Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a peacock, then an arrow, then a fawn, and loses each chance

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 3 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1267 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, who got toasted by the coyote's coals?

1. Coyote — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Iktomi — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fox — no support
4. Bird — 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 ✓

so what did Iktomi wanna turn into, like, first?

1. a bird with a rainbow tail that can fly high above the woods and sing to the flock — no support
2. a peacock with rainbow tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. an eagle with gold claws — no support
4. a peacock with a rainbow tail and green and purple feathers that shine in the sun — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1267, line 7: «What: he asks the peacock to make him "a bird with green and purple feathers like yours."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «iktomi» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, where was he chillin when he saw the bird?

1. under a big old tree at the edge of the woods where the river bends slowly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. under a tree in the woods — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. behind a bush near the fire — no support
4. hiding behind a large rock on the hill above the camp where the fawns sleep at night — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what was the peacock's one rule?

1. no flying — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no wings — no support
3. no eating or you turn to ash — no support
4. no flying or you go back to you — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, which bird crashed the rule and flew off?

1. the brave eagle who is Coyote — score -4
2. the vain peacock who used to be Iktomi and who now wants the open sky — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. the big flock leader who was once a vain peacock and is secretly Iktomi — no support
4. the vain peacock who is Iktomi — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 147, line 14: «The Shepherd "clipped its wings", which means he cut the flight feathers so the bird could not fly off again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, why'd Iktomi jump for the flock?

1. he wanted to dance and shouted hi — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he heard the fawns laughing below and decided to prove himself by flying high above the forest trees — score 3
3. he wanted to soar and yelled wait up — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. he was so jealous of the birds that he could not stop himself and yelled wait up as they left — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1267, line 13: «Why he breaks the arrow's condition: he sees the fawns playing and jumps "like a fawn" to join them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «jaw» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

fr, what did the birds sing when they left?

1. Old Iktomi wants to fly, we can't wait! — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Old Iktomi wants to fly so badly that he broke his vow, we cannot wait for him any longer so we must go now! — no support
3. Old Iktomi cannot fly, we will wait! — no support
4. Look at old Iktomi trying to soar with us! We will not stop, we cannot wait for him, the sky is calling us home at last! — 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 ✗

haha, what did the arrow tap him with?

1. a stick — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a long wooden staff — score 3
3. a feathered fan — score 3
4. a sharp flint beak — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 332, line 5: «Peter begs the children to clap to save Tink, they do, and then he sets off alone into the night, swearing "Hook or me this time."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «beg» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

bro, what was the arrow's one rule?

1. fly in a straight line, no curves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. your flight must always be in a straight line and you must never curve or circle back — no support
3. never turn left or right ever — no support
4. keep your speed low in wind — 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 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, why did the fawns freak out?

1. he jumped like a fawn and they saw him change — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he leaped once in the form of a fawn and the young ones saw his shape change back to his own — no support
3. he shouted loudly at them then — no support
4. the coyote roared at them so they ran, and then they saw Iktomi's shape twist into something strange in the grass — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did Iktomi ask the big fawn?

1. its name — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. how the brown spots got on its face — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. why its ears are so long — no support
4. where the fawn sleeps at night — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

deadass, how did the fawn's mom make the spots?

1. she dug a deep hole in the ground and burned the spots on the fawn's face with red hot coals — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she rolled in mud and painted them — no support
3. she rubbed her face against a hot stone until the brown dots appeared on the fawn's skin at dusk — no support
4. dug a hole and burnt them with hot fire — ✓ 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 ✓

yall, why'd the coyote roll on the grass?

1. to put out the fire on his fur — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to chase a fleeing bird away — no support
3. to cool off — no support
4. to wash off the mud on his legs — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why'd Iktomi yell I'm my old self again?

1. cause he broke the rule and got changed back — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. because the fire burned his arms badly — no support
3. he was angry — no support
4. he lost the race to the birds — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1267, line 4: «Iktomi sees a peacock with rainbow tail feathers and begs to be changed into a bird just like it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «iktomi» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the condition imposed upon Iktomi by the peacock, and which of the following describes the consequence of its violation?

1. The condition forbids flight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The condition forbids flight, and violation returns Iktomi to his former self — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The condition forbids singing, and violation sends Iktomi back to the forest floor — no support
4. Violation restores his former self — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the manner in which the coyote escaped from the fire, and state the consequence of that escape for Iktomi.

1. He leapt out and scattered coals, burning Iktomi's arms and shoulders — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He ran out and kicked dirt, burning Iktomi's legs and back — no support
3. He rolled away and sparked fire, scorching Iktomi's face and chest — ← Mova's choice · score -4
4. He burned Iktomi — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1266, line 5: «Next, Iktomi finds a sleeping coyote on the prairie, carries it home for dinner, and it slips away when he gets there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «coyote» (-1); the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the lesson conveyed by the coyote's closing remark, and identify the speaker's intention in offering it.

1. Be careful; warning — no support
2. Honor your friends; the speaker means to tease Iktomi for his boasting — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Trust nothing; joke — no support
4. Do not assume a foe is dead; the speaker intends to warn Iktomi — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 599, line 18: «A "commencement orator" is a speaker at a school graduation, which means his talk is a formal, grand speech.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «speaker» (+3); the same action «mean» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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