South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1261 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, did the puma totally play the stag or what?
- 1. Yeah, he got him good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nope, he got caught — no support
- 3. Nah, not really — no support
- 4. Yeah, totally — 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 ✗
Bro, why'd the stag even go on that walk?
- 1. He wanted to find a friend — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was hungry — no support
- 3. He was looking for food — no support
- 4. He was mad for milk — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, the river thing was sketchy, right?
- 1. Yeah, he fell in twice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he swam — no support
- 3. Yeah, he nearly drowned — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he walked across — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the bananas, who got the good ones?
- 1. The monkey got the yellow — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. The monkey got the yellow ones and hid them — score 1
- 3. The puma got the green — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. The puma ate the ripe — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1238, line 15: «Why the wedding waits: the king says the bridegroom must first "prove himself worthy" by three tasks.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ha, the snake bit him, didn't it?
- 1. Yeah, right on the paw — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, right on the head — no support
- 3. Yeah, right on the paw and he ran off crying — no support
- 4. Yeah, it bit him right on the paw and then left — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 149, line 5: «A labourer kills a snake for biting his child, the snake refuses to be friends, a caged bird is mocked by a bat, and a wolf dances to a kid's tune before the g…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «snake» (+3); the same action «bite» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, the workers set their dogs on him, huh?
- 1. Yeah, he jumped the fence and ran like crazy home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he hid in the woods — no support
- 3. Nope, he stayed right there — no support
- 4. Yeah, he ran like crazy — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
So the shepherd whacked the stag, right?
- 1. Yeah, he hit him twice — no support
- 2. Nope, the stag escaped — no support
- 3. Yeah, he hit him — no support
- 4. Yeah, one hit killed him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 702, line 10: «Why the shepherds must lie: the fox warns that if the armed men hear "an ogre," they will kill the sheep and the ogre will kill the shepherd.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Okay, but the monkey was way smarter, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, he tipped the bowl of blood over the puma and ran — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Nope, he drank the whole bowl — score -1
- 3. Yeah, he kicked the bowl over onto the puma's head — score -1
- 4. Yeah, he kicked the bowl over — ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 609, line 4: «Kaa comes over the west wall and strikes so hard that the monkeys run in terror at his name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the puma get caught in the end, though?
- 1. Yeah, he lay down quick when the shepherd came back — no support
- 2. Yeah, he pretended to sleep when the shepherd came in — no support
- 3. Yeah, he lay down quick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he hid in a tree — ← Mova's choice · 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 1260, line 2: «The puma hides in a thicket to ambush the monkey, but the monkey sees his yellow eyes and leaps into a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what did the monkey do with the snake?
- 1. He carried the shining snake all the way back to the house — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. He wrapped the snake around the puma's neck and laughed — score 6
- 3. He kept it for later — score 6
- 4. He left it alone — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 607, line 15: «Why: Kaa's "swallowing muscles" ripple when the monkeys insult him, showing he is angry in secret.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+4); the same thing acted on «kaa» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ha, the puma's whole plan was just a massive fail, huh?
- 1. Yeah, the monkey foiled him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, the monkey outwitted him at every single step of the way — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Yeah, the monkey foiled him and the stag was saved — no support
- 4. Yeah, the shepherd stopped him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 686, line 19: «Peter writes down "exactly all that was to be done" so that he will not forget any step of his plan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «step» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, did the stag learn his lesson at all?
- 1. Nope, he kept walking with the puma the next day — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nope, he went back again — no support
- 3. Yeah, he got wise later — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he got scared — 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 ✗
In this passage, which animal outwits the puma by refusing to carry out his instructions and upsetting the blood bowl?
- 1. The stag — no support
- 2. The monkey — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. The workers — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 203, line 20: «Old word "bespeak a passage": to book a place on a ship; today we would say "book a ticket."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To which of the following does the puma's plan to frame the stag for the theft of the sheep most directly lead?
- 1. The workers fleeing from the field — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. The shepherd beating the stag to death in the sheepfold yard — no support
- 3. The puma's dog chasing the stag — no support
- 4. The shepherd beating the stag to death — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1105, line 19: «Old word: "harrows" means dragging a spiked frame over a field to break up the soil.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which object does the puma describe as a lovely bracelet, and what is its actual effect on the stag?
- 1. A shining snake, which bites him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. A bright bowl, which burns him — no support
- 3. A bracelet — score 0
- 4. A shiny stone, which trips him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1261, line 14: «The snake: the puma calls it "a lovely bracelet", but it "bit him", so the trick is cruel and the puma laughs at him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+1); the same doer «snake» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Why does the monkey decline to walk onward with the puma when the puma threatens him?
- 1. Because the puma talks nonsense — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Because he sees the puma's plan and wants to warn the stag at home — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Because he sees the trick now — no support
- 4. Because the puma keeps talking nonsense about the sheep and the stag — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1261, line 9: «Why: the stag goes because he "loved milk", but the puma's real plan is to frame him for stealing a sheep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «puma» (+1). 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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