Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people
Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 4 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1486 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 like, what even happened to the ship, fam?
- 1. it got smashed on a hidden rock near the coast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. it got smashed on a rock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. it got smashed on a rock and the crew escaped — no support
- 4. it drifted off course — 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 ✗
bruv, how long did he kip on the grass?
- 1. all night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. an hour — score 5
- 3. about nine hours — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. around ten hours — 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 611, line 4: «He refuses to sleep indoors, so he sleeps in the grass, where Gray Brother brings news of Shere Khan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «grass» (+5); the same action «sleep» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, how tiny were the little peeps?
- 1. not six feet high — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. not six inches high — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. about six inches tall — no support
- 4. very small — 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 ✓
was he proper stuck or nah?
- 1. tied down with strings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. held by iron clamps — no support
- 3. tied down with strings to tiny pegs — no support
- 4. pinned by heavy ropes — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
innit wild that they fired arrows at him?
- 1. more than a hundred arrows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. more than a dozen spears — no support
- 3. more than a hundred arrows and some spears — no support
- 4. more than a hundred arrows fired at once — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was his jacket made of, mate?
- 1. sailcloth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. thick animal leather lined with cloth — no support
- 3. leather — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. heavy hide leather from a bull — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
how'd he get grub, was it sus?
- 1. baskets carried up ladders — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. bowls raised on poles — no support
- 3. on carts — no support
- 4. sacks lowered by rope — 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 ✗
was the drink like a massive cup?
- 1. a huge hogshead full of wine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a wooden cask — no support
- 3. a large hogshead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a large hogshead of strong ale — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
dead hungry, yeah? how much did he scoff?
- 1. three loaves at a time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. four loaves at a time — no support
- 3. three pies in a go — no support
- 4. two bites — 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 big boss-man go on for ages?
- 1. about ten minutes of nonstop speech — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. about fifteen minutes — no support
- 3. around ten minutes — no support
- 4. about ten minutes — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
wagwan, was he trying to bounce?
- 1. to demand his liberty — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. to ask for his freedom from the king — no support
- 3. to ask for his freedom and a boat home — no support
- 4. to ask for his freedom — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
did they put something on his face after?
- 1. a bitter-smelling balm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a sweet-smelling ointment — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a strong-smelling paste — no support
- 4. a sweet-smelling ointment made from herbs — 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 ✗
was he gutted or chilled about it all?
- 1. he went along with it all quietly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he went along with it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he was quite annoyed — no support
- 4. he resisted the plan — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
so what was the vibe at the end?
- 1. they let him go free — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. they kept him locked up — no support
- 3. they fought him — no support
- 4. they let him do as he wished — ✓ 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 ✗
Upon which object did the vessel first sustain fatal damage?
- 1. a reef — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. a submerged rock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. rocks — score -1
- 4. a submerged rock near the shore — no support
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 216, line 19: «Old word: "avarice" means greed for money or riches, and "expiate" means to make up for a wrong, often by suffering for it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «suffer» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). 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 ✗
To what condition were the surviving seamen reduced prior to the wreck?
- 1. a very weak condition after months at sea — no support
- 2. a very weak and sickly condition from thirst — no support
- 3. a very weak condition — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a dangerously low state — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 9: «The wreck lay "a mile away" on a low rock, and the sailors were "clinging to the masts."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same property (-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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
By what means were the narrator's arms and legs immobilised?
- 1. fastened with strings to pegs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. tied up — no support
- 3. bound with cords to stakes — no support
- 4. fastened with ropes to posts — 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 ✗
What was the stated purpose of the approaching officer's visit?
- 1. conveying the narrator to the capital for trial by the king — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. conveying the narrator to the capital — ✓ the right answer · score -6
- 3. transporting the narrator to the court — score -6
- 4. conveying the narrator to the capital city and beyond it — score -6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 230, line 12: «What: The princess fills "a small silver flask that she had brought with her for the purpose."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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