Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 8: the Assassins hang him, and the Fairy saves him

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1395 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 ✗

Bro, did the Assassins actually snap their knives on him?

1. Yeah, they snapped right off in his face — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, the knives went off into the air and broke into a load of little bits somewhere far away — score 4
3. Yeah, the knives went bang into a thousand bits — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, the knives went bang and smashed into a thousand bits all over the ground — score 2

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 1395, line 7: «What: The Assassins snap their knives on his back, and their blades break into "a thousand pieces."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «snap» (+2); the same doer «assassins» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so he got hung up on a massive oak tree, right?

1. Yeah, a fence post by the river — no support
2. Nah, from a little tree near the path — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, the high branch of a massive oak, way up in the air over the road — score 2
4. Yeah, the high branch, way up in the air — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1312, line 7: «What: she feeds a little fish called Djulung, who lives in a fountain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tree» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the wind just blow him about like a bell?

1. Yeah, he got swung like a bell, proper dizzy — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, he got rocked gently, just a bit sleepy — score 6
3. Yeah, he got rocked like a clapper, proper seasick — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yeah, he got rocked like a bell clapper all night long, proper seasick and miserable — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 692, line 12: «How: a light wind "swayed him in the direction of the wall," and the queen "seized him in her arms" just in time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sway» (+2); the same doer «light wind» (+2); the same thing acted on «prince» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who got the Falcon to cut him down, the Fairy or the Crow?

1. The Crow, he sent the Falcon to cut him down from the oak — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The Crow, he sent the Falcon — no support
3. The Fairy, she sent the Falcon — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The Owl, she sent the Mouse — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1395, line 3: «The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair sends her Falcon to cut him down, then her Poodle, Medoro, drives a glass coach to fetch him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «falcon» (+3); the same action «cut down» (+1); a different doer (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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, was the Poodle really driving a coach?

1. Nah, a horse — no support
2. Yeah, a wooden one, pulled by horses — score 2
3. Yeah, a glass one, pulled by mice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, a glass one, pulled by a hundred pairs of white mice all in harness — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1395, line 13: «Who the Poodle is: Medoro, who walks on his hind legs, wears a "tricorn trimmed with gold lace," and drives a coach pulled by mice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Crow and the Owl both say he was dead?

1. Nah, the Owl reckoned he was alive and the Crow was just being rude — score 4
2. Nah, the Crow reckoned he was alive — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, the Owl reckoned he was alive — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, the Owl said he was dead — 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 981, line 16: «The crow thinks Kay "has certainly forgotten you by this time for the princess."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «crow» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the chatterbox doctor, the Cricket?

1. Nah, the Crow was the chatterbox one — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it was the Crow, the one who yapped about the medicine and the Fairy all day long — no support
3. Yeah, the Talking Cricket, he kept going on — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, the Talking Cricket, the chatterbox one, he never stopped going on and on — 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 ✗

Did Pinocchio cry when the doctors were there?

1. Yeah, he was blubbing, half melted in tears — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he was sobbing, all wet with tears — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, he was shouting, very angry and loud — score 4
4. Nah, he was calm — no support

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 1144, line 4: «At the courtyard they find the well, and the fox points to the moon's reflection in the water and calls it a cheese.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «fox» (+2). Against it: 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he want to drink the medicine straight away?

1. Yeah, he gulped it straight down, but then he pulled a face and begged for more time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he said maybe later on — no support
3. Nah, he pulled a face and said no way — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he grinned and said yes please — 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 the Fairy say the medicine was sweet?

1. Yeah, she said it was sweet and nice — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, she said it was bitter, but good for you and would make him well again soon — score 4
3. Nah, she said it was sour, but tasty — score 4
4. Nah, she said it was bitter, but good for you — ✓ 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 1328, line 11: «The fairy says of the pin: "every time you stick it in your dress Mother Bourhis will be obliged to leave the house".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «fairy» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So, did he finally drink it for a lump of sugar?

1. Yeah, after she gave him a sweet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, for a kiss — no support
3. Nah, not even for sugar — no support
4. Yeah, once she promised him sugar — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the passage, what was the immediate consequence of the Assassins striking the Marionette with their knives?

1. The knives were flung into the river — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The blades shattered into fragments — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The blades shattered into tiny fragments that scattered across the grass — no support
4. The blades bounced harmlessly off his wooden body and fell into the grass without any damage — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1292, line 16: «The prince "flung a short, sharp knife over his shoulder", and "up sprung a thick wood" between them and the giant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fling» (+2); the same thing acted on «short sharp knife» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature was dispatched by the Lovely Maiden to release the Marionette from the oak?

1. A Hawk — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A Tiny Wren from the hedge — score 1
3. A Falcon — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. An Owl — 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 195, line 9: «Why: the old woman and her helpers lured people there to be murdered, so Alnaschar wants payback.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «murder» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Talking Cricket declare concerning the Marionette's character?

1. He is a fool — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He is a liar of the lowest kind — no support
3. He is a good boy at heart — no support
4. He is a rascal of the worst kind — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Which substance did the Fairy introduce into the glass of water administered to the Marionette?

1. A pinch of white powder from the golden bowl — score -4
2. A white paste — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. A white powder — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. A tiny white powder from a little paper packet — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 106, line 3: «The queen learns from her glass that Snow-White is still alive, so she comes back disguised as an old pedlar and laces her up until she faints.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «glass» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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