cat nab in one go?

1. 0 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Four — no support
3. 1 — no support
4. Two — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the King say the Marquis gave him?

1. Great pleasure at having met such a fine lord — score -5
2. Much delight — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Great pleasure — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Great happiness — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 718, line 4: «The king rides to the fairy Adolzaide, who gives him two ivory boxes, one marked Honour and Glory, the other Wealth and Happiness.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). Against it: the same receiver «king» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, where did the cat march when the King's coach came?

1. Right on before the King's coach down the road — no support
2. Off down the lane — no support
3. Right on before — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Down the road ahead — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 237, line 17: «Why: the old wife makes the girl wait three days, and on the third day a "coach-and-six" comes along the road.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «road» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following was bequeathed by the miller to his youngest son?

1. Hat — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The cat — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The mill — score 3
4. A mill — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1083, line 1: «The miller dies and leaves his youngest son nothing but his cat, which asks for a bag and a pair of boots.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3); the same doer «miller» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what stratagem did the cat secure the first rabbit?

1. By playing dead in the sack — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By feigning death within the bag — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By feigning death within the bag and waiting very still for hours — no support
4. By feigning death within the bag, after first tricking the miller's family — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What announcement did the cat instruct the reapers to make concerning the corn?

1. That it belonged to the Marquis of Carabas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That the field was owned by Carabas — no support
3. That it belonged to the Marquis of Carabas, the richest lord in all the land — no support
4. That it belonged to the Marquis of Carabas and his noble family for ever — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature did the Ogre undertake to become, according to the cat's inquiry?

1. A cat — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Bat — no support
3. A snake — no support
4. A lion — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 708, line 16: «The red coverlet is swapped for the white one, so the ogre seizes the father by mistake and "ate him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ogre» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «father» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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