Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1447 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 ✗

Bruv, was the cat proper clever with the king, or what?

1. Yeah, he fooled the king with a rabbit, a bag and a lot of guile — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, he fooled the king with a hare — score 4
3. Yeah, he tricked the king with a rabbit — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, he tricked the king with a rabbit and a plan at the river — 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 1393, line 2: «On the road he meets a lame Fox and a blind Cat, who ask about his money and pretend to be his friends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «blind cat» (+2); the same thing acted on «friends» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit true the miller's youngest got only the cat?

1. Nah, he got nothing but the cat, no mill, no ass, no land — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, just the cat, no mill, no ass, no money or land at all — no support
3. Nah, he got the mill and the ass — no support
4. Yeah, just the cat, no mill, no ass — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how did the cat get the rabbit in the bag?

1. He sat still and watched — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He played dead and waited — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He hopped in the bag — no support
4. He lay in the grass, played dead, and waited for 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 · ★ · right ✓

Proper lush, the Marquis got fancy clothes, yeah?

1. Yeah, a fancy coat — no support
2. Yeah, the king sent a fine shirt — no support
3. Nah, he bought a suit himself — no support
4. Yeah, the king gave him his best suit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1083, line 4: «Puss tells the King that the Marquis of Carabas is drowning, and the King gives the Marquis fine clothes and a seat in his coach.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, did the cat really hide the clothes under a stone?

1. Nah, he dropped them in a ditch — score 3
2. Yeah, he hid them under a big stone by the river and ran — score 5
3. Yeah, he stuffed them under a big stone at the river bank — score 4
4. Yeah, he hid them under a big stone — ← 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, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1083, line 16: «What: the cat says rogues took the Marquis's clothes, and he had hidden them "under a great stone".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+2); the same thing acted on «clothes» (+2); the same place «great stone» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, what did the cat threaten the mowers with?

1. chopped small like herbs for the pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. chopped small like herbs for the pot and fed to dogs — score 5
3. chopped small like herbs for the pot and the king's supper — score 5
4. chopped like onions for the stew — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1246, line 19: «Old word: a "muff" was once a tube of fur for warming the hands, but here the cat wears it round his neck like a collar.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, who was the ogre, actually?

1. the richest owner of all the land — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the owner of the big castle — no support
3. the richest man in the kingdom — no support
4. a lord of the far hills — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did the ogre turn into to scare the cat?

1. a huge lion with teeth — score -2
2. a tiger — no support
3. a rat — no support
4. a lion — ← 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 1425, line 2: «The Mermaid blows three times on sea-weed, which turns into a lifeless copy of the King on the sand.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Peak, where did the cat end up when he got scared?

1. in the gutter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. by the river — score 5
3. on the roof — score 5
4. in a ditch — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1447, line 16: «What: the ogre says he can "become a lion", and the cat, terrified, gets "into the gutter".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the cat's boots help him on the roof, mate?

1. Yeah, they gripped the tiles well — no support
2. Yeah, they kept him steady there — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nah, they were no use on the tiles — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, they helped — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 127, line 3: «The father tests the marriage with a holed boot, which holds the water, so the wedding goes ahead and the stepdaughter gets milk and wine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «holed boot» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead cool, what did the king's daughter feel about the Marquis?

1. a quiet fondness for him — score 3
2. fond of him — score 3
3. a hidden love for him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. a secret liking for him — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1281, line 7: «What: the king says "You swore to marry her if she saved your life", so the prince must keep his promise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Skint miller's son, so what's the cat's big plan?

1. to win the king's favour for his master and gain land — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to get the king to like his master — no support
3. to win the king's favour for his master by any trick at all — no support
4. to win the king's favour for his master — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, did the sea get salty from the mill?

1. Nah, the mill grinds sand at the bottom of the lake — no support
2. Yeah, it grinds salt at the bottom and never stops grinding — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, it grinds salt at the bottom — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, the mill is at the bottom — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 342, line 3: «He sits his chair on the beach and orders the sea to stop, but the tide keeps rising and soaks his robe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sea» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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 · right ✓

Which trick did the cat employ to ensnare the young rabbit?

1. He feigned death and awaited the rabbit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He feigned death in the grass and awaited the rabbit's arrival — score 3
3. He faked a fall and watched closely — score 3
4. He pretended sleep and waited quietly — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1393, line 2: «On the road he meets a lame Fox and a blind Cat, who ask about his money and pretend to be his friends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «blind cat» (+4); 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 ✗

What was the principal consequence of the cat's deception at the river?

1. The king believed the Marquis to be a wealthy nobleman and gave him his daughter — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The king believed the Marquis to be a wealthy nobleman and invited him to dine — score 5
3. The king thought the Marquis was a rich man of the court — score 4
4. The king believed the Marquis to be a wealthy nobleman — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1447, line 4: «At the river the cat makes the king think his master, the Marquis of Carabas, is drowning and has been robbed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1); the same thing acted on «master» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which faculty did the ogre claim to possess?

1. the power to change into other creatures — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the power to turn into animals of any kind — no support
3. the power to change into other creatures and to breathe fire — no support
4. the power to shift into animals — 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 ✗

How did the cat's boots affect his movement on the tiles?

1. They made his steps very slow — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. They hindered his progress upon the slippery tiles of the castle roof — no support
3. They slowed his walk on tiles — score 4
4. They hindered his progress upon the tiles — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 871, line 16: «fact: A "gutter" is a channel of water at the side of a street, and "top-boots" are tall leather boots that reach the knee.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tall leather boots» (+3); the same action «reach» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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