Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, part 24: the stone is fished back out of the sea

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1158 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 was the first to see the palace going all poof?

1. The king's whole royal household — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The princess's ladies-in-waiting — no support
3. The palace servants — no support
4. The princess's ladies — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did the bloke say his wife had done?

1. She'd betrayed him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She'd stolen his gold and fled to the sea — score 4
3. She'd sold his horse to the ogre — score 4
4. She'd ignored him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1158, line 7: «What: the palace walls and floors melt away, and the young man sees that his wife has "betrayed his trust."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Proper, where did the falcon find the ogre kipping?

1. On the sea shore — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. On a hill — score 7
3. In a cave — score 7
4. By the river bank — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1158, line 10: «The falcon flies so high that he "did not return for some hours" before he finds the ogre.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Dead funny, what did the cat reckon the ogre's palace was?

1. A hole — no support
2. A rat den — no support
3. A nest — no support
4. A rat city — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 722, line 19: «fact: The word "abode" means a home or dwelling, and "palace" is a grand house where a king or queen lives.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «palace» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, why did the cat get proper cheesed off in the river?

1. She'd been bitten by a big tunny — no support
2. She'd fallen in the cold river — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. She'd had a massive row over the stone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She'd lost the stone and her temper in the deep river — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 89, line 6: ««Shu-ya-las, ya maru» means «Sky-water ending. River come to», or «the rain is stopping, come down to the river».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the tunny whip out of his ear with his tail?

1. The pebble — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A shell — score 3
3. The stone — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A key — 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 559, line 15: «The Sirens' songs make men want to leap overboard, so Odysseus is lashed to the mast with "melted wax" in his crew's ears.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «ears» (+6). Against it: the same action «lash» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ain't it wild, how high did the falcon go?

1. High — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Up — no support
3. Way up in the sky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Above the tall trees — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1158, line 10: «The falcon flies so high that he "did not return for some hours" before he finds the ogre.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «falcon» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, who dropped the stone down to the cat?

1. The falcon — score 5
2. The cat — score 5
3. A rat — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. The head rat — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1158, line 15: «The rats send four of their cleverest members to fetch the stone, and the head rat drops it down to the cat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drop down» (+3); the same thing acted on «stone» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper sick, what did the rats chuck at the cat to wake her?

1. Ash — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Milk — score 1
3. Stones — score 1
4. Water — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1150, line 7: «WHAT: the children say, "The new one is the best of all," and the swan learns that all his trouble was worth it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «new one» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, what did the cat threaten to do to the river?

1. Drain it — no support
2. Poison the water — no support
3. Dry it — no support
4. Fill it with dirt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1158, line 17: «The cat threatens to fill the river with sand so that the fishes will die, unless they return her stone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «fill» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was the little fish in such a hurry about?

1. The old tunny's tail and fins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A fish — no support
3. The stone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The falcon — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, where did the falcon sit to dry his wings?

1. On a rock — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. In a tree — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Ashore — score 5
4. On sand — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 12, line 13: «The Cheshire Cat is sitting on a bough (a branch) of a tree; it looks good-natured but has "very long claws and a great many teeth", so Alice thinks it "ought…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4); the same doer «cheshire cat» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the young man dispose of his wife at the gates of the king's palace?

1. He departed and left her there alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. He wandered off into the forest and left her standing alone at the gates — score -2
3. He went away and left her waiting there — score 1
4. He abandoned her at the gate — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 793, line 4: «On the road home she meets the laborer's wife, who tells her the boy is drowned, and Anne Lisbeth says nothing about her own grief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the falcon ascertain the whereabouts of the ogre?

1. By flying to a great height — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By sight — no support
3. By asking the passing rats — no support
4. By searching the sea floor — 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 ✗

Which object was the cat instructed to obtain from the ogre's chamber?

1. A stone with carved marks — no support
2. A stone bearing engraved signs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A ring — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. A gem — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 21: «Old word: a "mouser" is a cat that hunts mice; "cuff" means to hit with the open hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cat» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

How was the stone ultimately recovered from the river?

1. By a tunny who released it from his ear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. By a whole school of fish who pulled it out of the riverbed with their fins — no support
3. By a falcon who swooped down from above — no support
4. By the cat who dove under water — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1158, line 18: «The tunny finds the stone still in his ear, because he fell asleep when he got home and forgot about it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «ear» (+2); the same doer «tunny» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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