Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1224 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo why did koane even want that milk, was he just being lowkey dramatic?

1. yeah he was being a total crybaby about it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah he was just really thirsty lol — no support
3. yeah he was being a total crybaby and refused to move from the hut at all — no support
4. nope he was honestly just super thirsty and the milk was the only thing that mattered to 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol so thakane just chopped the tree?? like with an axe??

1. yep, tiny bowl first then full on whack — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yep he used an axe for the tree and then it fell down in the field — score 1
3. nah the tree came down with a stone, he had already dropped the bowl — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. nope, he used a little spear thing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 763, line 14: «Her last words are "If I die, bury me under the juniper-tree," and her husband does as she asks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «last words» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the parents drank from their hands?? that's so gross but kinda cute

1. nah they used the big clay pot and passed it around the village circle slowly — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. ya they cupped their hands and then the whole family drank together around the fire — no support
3. ya they made a cup and went for it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. ya they scooped it up with a leaf — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1088, line 3: «Deep in the forest the parents slip away along a by-path, and the brothers are left alone, crying loudly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «parents» (+2); the same action «slip away» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

bruh why'd dad put red sheepskins on her??

1. cause he was mad and wanted her to look like a sacrifice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. cause it was like the ogre's dress code lol — no support
3. cause he was mad and wanted her to look cursed — score 1
4. cause he was mad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 161, line 2: «explain: He found out she had deceived him, so he had her put to death, and then he swore that all women were wicked.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

was the bunny the one talking first lol

1. yup the rabbit started singing the warning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah the eland was the first one talking — no support
3. nope the father started it and then the rabbit jumped in with its own warning — no support
4. yup the rabbit started singing the warning before anyone else spoke up at all — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

so does the rabbit actually get dad to stop??

1. yeah he finally turns around — no support
2. nah he just keeps walking — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. yeah he stops and talks to the rabbit for a long while about it — score 3
4. nope he just keeps walking faster — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 581, line 7: «What: Brer Rabbit claims he is "makin' dollar minnit" by keeping crows out of Brer Fox's pea patch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brer rabbit» (+2); the same action «keep» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

did the elands also freak out or nah

1. yeah they said the dad is the one for the ogre — score 4
2. yeah they were like wretched man, its you the ogre should eat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. nah they stayed calm and told the rabbit to ask the father again about his decision in private — score 4
4. nope they just stared at the rabbit quietly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1224, line 17: «The elands cry "Wretched man!" and say that the father is the one the ogre should eat.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «ogre» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but when dad says old enough to answer, is that like a total brush off

1. nope he's saying she's too young — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah he's just tired — no support
3. yeah he's basically saying ask her yourself — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah he's basically saying go away lol — 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 ✗

did thakane sleep or was she too scared lol

1. nah she stayed awake all night staring at the stars and worrying about her brothers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she slept till dawn cause she was super tired from walking all day long — no support
3. she didn't sleep cause she was scared — no support
4. she slept till dawn cause she was super tired — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the gazelles were up super early too, what's up with that

1. they were up early because of a storm and they sang when they noticed Thakane walking by — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. they lifted their heads when they saw her and then sang a long warning song about the ogre — score 4
3. they lifted their heads when they saw her and sang — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. they were up cause the lions were near — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1224, line 4: «On the road a rabbit, some elands and some gazelles all sing to ask why he gives away his child, and each time Thakane sings her answer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «elands» (+3); the same action «sing» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so did koane ever say sorry for the whole mess??

1. yeah he said sorry later — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nope never — no support
3. nope he just kept drinking — no support
4. the text doesn't say he did — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1040, line 10: «WHAT: At Moy Life a boy said, "He is fair and well shaped", and from then on he was called Fionn, the Fair One.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

why'd the bear sister help the boys with the moss tho

1. they asked nicely — score 6
2. she was bored — no support
3. she was their aunt and had to do it according to family rules and tradition — score 4
4. she felt sorry for them in their misery — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1193, line 9: «fact: Stalo's sons ran off because they were "so frightened at the sight," and they went to their mother on the pastures.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «sons» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so the brothers basically stayed home and took care of their little sis?

1. nah they went out to find the parents — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah they did and she forgot her parents — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah they left her alone and wandered into the forest looking for food for the whole week — score 3
4. yeah they did and she forgot her parents and wanted only to play with her brothers at home — score 6

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 1101, line 1: «The poor brother goes out to plough with the oxen, but he never waters or feeds them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor brother» (+2); the same property (+2); the same action «go out» (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal reason given by the father for conveying his daughter to the ogre?

1. She had touched the sacred tree which belonged to her mother and himself alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. She had broken a rule by touching the sacred tree of the family house — score 1
3. She had disobeyed her mother and touched the tree that the whole village guarded — score 2
4. She had touched the sacred tree which belonged to her mother and himself alone, so the ogre was owed a meal of her — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1219, line 18: «Old word: "reigning king" meant the king who was ruling at that time, so the ring was thought to belong to a royal father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «belong» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature first addressed the travellers with the formal question concerning the child?

1. The gazelle, lifting its slender head — no support
2. The rabbit, standing upon its hind legs — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. The rabbit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. The elands, bowing on their knees — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 254, line 3: «Poor Jack takes the left road to the first old man, who warns him not to stir all night while frogs and snakes crawl over him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «first old man» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What did Thakane's father instruct his servants to do after he had decided upon his course?

1. Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Return home with the cattle and all the servants safely — score 2
3. Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter and wanted no witnesses to the sacrifice at all — score 8
4. Gather all the servants and march them to the ogre's hut as an escort for his daughter's sad journey — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1188, line 8: «What they decide: "they must go into the world and seek their fortunes."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «boys» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the elands respond to Thakane's account of the milk?

1. They cried out loudly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. They ran away fast — no support
3. They lamented that the rabbit should have been the one to choose — no support
4. They cried out that the father was the one whom the ogre should consume — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1224, line 17: «The elands cry "Wretched man!" and say that the father is the one the ogre should eat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2); the same doer «elands» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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