Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1137 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 ✗

Oi, who even was the giant, innit?

1. some proper ancient monster from the mountains who nobody dares to cross — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a proper huge dude who talks like thunder — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a massive dude who lives up in the clouds and grumbles all day long — no support
4. a huge fella who's dead tall and loud — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did Makoma smash the giant's leg with?

1. his mate Mulimo, the wooden club — no support
2. his mate Nu-endo, the iron hammer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. his big iron hammer they called Nu-endo, which he'd nicked from the giant's cave — no support
4. his mate Nu-endo, the iron hammer his dad forged — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1137, line 8: «What: Makoma beats the giant's leg with his iron hammer, Nu-endo, again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «makoma» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was the wasp called, mate?

1. Insato, the big snake king — no support
2. Makoma, the strong lad — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. some tiny bloke called Makoma, bruv, who was dead strong — score -4
4. Zengi-mizi, the proper clever one — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1136, line 6: «who: the hero is Makoma, and he calls himself "greater" than every giant he meets.», 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 «makoma» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead cool, why'd the python need saving?

1. cos it was trapped — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. cos a wicked hunter set a trap for it — no support
3. cos it was hungry — no support
4. cos the antelope got its horns stuck in the tree — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1137, line 15: «Who: Gopani-Kufa is a hunter who finds a python trapped by an antelope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trap» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «python» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for the hunter, yeah? What did he want as his reward?

1. the magic sword, Insato — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. the Wishing Mirror, Sipao, and then he wanted to go home — no support
3. the Wishing Mirror, Sipao — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. his share of gold — no support

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 1114, line 14: «Why the old man lets them go: he gets what he wants, and each time he says "see that you do it!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same action «want» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper sick, so where did Insato take him?

1. to the river — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. down a hole into Pita — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. under the river to home — score 6
4. over the hills to Pita — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1137, line 18: «Where: Insato leads him "deep into the earth" to Pita, his own country.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lead» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad, was the mirror just a normal mirror, innit?

1. no, it made wishes come true — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, it showed your reflection — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. no, it could bring back the dead and make the owner a king — no support
4. yes, it only showed your face — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 642, line 14: «The mirror shows the children "the whole of England, like a great puzzle map," with green dragons all over it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Who told the hunter to ask for the mirror, bruv?

1. the wise old wasp, Zengi-mizi, who lived in the rush basket — no support
2. the python king himself, Insato, who said the mirror was his — score 1
3. the wasp, Zengi-mizi — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the python, Insato — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 688, line 17: «Old word: A "crossbow-man" was a soldier who shot a crossbow, a bow fixed on a wooden stock; today we say archer or just a hunter with a bow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Was Makoma really dead after the giant threw him?

1. nah, he got way stronger instead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. nah, he just got back up slowly — no support
3. nah, the spirits of his fathers came down and carried him up into the clouds — score -2
4. yeah, he was dead for a while but then his brothers brought him back to life — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 742, line 13: «The tailor leaps down and says it is lucky they did not tear up the tree he sat in, or he "should have had to sprint on to another like a squirrel."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the fight with the giant end, mate?

1. no, both just stopped and walked off home — no support
2. no, the giant fell down dead and Makoma climbed back down to the valley to tell everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. yeah, both fell down and went up to the clouds — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, both fell down and then ran off to the caves to rest for a week before the next battle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 295, line 21: «At the end the boy says "that is no fairy tale", which shows he thinks the story was only about an ordinary old couple.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was the giant so lonely, like?

1. his people had all left him alone — score 1
2. he had been alone on the mountain for ages since all men fled from him in fear — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. there was no man as great as him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. his fathers had died and he had no sons to inherit his mountain or his name — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1032, line 5: «At the end, old Winter sits on a snowy hill and waits for the stork to return, so that spring can come again.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old winter» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did the king say when he heard about the mirror?

1. he sent his men out to find it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he laughed and went back to bed — score 1
3. he got worried — no support
4. he got proper troubled and started thinking — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1092, line 19: «Old words: "gendarmes" were armed police and "musketeers" were soldiers with muskets, both sent out by the King to hunt for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send out» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what land did Insato lead Gopani-Kufa beneath the earth?

1. the country of Zengi, ruled by a king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to the hills — no support
3. the land of Pita, ruled by Insato, which lay far beneath the roots of the mountains — no support
4. the land of Pita, ruled by Insato — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what material were the grains of dust in the streets of Pita composed?

1. crushed gold, silver and precious jewels of every kind — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. pure white ivory — no support
3. red clay and sand — no support
4. gold and silver — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did Makoma avoid death after being dashed upon the ground by Sakatirina?

1. he got up and wrestled more — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he crawled off and was healed — no support
3. he hid away — no support
4. he rose stronger and wrestled on — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Great Spirit Mulimo command the two heroes to do?

1. to rule the land of Pita — score -6
2. to live forever in the clouds with him and to never return to the earth — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. to climb the mountain and bring back the giant's treasure to the spirits of their fathers — score 2
4. to dwell with him in the clouds — ✓ the right answer · 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 1137, line 4: «The Great Spirit Mulimo takes both heroes up into the clouds, and they are never seen on Earth again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «clouds» (+6); the same doer «great spirit» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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