The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant
Tests: 8 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1135 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 why did Makoma dive in that pool, was he just being reckless?
- 1. To show all the people of Senna that he was the strongest man alive — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To show everyone he was the strongest — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To prove he was brave — no support
- 4. Because the crocodiles had stolen his mother's goat and he wanted revenge — 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 ✗
Bruh, did the crocodiles actually kill him or what?
- 1. Nah, he beat them all and came out stronger, way bigger, and glowing — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Nah, he beat them and came out swole — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. Yeah, they almost got him but he crawled out totally wrecked and bleeding — no support
- 4. Yeah, he got bit lots — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 337, line 20: «Old word: "exterminated" means wiped out completely, and Peter has killed the pirates.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, the boy was tall already, right?
- 1. Nope, he grew up slowly — score 3
- 2. Yep, he was tall and strong from birth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Yep, he was tall and strong from birth and everyone already knew it — score 10
- 4. Nope, he was a small kid but grew super tall after the pool — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1135, line 6: «fact: Who: Makoma, a boy who is "very tall and strong" from his birth at Senna.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «birth» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
What did that giant even do for a living?
- 1. He made mountains by piling up rocks all day, like a total boss — score 6
- 2. He made mountains, like a boss — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. He hunted deer, pretty much — score 0
- 4. He was a huge giant who just sat around and stacked up hills for fun — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1135, line 18: «fact: The giant's name, Chi-eswa-mapiri, means "who makes the mountains," which is his job.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «mountains» (+2); the same action «make» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Did Makoma just beat the giant up?
- 1. Yeah, he hit him hard — score -1
- 2. He knocked him so small he begged — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Nah, he just wrestled him for a bit and then let him go free — score 2
- 4. Nah, he just talked — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1135, line 5: «He meets a giant who makes mountains, knocks him small with his hammer, and sacks him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «knock» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did the giant want to be a slave?
- 1. Cause he wanted cattle — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Cause he was scared — no support
- 3. Cause Makoma was way richer — score 0
- 4. Cause Makoma was way stronger — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 772, line 13: «Why: the giant wants to eat the man because "I have not had anything to eat for a long time."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Dude, what's in that sack, like seriously?
- 1. The giant, shrunk down tiny — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Lots of gold and the giant, all shrunk down tiny in there — no support
- 3. Some old crocodile bits — no support
- 4. The giant himself, shrunk down really tiny and totally humbled — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
Was Makoma's mum chill about him leaving?
- 1. Yeah, she said go be a hero — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, she said go far — no support
- 3. Nope, she told him stay — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was fine — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
Sheesh, how far did he walk after the crocodile thing?
- 1. Many moons, over hills and miles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Some weeks, over rivers — score 2
- 3. Many days, through forests — score 3
- 4. Just a day — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 14, line 7: ««It's always six o'clock now,» says the Hatter; Alice has a bright idea: «Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?», and the Hatter says yes; so…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did the people dig his name or what?
- 1. Yeah, they cheered his name — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Yeah, they sang it — score 3
- 3. Nope, they forgot it — score 3
- 4. Yeah, they cheered — score 0
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 852, line 7: «What: Ib got his money "out of the black earth," which means he earned it from mining or digging, a hint that he worked hard.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «money» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why does the hammer have a name, Nu-endo, lol?
- 1. Cause his granny named it years ago and it's been magic ever since, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cause it's his trusty weapon, like a sidekick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Cause it's his trusty weapon, like a sidekick that he talks to every day — no support
- 4. Cause it's his pet, sorta — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
Was the boy scared of the pool at all, real talk?
- 1. Yeah, he hesitated a lot — score 1
- 2. Yeah, he was super scared but jumped in anyway for his pride — score 1
- 3. Nah, he went in like it was nothing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Yeah, he was scared — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 299, line 7: «When he comes in, the furniture cries "Thankee! thankee!" or "cranky! cranky!" because there is so much of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come in» (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what's the big lesson in this part?
- 1. Family matters most here — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Listen to your elders — no support
- 3. Strength and nerve can win big things if you believe in yourself — no support
- 4. Strength and nerve can win big things — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the name of the town in which the hero Makoma was born?
- 1. Sena, located near the hills of Matabele — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Senna, situated on the banks of the Zambesi — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Senna, by the river — no support
- 4. Tete, situated on the banks of the Limpopo — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Describe the manner in which Makoma defeated the crocodiles of the deep pool.
- 1. He jumped in and killed them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He swam and stabbed them — no support
- 3. He waited on the bank until they came out and then struck them one by one — score 1
- 4. He leapt into the water and slew them — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 664, line 5: «The king's son frees the hairy man, the king orders the boy killed, and the hairy man later gives the boy three magic apples so he can join the king's army.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the reason why the giant Chi-eswa-mapiri consented to become a servant.
- 1. He was beaten by the strong blow — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was overcome by the blow of the hammer and could no longer stand upright — no support
- 3. He was overcome by the blow of the hammer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He surrendered to the hunters — 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 ✗
Identify the object which Makoma employed to strike the giant upon the head.
- 1. The sharp iron knife named Nu-endo which he kept hidden in his belt — score 2
- 2. The iron hammer named Nu-endo — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The heavy iron hammer named Nu-endo that his mother had given him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The old club — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 769, line 8: «What: the father sorrowfully says, "I have said I would give you to a wild lion."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «father» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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