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Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro

Tests: 8 of 15 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1288 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 ✗

So who was the big bad wolf, like, really?

  • 1. The neighbour's gray hound that chased sheep — score -2
  • 2. A large wolf that ate the ram in the kiln — ← Mova's choice · score -1
  • 3. Caro, Walter's dog — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Walter's big dog — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1265, line 2: «Wolves come, eat his roasted ducks, and he tricks them into digging up the ashes for more, which they also eat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «wolves» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did Walter bang on to scare stuff off?

  • 1. A tin — score 5
  • 2. His drum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 3. His stick — score 5
  • 4. His hat — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1288, line 13: «Walter throws his drum far away and runs back to the mill, losing his sabre, bow and air-pistol on the way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walter» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he hang on to his gear or ditch it, mate?

  • 1. He sold most of it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He ditched most of it — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He threw everything into the ditch behind him — no support
  • 4. He kept some of it — 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 ✗

Where was the ram's blood, all over the place?

  • 1. Spattered across the old stone walls — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. On the stones — no support
  • 3. Scattered on the path beside the gray kiln — no support
  • 4. On the grass — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Was Walter well brave, or nah?

  • 1. He was often scared — score 2
  • 2. He fought off a pack of wolves alone — score -2
  • 3. He lied about wolves — score 0
  • 4. He boasted a lot — ← 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, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1288, line 6: «Who: Walter, a boy who loves to boast about his courage, and his friend Jonas at the mill.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «boast» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

What did Jonas crack up at, bruv?

  • 1. His drum — score -3
  • 2. Walter's loud shriek — no support
  • 3. A joke — no support
  • 4. Walter's wolf scream — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 1287, line 16: «Quote: Jonas says "There will certainly not be more than one", and then calls the boy a coward.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same action «call» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd the poor ram get eaten, you reckon?

  • 1. Wolves killed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Walter's dog Caro chased and ate it — no support
  • 3. Hunger — no support
  • 4. Caro ate it up — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1288, line 7: «Where: near a gray, old kiln, where the wolves had killed a ram in the open ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+2); the same doer «wolves» (+1); the same thing acted on «ram» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the wolf actually bite Walter, or what?

  • 1. No, it just licked him — ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. Yes, it bit — no support
  • 3. No, it only growled — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. Yes, it bit his leg — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1144, line 1: «The old wolf is starving, and he grumbles that the mountain rabbits are too quick for him to catch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolf» (+6); the same action «grumble» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

So what's the lesson, yeah, for the big head?

  • 1. Brave folk don't boast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Fight wolves — no support
  • 3. Always run from wolves at night — no support
  • 4. Be loud — 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 ✗

Did Walter tell a porky about the wolf in the end?

  • 1. Yes, he said a wolf had eaten the ram — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. Yes, he made it up — no support
  • 3. Yes, he lied again — score -1
  • 4. No, he told the truth — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 295, line 21: «At the end the boy says "that is no fairy tale", which shows he thinks the story was only about an ordinary old couple.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Was the crow the real danger, innit?

  • 1. No, Caro was the danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. No, the wolf was danger — no support
  • 3. Yes, the crow — no support
  • 4. Yes it was — 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 ✗

Did the kiln look dodgy or safe, like?

  • 1. Dodgy — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Gray and old, dead creepy — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. New and bright, quite safe — no support
  • 4. Safe, new — 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 ✓

What sound did the echo make, sounding like?

  • 1. A large wolf pack howling together — no support
  • 2. A wolf's howl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
  • 3. A dog's bark — no support
  • 4. A crow's caw — 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 1288, line 12: «The echo sounds "almost like the howl of a wolf," and the drumsticks "stiffened in Walter's hands."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «howl» (+1). Against it: the same doer «wolf» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

How did Walter feel after the big scare, mate?

  • 1. Foolish and annoyed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Proud and content — score 5
  • 3. Embarrassed and furious that Caro had run off home — no support
  • 4. Relieved, thankful and very proud of himself — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1288, line 9: «Walter feels "a cold shiver ran through him from his collar right down to his boots."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same doer «walter» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's Caro then, anyway, wicked dog or what?

  • 1. Walter's cat — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A wolf — no support
  • 3. Walter's dog — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Jonas's pet — 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 · right ✓

Which object did Walter cast aside during his precipitate flight?

  • 1. His drum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. A stick — score 5
  • 3. His satchel — score 5
  • 4. Hat — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1288, line 13: «Walter throws his drum far away and runs back to the mill, losing his sabre, bow and air-pistol on the way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walter» (+6); the same action «throw» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what animal did the pursuing creature ultimately prove to belong?

  • 1. Wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 2. A dog — ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 3. A hare — score 1
  • 4. A wolf — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 645, line 3: «Brown creatures come running out of the dark, and they turn out to be the sealskin dwarfs, who surround the children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn out» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What moral did Jonas impart concerning the conduct of a true hero?

  • 1. A brave man is loud — no support
  • 2. A real hero does not lie about his deeds — no support
  • 3. A brave man does not boast of his courage — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Brave men always win — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1135, line 19: «fact: "Greater" is a name that a hero in old tales wins by proving his strength.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hero» (+6); the same action «win» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which phenomenon caused Walter's drumsticks to become rigid in his grasp?

  • 1. The echo resembling a wolf's howl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. The howling of a pack of wolves in the distance — no support
  • 3. The sound of a crow's harsh caw — no support
  • 4. The shriek of Walter's own voice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1288, line 12: «The echo sounds "almost like the howl of a wolf," and the drumsticks "stiffened in Walter's hands."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «howl» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «wolf» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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