Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio runs from two Assassins and begs a silent maiden at a white cottage

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1394 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 ✓

Dude, did you see Pinocchio bite that Assassin's hand off?

1. Yeah, and it was a cat's paw, which is totally bonkers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it was a paw. — no support
3. Nope, it was his own hand, which is weird — no support
4. Yeah, and it was a dog's ear, which is kind of gross — 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 ✗

So what's with the gold pieces, were they in his pocket?

1. Yeah, in his pocket. — no support
2. Nah, he hid them in a sock, so they hid — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nope, he stuffed them under his tongue, so they clinked — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nope, he stuffed them under his tongue, so they clinked and nobody could hear — 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 1394, line 2: «Two Assassins in black sacks jump out, and Pinocchio hides his four gold pieces under his tongue so the thieves cannot find them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same thing acted on «four gold pieces» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did the Talking Cricket glow in the dark or what?

1. Yeah, his light was dim and red, like embers — no support
2. Yeah, his light was super pale and soft, like a nightlight — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, his light was super bright and loud, like a torch — no support
4. Nope, he had no light at all, he just bumped into things in the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1311, line 8: «The ring: the snakes say "tell the ring and it will find them for you", meaning food, clothes or a house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-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 ✓

Bro, how far did he run before he got tired?

1. Like seven miles or so, he was totally gassed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Like seven miles or so, he was totally gassed and had to sit down — no support
3. Like five miles or so, he was pretty tired — no support
4. Like seven miles or so through the forest, he was super gassed and really thirsty — 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 ✗

Did the Assassins burn the pine tree or what?

1. Yup, they set a fire at the bottom and it went up like crazy, it was wild — score 1
2. Nah, they chopped the bottom, it was slow — no support
3. Nope, they tried to burn it but the rain came down and put it out, it was wild — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yup, they set a fire at the bottom, it was wild — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1070, line 1: «Mananna'n wraps the dog in his cloak and tells the king he may come down from the tree, and the proud king climbs down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come down» (+3); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the pool like, was it clean water or what?

1. Yup, it was blue and fresh, nice — no support
2. Nah, it was green and smelly, gross — no support
3. Nah, it was muddy coffee colour, gross — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was muddy coffee colour and full of weeds, gross — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 774, line 10: «The "Water of Life" is water from a well that can make the sick king well again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «water» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the Assassins make it across the pool?

1. Yup, they jumped right across it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nope, they splashed right into the middle of it and got really wet — score 3
3. Nope, they splashed right into the middle of it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nope, they splashed right into the middle and then swam back to the bank crying — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1394, line 13: «What is the pool like? "The color of muddy coffee," and the Assassins do not measure their jump well, so they fall into the middle of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «jump» (+2); the same doer «assassins» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, what colour was the cottage, was it dark or what?

1. Nah, it was white as snow, like a fresh cake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nah, it was white as snow, like a fresh cake with icing on top — score 4
3. Yup, it was red as brick, like a barn — no support
4. Nah, it was grey as stone, like old bread — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1394, line 14: «Where does Pinocchio finally stop? At a cottage "gleaming white as the snow," where he knocks, then kicks and bangs on the door.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What about the girl, was her hair normal or what?

1. Nah, it was golden, like a totally yellow sun — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, it was azure, like a totally blue sky — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, it was azure, like a totally blue sky on a summer day — no support
4. Yup, it was brown, like a totally normal wood — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1183, line 7: «Who: The old man and the maiden with golden hair, who combs her locks "with a comb of silver."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «golden hair» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

So did the girl let him in or what?

1. Nope, she said no one lives there, everyone's dead and she is waiting for the coffin — score 4
2. Nah, she slammed the door and said no one lives there, everyone's dead, go away — score 4
3. Nah, she said the house is empty, everyone left — score 4
4. Nope, she said no one lives there, everyone's dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1360, line 2: «The mother and daughter keep the house, the mother spins and weaves, and the girl plays and learns to read.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «read» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was she waiting at the window, was she bored or what?

1. She was waiting for a carriage to take her away — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She was waiting for a cart. — score 3
3. She was waiting for her mum. — score 3
4. She was waiting for a coffin to take her away — ✓ the right answer · 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Did Pinocchio tell her he was dead too or what?

1. Yup, he said I also am dead, like a total liar and he was fibbing — score 4
2. Yup, he said I also am dead, like a total liar, and then he ran off laughing — score 4
3. Nah, he said I also am alive, like a total liar — score 4
4. Yup, he said I also am dead, like a total liar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1394, line 17: «What does "signori" mean? It is Italian for "gentlemen," so when Pinocchio says "Well, signori," he is speaking politely to the Assassins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «pinocchio» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Assassins say they'd hurt his dad, or was that just a bluff?

1. Nah, they said they'd hurt his mum, that's nasty — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they said they'd kill his dad too and burn the house, that's nasty — no support
3. Yeah, they said they'd kill his dad too, that's nasty — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, they said they'd kill his dad too, that's nasty and they meant it 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the reason that Pinocchio was unable to speak to the thieves?

1. The gold pieces were held within his mouth, which was sealed shut by the Assassins' knife. — no support
2. The gold pieces were held within his mouth, under his tongue, so they clinked. — score 1
3. The gold pieces were hidden in his pocket. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The gold pieces were held within his mouth. — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1394, line 2: «Two Assassins in black sacks jump out, and Pinocchio hides his four gold pieces under his tongue so the thieves cannot find them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «four gold pieces» (+3); the same action «hide» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately identifies the object that Pinocchio bit from the smaller Assassin?

1. A paw belonging to a cat. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A cat's tail. — no support
3. A paw. — no support
4. A paw belonging to a dog. — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the appearance of the maiden seen at the cottage window?

1. She had golden hair and a face red as a rose. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She had azure hair and a face white as wax, and she was sitting still. — no support
3. She had azure hair, a face white as wax and eyes that were closed and still. — no support
4. She had azure hair and a face white as wax. — ✓ 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately states the outcome of the pursuit at the muddy pool?

1. The two Assassins drowned in the mud. — no support
2. The two Assassins fell into the water and were covered in mud and weeds. — score 2
3. The two Assassins fell into the muddy water and could not climb out. — score 2
4. The two Assassins fell into the water. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1041, line 21: «Old word: the Sacred Hazel's nuts fall into a secret pool, and a salmon eats them, so wisdom gets into its flesh.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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