Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1275 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 ✗

ngl, why did manstin's rope just vanish on him?

1. he dropped the end by accident — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a bear grabbed the rope — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. the rope slipped off when he tied the knot too tight — score -2
4. he let go of the end without noticing it at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1274, line 18: «Manstin wants the old man's place, so he says, "I would give you my two eyes for your place!" and takes out his eyes.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «place» (+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

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok real talk, did the fish get boiled or nah?

1. nah, he spat water at them — no support
2. nah, he blew the water and got away — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yep, they cooked him slowly — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. yes, he got boiled — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1263, line 18: «Old words: a "visor" was the part of a helmet that could be lifted to show the face, and "hospitality" meant a welcome and a bed for a guest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «part» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, the wind just yeeted the ashes, right?

1. yes, a fire did — no support
2. yes, a wind blew them away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. no, they stayed — no support
4. no, a wind scattered them — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1275, line 4: «Seven friends set out to make war, but a wind blows the Ashes away, and the Fire is gone at the river.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+3); the same property (+2); the same action «blow away» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ashes» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey the bladder should've stayed low lol, what happened to him?

1. the thorn apple pricked him — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he stepped on a thorn apple bush and got pricked — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. the thorns scratched his face — no support
4. a thorn apple pricked him as he climbed the tree — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1258, line 18: «Where the trick happens: The tortoise hides in "a thick bush," so neither giant sees him.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «thick bush» (+5); 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

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo what's the deal with the grasshopper's legs?

1. they got stuck and he pulled them off and ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. they got stuck in mud and he yanked them off hard — score -2
3. they got stuck and he pulled them off — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. they stuck and he yanked them — 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 81, line 17: «The song at the end calls him "a Boomer" (Australian for a big male kangaroo), says his back legs worked "like pistons", "Twenty-five feet to a bound", and tha…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+2). Against it: the same doer «legs» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

so the dragonfly just cried till his head popped off??

1. he blew his nose too hard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. he sneezed way too hard — no support
3. he laughed really loudly — score 1
4. he cried too much — 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 435, line 7: «What: she sees "a head floating about" and cries "Alas! my mother has killed him!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «float» (+2). Against it: the same doer «head» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the fish was yelling about war but it sounded like gibberish, right?

1. yes, it said "shu hi pi" over and over loudly — no support
2. yes, it said "shu hi pi" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no, it was clearly saying "we come to make war" — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. yes, it said "hsss tchu" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1275, line 17: «Why the Fish speaks oddly: "Shu... hi pi!" means "We come to make war!" as Iktomi explains.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, who figured out the fish meant "we come to make war"?

1. the Fire — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Manstin — score -1
3. Fish — score 1
4. iktomi — ✓ the right answer · score -1

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 1275, line 4: «Seven friends set out to make war, but a wind blows the Ashes away, and the Fire is gone at the river.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro where does the turtle chill at?

1. in the deepest middle part of the big lake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in the middle of the lake under a rock ledge — no support
3. in the reeds — no support
4. in the middle of the lake — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl iya the eater sounds like a whole vibe, what did he do?

1. he drank the whole lake — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he swallowed the river — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. he drank tea — no support
4. he swallowed the lake whole — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1274, line 9: «Iya crosses the river "By some unknown cunning," but the people laugh and say "Such spindle legs cannot stand to fight by daylight!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «river» (+3); the same doer «iya» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the water came out cuz iktomi stabbed up? lol

1. no, with his hands — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yes, with his knife — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no, with a rock — no support
4. no, he used a sharp stick from the riverbank — 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 ✗

how'd the fish and turtle end up, did they lose?

1. they lost badly — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. they swam back in shame — no support
3. they went home happy winners — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. they lost and went home — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 991, line 2: «She knocks over the sausage peg that is covered with crape, and she loses her sausage skewer but not her voice.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+1); the same doer «mouse» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what circumstances did Manstin's bundle of wood become detached from him?

1. Owing to a lapse of attention, he had let the far end of the rope fall away entirely. — no support
2. He had carelessly let the rope end slip away. — no support
3. He had unconsciously dropped the end of the rope. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He had, without ever realizing it, dropped the end of the rope he held. — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1274, line 18: «Manstin wants the old man's place, so he says, "I would give you my two eyes for your place!" and takes out his eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «manstin» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «place» (-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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the warlike party of seven reduce its number before reaching the great wood?

1. By the wind and the river, and also by the thorn apple, the mire, and the Dragon Fly's loud nose, all of which reduced the party. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. By the storm, which scattered the Ashes, and the flood that swept the Grasshopper. — no support
3. By the wind, which carried off the Ashes, and the river, which claimed the Fire. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By the wind, which carried off the Ashes, and the river, which claimed the Fire, and the mire, which took the Grasshopper's legs. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 118, line 8: «Where: The cart drives "right into the forest, and exactly to the place where the wood had been cut."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

For what purpose did the Fish address the assembled village?

1. To declare that they had come to make war upon the village and take all its women. — score 2
2. To declare, in their strange tongue, that they had travelled far to make war on everyone present. — score 2
3. To announce that they wanted a feast. — score -1
4. To declare that they had come to make war. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1275, line 17: «Why the Fish speaks oddly: "Shu... hi pi!" means "We come to make war!" as Iktomi explains.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «war» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Through what agency was the water restored to its original bed?

1. By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater. — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By the Fish, who blew it out through the Eater's mouth. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater, so that the lake came out again. — no support
4. By the Turtle, who pushed it up through the reeds. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 291, line 4: «Gerda finds a boy in the red bed, but it is a Prince, not Kay, and the Princess wakes up too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). 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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