Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1169 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, did the girl's buffalo actually fetch water like a boss or nah?
- 1. nah, he dropped the bucket in the lake — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he brought the bucket back full to the brim — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, he tipped the bucket over and ran off into the reeds — no support
- 4. yeah, but he spilt half of it — 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 ✗
bruv, why did the buffalo get so peckish, innit?
- 1. cos he ate all the beans — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos she never gave him nothing to eat — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. cos he was lazy — no support
- 4. cos she forgot to feed him — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, so the women spotted the hoof marks in the beans, yeah?
- 1. yeah, they spotted them and stayed put — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. yeah, they spotted them and ran off to the lake to tell the chief — score 6
- 3. nah, they saw the footprints but waited around for the men to come out — score 3
- 4. yeah, they saw them and ran home proper quick — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 729, line 20: «Old word: "espying" means spotting or noticing something, which is an old way of saying "seeing".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «espy» (+3); the same doer «old word» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
did the husband really shoot the buffalo, like, dead?
- 1. yeah, two shots in the chest — no support
- 2. nah, he only hit the leg and the buffalo ran off into the bush — no support
- 3. nah, he only wounded him — no support
- 4. yeah, one shot behind the ear and he was gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1158, line 1: «The princess's palace melts away, and her husband comes home to find it gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «husband» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
is the girl actually ill or nah, mate?
- 1. yeah, she's got pains all over and she's been in bed all day — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. nah, she's just a bit sad — no support
- 3. yeah, she's got a bad fever — no support
- 4. nah, she's proper gutted but she's fine — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 123, line 2: «She ignores the bread and the apple-tree, and Mother Holle hires her, but she gets lazier every day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
the girl's husband is dead scared of her, innit?
- 1. nah, he's dead chuffed with her — no support
- 2. nah, he's not scared at all, he just watches over her from the door — score 4
- 3. yeah, he's dead scared of her and hides in the shed whenever she shouts — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. yeah, he's a proper softie for her — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 241, line 18: «He does not tell of the feathers, but he bids her give the men back their savings: "leave them each their own."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «husband» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did she use to get the buffalo going again?
- 1. a sad song — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a reed, some oil, and a loud drum — no support
- 3. a bowl, deer fat, and a happy tune — no support
- 4. a horn, deer fat, and a sad song — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
so did the buffalo actually come back to life, or nah?
- 1. nah, he stayed down until the husband came back with a knife — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he shook his horns and stood up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, he got up and ran off — no support
- 4. nah, he just twitched a bit — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
why did the husband go and check on her at the shed, though?
- 1. cos he wanted his dinner — score -1
- 2. cos he wanted to check the buffalo was dead and that she had not run off — score 1
- 3. cos he was worried and nosy — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. cos he heard his wife crying and was worried she was truly hurt — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 398, line 3: «A boastful monkey and a sharp fox pass a graveyard, and the fox ends the lies with one clever remark, while a husband learns his wife was hated at home too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «learn» (+2); the same doer «husband» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
yo, did the villagers think the girl was super strong or nah?
- 1. yeah, they reckoned she was stronger than their girls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. nah, they reckoned she was weak and sickly, not strong like the men — score 7
- 3. yeah, they reckoned she was stronger than all the girls and boys put together in the whole village — score 7
- 4. nah, they reckoned she was weaker than their lads — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 950, line 20: «Old word: "vitriol" was an old name for a strong acid; today the word also means bitter, cruel talk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
when the girl sat with the head, was she, like, crying the whole time?
- 1. nah, she was singing softly to herself — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. yeah, she cried a bit then stopped — score 2
- 3. nah, she was just being moody with everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yeah, she was crying — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 978, line 10: «The girls sing about "green thyme" and "willow-tree", and "nobody thought any more of the Snow Man".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girls» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the buffalo's gonna be fine now, innit?
- 1. nah, not yet, she has to wait — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nah, not yet, she's got to try it again — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, he's up and about now — no support
- 4. nah, not yet, she's got to blow the horn and sing the dirge again — 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 ✗
Which action of the stranger girl, namely her attempt to restore the buffalo to life, is described in this passage?
- 1. She bandages the head with a cloth. — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. She sings a dirge. — no support
- 3. She rubs deer fat on the cut. — no support
- 4. She applies a horn, deer fat, and a dirge to the wound. — ✓ 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 1112, line 20: «Hard word: "damsel" is an old word for a young girl, and a "drake" is a male duck.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner does the husband's behaviour toward his wife differ from that of the other villagers?
- 1. He shouts at his wife and sends her to fetch water from the lake every morning. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. He is kind and generous to her. — score -3
- 3. He is afraid of his wife and watches her closely. — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. He is afraid of his wife and checks on her at night in the shed while she works. — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1110, line 18: «fact: His wife had warned him: "Beware, for Heaven's sake, of ever calling me a serpent."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following accurately describes the reason the buffalo is killed by the young man?
- 1. He charged at the women in the field. — score -3
- 2. He attacked the young man's wife. — no support
- 3. He stole the girl's bucket. — no support
- 4. He has raided the fields and eaten the village beans. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1169, line 7: «What: the buffalo eats beans from the fields, because "I am nearly starved; I have not touched food since I came here."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «beans» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «buffalo» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the principal consequence of the girl's third attempt at resuscitation?
- 1. The husband stops her and takes the head away. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. The villagers arrive and she continues the work after they are sent home for the night. — score 2
- 3. The buffalo's husband interrupts her and she continues the work. — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. The husband interrupts her and she sings the dirge while the buffalo stands and drinks from the lake. — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1169, line 4: «The girl pretends to be ill, takes the buffalo's head to the shed, and secretly tries to bring him back to life.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same thing acted on «head» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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