Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands

Tests: 9 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1247 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 ✓

So the cat got the ball back using his tail, yeah?

1. Yeah, by swinging from a branch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, by swinging from the roof — no support
3. Yeah, by climbing a tree top — no support
4. Yeah, by jumping — 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 ✓

Bruv, what fell into the Big Water?

1. The ball, obviously, the one the girls had locked up — no support
2. The little red ball from the cupboard, obviously, bruv — score 3
3. The stone, obviously — score 3
4. The ball, obviously — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1041, line 21: «Old word: the Sacred Hazel's nuts fall into a secret pool, and a salmon eats them, so wisdom gets into its flesh.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: the same place «secret pool» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the ball was secretly a prince?

1. Nah, just a ball — no support
2. Yeah, a frog — no support
3. Nah — no support
4. Yeah, a real prince — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1167, line 5: «The king copies the table and keeps the real one, so Jack breaks the copy, and the king gives back the real table and his daughter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Where did the girls hide the ball for the night?

1. In a big cupboard under the stairs for the night — score 6
2. In the kitchen — score 4
3. In a cupboard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. In the wooden cupboard beside the front door — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 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 1, line 18: «She planned to ask a lady "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" but decided not to ask, because the lady would think her "an ignorant little girl"…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «small bow girls» (+3); the same thing acted on «polite word» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Who enchanted the prince, like who was the baddie?

1. A wicked fairy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. A cruel wizard — score 1
3. A wicked fairy from the far side of the valley — score 8
4. Some old fairy who lived up the mountain cave — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1247, line 7: «The prince was enchanted by "a wicked fairy" and "condemned to keep the shape of a ball."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «wicked fairy» (+1); the same thing acted on «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, which door did the prince say to knock on?

1. The silver door — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The stone wall — score 3
3. The big iron door on the north side — score 3
4. The iron door — ✓ the right answer · 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 1240, line 12: «why: The prince begs to leave, saying he "would far rather be killed at once than live an idle, useless life here."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Which side was that iron door, north or what?

1. The north side — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The side that faces the rising sun every morning — score 5
3. The side facing the big lake and the mountain — score 3
4. The south side — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1190, line 19: «Old words: "precautions" means things done in advance to keep safe, and "avenge" means to take revenge for a wrong.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old words» (+1); the same thing acted on «things» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which place did those husbands live in, mate?

1. A village on a plain — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A small village on the edge of a dry desert plain — no support
3. A little village in the middle of a great forest — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. A village by a lake — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1247, line 6: «The cat is the lion's little brother, and the text says he is "patient, like most cats."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

That husband was dead dim, wasn't he? Which blunder?

1. Frock on upside down — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He put the baby's frock on upside down entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Frock on inside out — no support
4. Bonnet on backwards — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1247, line 13: «The first wife says her husband "puts on the baby's frock upside down" and fed the baby boiling soup.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «frock upside» (+4); the same doer «husband» (+3); the same action «put» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, what did he do with the bonnet?

1. Gave it away — score -1
2. Hid it — no support
3. Gave it to a hen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Put it in a box — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1138, line 10: «The chief hands the Mirror to his daughter because men come to him for counsel and "the Mirror might be stolen."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «mirror» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «hand» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted, how did he get those ducks home?

1. He drove them home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He drove the whole flock of ducks home in a cart — no support
3. He led them home — no support
4. He carried them home — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1247, line 15: «He was sent to buy butter but came back "driving a hundred and fifty ducks" that would not lay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drive» (+5); the same thing acted on «hundred ducks» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the clever wife had nothing on the wheel, right?

1. Just air — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Just empty thread — no support
3. Just invisible wool that nobody could ever see — no support
4. Just invisible wool — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Did the husband actually see the wool or was he bluffing?

1. He pretended he did — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He lied — score 2
3. He really did see — score 4
4. He did not — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1247, line 17: «The husband, fooled, says "what a clever wife I have got!" and pretends he can see the wool.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+4); the same doer «husband» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the coat thick and cosy, yeah?

1. Yeah, it was thick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it was thin — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, warm — no support
4. Nah, big — 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did he reckon he'd look like in it?

1. Richer than everyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Smarter than everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Smarter than everyone in the whole village — no support
4. Taller than everyone — 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 creature was described as the lion's younger sibling in the first narrative?

1. The lion's little brother who lived in the trees — score -2
2. A small wild cat that lived in the forest — no support
3. A wild cat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A young lion — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 873, line 5: «He describes the king's castle, where roses are the king and queen, and the nettle that stung the professor.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what material was the bag in which the cat carried the ball constructed?

1. A goat's skin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sheep's wool — no support
3. A snake's skin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Leather — 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 ✗

In what manner did the husband respond when he perceived the coat was not warm?

1. He pretended the coat was warm and said nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He shared his true opinion — score 3
3. He hid his true opinion and praised the coat greatly — score 3
4. He concealed his true opinion — ✓ the right answer · 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 1247, line 17: «The husband, fooled, says "what a clever wife I have got!" and pretends he can see the wool.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+2); the same doer «husband» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which quality is attributed to cats in the first narrative?

1. Patience — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Great patience and a very clever mind — ← Mova's choice · score -4
3. Loyalty to the family that kept them warm — score -10
4. Courage — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, against -10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1083, line 16: «What: the cat says rogues took the Marquis's clothes, and he had hidden them "under a great stone".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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