Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1242 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 ✗

Dude, how did she even find that plant in all that wind?

1. She crawled along the whole rock face, touching every crack until she found it at last — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. She felt around with her fingers in a crack — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. She had a map from the old gardener that showed exactly where it grew in the rock — no support
4. She sniffed around for the smell of it — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1114, line 1: «The old woman wakes and the ox is gone, so she runs home and finds it has dragged a bear up to the fence.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the crocodile just gave up and left?

1. Yeah, it sulked off into the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, it bit the prince's hand — no support
3. Nah, it stayed in the pit and kept glaring at the prince for ages after — score -1
4. Yeah, it sulked off into the river and never came back to the pit again — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1242, line 10: «The water stayed full, so the crocodile had to give up and "sulkily plunged into the river."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «crocodile» (+1); the same place «river» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, the dog totally wrecked the prince, right?

1. Nah, the duck knocked him over quickly — score 0
2. Yeah, the duck knocked him over — score 0
3. Yeah, it knocked his legs and he fell in — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Nah, the dog just stood there wagging and then he tripped over the rushes by himself — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1242, line 4: «A wild duck startles the prince, his dog knocks him into the river, and his wife saves him with her rope.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+3); the same action «knock» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

That duck was hella random, wasn't it?

1. Nah, it flew off and landed safe — no support
2. Nah, the duck was just flying home to its nest like any other duck would do — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Yeah, it shot past and scared the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Yeah, it shot past him and scared the prince so badly that he fell straight into the water — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 754, line 12: «The duck "did not let herself be enticed" by the witch's breadcrumbs, so the witch goes home at night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, the wife had a rope the whole time?

1. Nah, she only had a small stick — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yeah, she came running and pulled him out — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yeah, she threw him a long branch — score 2
4. Nah, just a stick — no support

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 1071, line 10: «Why: Mongan keeps his word because "the man that makes a bargain keeps a bargain," even though it breaks his heart.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mongan» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the fox was just faking being dead, lol?

1. Yeah, he was bored and wanted an adventure — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nah, he was tricked by the bear — score 2
3. Nah, he was hungry — score 0
4. Yeah, he wanted the fish for himself — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 133, line 18: «The Fox's last words are his excuse: the grapes "are quite sour" now, so he did not need them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the fox sold the fish, right?

1. Yeah, he sold all of the fish to the village merchant for a lot of silver coins — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, he took one fish and ran off into the woods while the bear was still busy with the ice — score 4
3. Yeah, he sold them at the market — score 4
4. Nah, he took one fish and ran off — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 713, line 7: «What: the tanuki says "I have got a plan," and asks the fox to change into a man and sell him as a skin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+3); the same action «sell» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the bear was dumb to believe him, wasn't he?

1. Yeah, he was too trusting of foxes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was hungry and not in a good mood — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he was just very polite — no support
4. Nah, he was clever — 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 ✗

Epic, the fox left the bear stuck for hours, yeah?

1. Nah, the fox came back soon — score -2
2. Nah, the fox untied him after a few minutes because he felt sorry for the bear — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, the fox ran off quickly — score 2
4. Yeah, the ice froze his tail really fast — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1114, line 2: «The old man ties the bear up and throws him in the cellar, and the next day the ox goes out to graze again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old man» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the little guys had tiny bows and spears, wicked?

1. Yeah, they were small but brave — no support
2. Nah, they were just pretend, and the fox made up all the bows and spears himself — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, tiny but they could sting the bear — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they were actually very big and scary — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 77, line 10: «The Leopard hunted with a man who had bows and arrows; parts of this story use old words and ideas about people that are racist and wrong, so we do not repeat…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bows» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the bear keep his tail at the end, though?

1. Yeah, he kept the whole tail, but it stayed frozen in the ice for a whole week — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, the fox cut it off himself — score 4
3. Nah, it broke off when he tugged hard — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Nah, it snapped right off when he gave a big tug, and he was left with only a stump — score 4

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 1222, line 10: «Why: the chief is angry because the bears keep being killed, and he "determined that he would find some way of destroying them."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bears» (+3); the same action «keep» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the princess went back home on the donkey, sick?

1. Nah, it walked off very slowly — no support
2. Nah, it refused to move and stood there braying at the sand for a whole hour — no support
3. Yeah, it trotted home quietly now — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Yeah, it brayed and galloped off fast — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 501, line 9: «WHY: Zeus wants Europa's love, so he takes the form of a gentle bull that "trotted quietly up to the princess, so as not to alarm her."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trot» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Was the poor dog okay in the end, bro?

1. Yeah, the dog ran off to the palace — score 2
2. Nah, the dog swam to the bank — no support
3. Nah, the poor old dog drowned in the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, the dog was fine, but it lost its collar and ran off to find a new home — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1242, line 13: «The poor old dog was drowned, a sad end for a faithful friend who did not mean any harm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drown» (+2); the same thing acted on «poor old dog» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify, by the sensory means described in the passage, the manner in which the princess ascertained the presence of the four-leaved plant upon the rock.

1. She recognised the plant by its colour, peering into a hollow where the sun had cast its shadow — score 3
2. She located the plant by touch, feeling about in a crevice where the wind had prevented sight — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. She found it by touch — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. She used her sense of smell — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1242, line 1: «The princess climbs the windy rock and finds the four-leaved plant by touch, since she cannot see it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «princess» (+3); the same action «find» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

State the outcome of the princess's application of the herb to the water in the pit, as it bears upon the prince's second fate.

1. The spell backfired, the pit flooded fully, and the crocodile dragged the prince down below — score -2
2. The water drained away — no support
3. The charm succeeded, the water remained full, and the prince escaped the crocodile's fate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The charm failed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1242, line 10: «The water stayed full, so the crocodile had to give up and "sulkily plunged into the river."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Account for the cause of the prince's fall into the river, as recounted in the passage's concluding narrative.

1. His donkey, racing after a crow, bumped against his knees, causing him to stumble backward onto the bank — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The princess, rushing down the bank with a rope in her hands, accidentally struck his legs as she ran, causing him to lose his footing and fall into the river — no support
3. His horse, startled by a snake, kicked against his legs, causing him to tumble from the saddle — no support
4. His dog, pursuing a wild duck, knocked heavily against his legs, causing him to lose his balance — ✓ 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 ✗

Evaluate the fox's method of obtaining the fish, as it is described in the narrative, by reference to the deception practised upon the bear.

1. The fox deceived the bear by solemnly swearing that the fish had attached itself to his tail beneath the ice, thereby persuading the bear to remain fishing in the freezing stream for many hours, which proved fatal to the bear's tail — score 2
2. The fox deceived the bear by falsely claiming that the fish had attached itself to his tail, thereby inducing the bear to fish in the icy stream — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The fox persuaded the bear by claiming that the elves had given him the fish as a gift, prompting the bear to sit in the frozen pond — score 3
4. The fox deceived the bear by claiming that the fish were enchanted and could only be caught by a creature with a long tail, so the bear was tricked into sitting in the stream all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1242, line 5: «Then a clever fox tricks a bear into fishing with its tail in an icy stream, and the bear loses it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+2); the same thing acted on «bear» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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