Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1269 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 u see how the bear cub kicked the meat in the badgers hut lol

1. the badger kicked it himself at night — score -1
2. the ugly cub did it sneakily while his dad wasnt looking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the bear cub did it loudly with his brothers — score 2
4. the cub did it in front of his whole family and nobody said a word about it — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1213, line 10: «The catch is "neither a calf nor a seal, but something of both", and every man knows it is a Bunyip cub.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «catch» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «calf» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro so why was the baby bear always getting dissed

1. cuz he never shared his food with anyone in the whole village — no support
2. cuz his fur was dry and dingy like kinky wool and his brothers laughed at him all day — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. cuz his fur was dry and dingy like kinky wool — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cuz his fur was bright and shiny like gold — 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 1233, line 5: «A boy warns the bear, the wolf, the fox, the horse and the cow, and each one ignores him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «one» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait what did the badger snatch off the grass

1. a small red clot of bear blood that had fallen from the cub's paw — no support
2. a little red clot of buffalo blood — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a small red berry from the bush — no support
4. a little red feather of the eagle — ← Mova's choice · 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 914, line 13: «Her one request: "let no one know that you have a little bird who tells you everything."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

why did he hide it under his blanket fr

1. cuz he wanted to show the blood to the chief after the bear turned away — score 5
2. cuz the badger was watching him — no support
3. cuz the bear turned his head away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. cuz the bear had turned his head away from the badger and the blood — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1269, line 15: «Why: the badger hides the blood "underneath his girdled blanket" because he is starving and the bear's head was turned away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn away» (+3); the same thing acted on «head» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so who popped out of the sweat lodge

1. a chief with a painted shield — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a bear cub — no support
3. a dakota brave with a magic arrow and a long fringed quiver — no support
4. a dakota brave with a magic arrow — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

lmao the bear was like hold this knife

1. the avenger said he gave back only a knife — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. the avenger said he gave back only a knife and nothing else from the hut — score 0
3. the avenger said he gave back nothing — no support
4. the bear said he was giving back the meat, the knife, and the entire badger's dwelling — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1268, line 14: «When the bear grows bold he says, "I am strong, very strong!" and then, "I want them!" about the home, the bags, and the arrows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). Against it: the same doer «bear» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

did the bears run away or nah

1. they stayed — no support
2. they ran off into the woods — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. they dug into the ground — score 1
4. they hid — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1269, line 5: «The avenger makes the bear return the badger's home, the bears run off into the woods, and the avenger goes on over the earth to a camp where a red eagle terri…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+2). Against it: the same doer «bears» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was the birdie even singing

1. dakota ni koda, friend youre a bear — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. koda ni dakota, friend youre a dakota — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. koda ni dakota — no support
4. hello friend — 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 ✗

why did the eagle scare everyone so bad

1. it swooped over camp each morning and every warrior's arrow missed it completely — no support
2. it attacked the horses and scared the dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. it swooped over camp and nobody could hit it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. it circled above the wigwams for days and then carried off a child from the village — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1230, line 14: «The lion makes the guests rush out, "treading each other underfoot in their fright."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+3); the same action «fright» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the arrows just bounced off right

1. the eagle's feathers were all burned by the magic arrows that flew past the camp — score 1
2. the eagles feathers were untouched by the arrows that the warriors shot at it all morning — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. the eagle's feathers were bent by the arrows — score 1
4. the eagles feathers were untouched by the arrows — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1223, line 3: «The little brother sets out with his dog Redmouth, shoots a burning arrow at a tree, and follows a small bear servant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the chief say he wanted

1. a warrior to bring the eagle down and marry one of his daughters — no support
2. a warrior to bring the eagle down so his daughters could safely go to the river — no support
3. a warrior to bring the eagle down for his daughters — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a warrior to bring the buffalo home for his people — ← 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 1267, line 18: «Old word "dumbfounded": it means so amazed you cannot speak, and today we say "stunned."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the cowards come out to fight

1. no they stayed in the woods — no support
2. yes they came out to fight — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. yes they fought — score 4
4. no they sulked inside their wigwams — ✓ the right answer · 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 1079, line 7: «What: the Fairy says "every word you speak there shall come out of your mouth a snake or a toad."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+3); the same property (+2); the same action «come out» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so was the old badger proud of his son

1. yeah he was happy to be called son — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. yeah he was delighted to be called father — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no he was sad to be called father — no support
4. no he was not delighted to be called father by a stranger from the woods — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1103, line 6: «Who: the children are the Tsar's son and daughter, called the Tsarevko and the Tsarivna in the tale.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2). 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 · wrong ✗

Which action of the youngest bear cub is described as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers?

1. The side kick of the left hind leg that delivered the meat into the badger's hut — ✓ the right answer · score -8
2. The quick push of the right foreleg that moved the buffalo blood — no support
3. The kick that delivered the knife into the hut — score -3
4. The hidden meat — ← 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 740, line 19: «Old word: "waddling" describes walking with short, rolling steps, like a duck, and the cook is shown this way.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «describe» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which event describes the origin of the magic avenger who confronted the bear?

1. The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the buffalo blood — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The badger's careful purifying of the buffalo blood and the bear's sudden fleeing from the lodge — no support
3. The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge — score 0
4. The chieftain's order to the bear over the daughters — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1268, line 14: «When the bear grows bold he says, "I am strong, very strong!" and then, "I want them!" about the home, the bags, and the arrows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which circumstance caused the bears to flee into the forest in the tale's sequence?

1. The badger's prayer for the buffalo blood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The avenger's loud shout that the bear must leave the woods and give the knife back — no support
3. The avenger's demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The avenger's sudden demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling and all the stolen meat — 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 ✗

Which description accurately identifies the reward offered by the chieftain for slaying the red eagle?

1. The choice of a horse and a buffalo robe from his tent to whoever brings the red eagle down — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The choice of one of his two sons in war — score 0
3. The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage to whoever slays the eagle — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 858, line 17: «A young Englishman offers Rudy "a whole handful of gold" for a young eagle, but Rudy says "The eagle could not be taken."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «eagle» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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