Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becomes king, and the piper clears Hamel of rats, then the children vanish

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1552 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 ✗

Oi, did the rat guy actually get paid or what?

1. Yeah, the Counsellor paid him in full with a bonus — ← Mova's choice · score -8
2. Yeah, he got his dosh in full — no support
3. Nah, the mayor paid up — no support
4. Nah, the Counsellor did him dirty — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score -8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1552, line 4: «He plays his pipes, the rats follow him to the river and leap in, but the Counsellor refuses to pay him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3). Against it: the same doer «counsellor» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, that piper was proper weird, innit?

1. Dead weird, with that red feather — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Proper creepy, with those eyes — no support
3. Dead weird, he wore red breeches and a big feather in his hat — no support
4. Dead weird, with that red hat — 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 ✗

Bruv, why did the rats just jump in the river?

1. Cos the bells rang out loud — no support
2. Cos they were hungry — score 1
3. Cos the piper called them, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Cos the music made them, proper mad — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1552, line 16: «The rats' king is called friend Blanchet, an old white rat who sprang into the river last of all.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the town was skint and proper gutted, yeah?

1. Yeah, they were well skint and gutted and the Counsellor was loaded — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, they were well skint and gutted — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, they were quite happy — no support
4. Nah, they were well loaded after the rats had gone home — 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 ✓

Did the Counsellor sort it or what, fam?

1. Yeah, he was a bit of a cheeky fox — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Nah, he dodged the deal — no support
3. Yeah, he was a proper cheat — no support
4. Nah, he was a bit of a cheeky fox and he never paid up — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 837, line 1: «The counsellor walks out and sees a procession of drummers and guards, led by a man he takes for a bishop, and he thinks it is all a costume party.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «counsellor» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what was the town's big panic?

1. Rats all over the streets and cellars, a proper plague for everyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mice all over, like a bad fever — no support
3. Rats all over, like a proper plague — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Rats in every bed and drain, like a big plague from the sea — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, did the children go off with the piper?

1. Yeah, they all went, leg it to the square — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they stayed home but the piper took the rest of the kids — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, they all went, leg it to the square and then out of town — no support
4. Yeah, they went off to the fields — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 297, line 16: «Three children stay behind: one to try on a "ball-dress," one to return a borrowed "coat and boots," and one who "never went to a strange place."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «three children» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Was the piper sly or what, mate?

1. Dead sly, with those mocking eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Proper sly, with a grin and a wink — no support
3. Dead sly, yeah — no support
4. Proper sly, mate — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blud, who was the old white rat, then?

1. Friend Blanchet, the old white king of all the rats — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Friend Blanchet, the king of the rats — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Friend Brown, the rat of the cellar — no support
4. Friend Blanchet, the Counsellor's rat who led them out — 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 Drakestail get the crown, or nah?

1. Yeah, it fitted him like wax — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it fitted him like wax and he wore it proudly — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nah, it was far too big and slipped right off his head — score 1
4. Yeah, it sat on him well — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1293, line 2: «He sends the three sisters down the well with a warning to marry on the same day, wearing their crowns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «crowns» (+2); a different doer (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 11 · ★ · right ✓

Ay, did the people laugh at the piper, though?

1. Yeah, they laughed, thinking he was done — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, they mocked him loudly — no support
3. Nah, they feared him then — score 1
4. Yeah, they laughed — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1552, line 13: «The people laugh at him, and feel safe, going gaily to church on Sunday.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «people» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Man, what did the piper want for his job?

1. A gros, dosh — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A crown a head, proper cash — score 0
3. A gros a head, proper dosh — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Some dosh — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1536, line 6: «Jack goes to the castle because he has seen the Beanstalk and wants to win back what the Giant stole from his family.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+1). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, did the rats leg it out of the cellars or what?

1. Yeah, they came from every cellar — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Yeah, they came out of every nook and corner of the whole town at once — no support
3. Nah, they stayed put in the cellars until the piper called them out — score -1
4. Yeah, they came out of every nook and corner — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 12: ««I'm a seafaring rat, I am, and the port I originally hail from is Constantinople» (hail from = come from). Constantinople is the old name of Istanbul in Turke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «water rat» (+1). Against it: the same action «hail» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the sum that the piper demanded for each rat removed from the town of Hamel?

1. A gros per head — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Two gros per head — no support
3. A crown per head — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Per head — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 612, line 18: «Old word: A "Tower musket" was an old gun, and the Government's reward of "a hundred rupees" was a large sum then.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «large sum» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the precise manner in which the rats were induced to enter the river?

1. By a magic pipe — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. By a call from the piper — score 0
3. By the sound of the bells — no support
4. By the music of the bagpipes — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1328, line 19: «Old word: a "convent" is a house where nuns live apart from the world, and Tephany says she may enter one if she cannot see Denis.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately records the fate of the children of Hamel upon the Sunday described?

1. They had disappeared from the town — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. They had been locked in the church and were quite safe — score 1
3. They had gone into the hills — score -1
4. They had disappeared from the town and were never seen again — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1414, line 8: «"Cobblers" means shoemakers, a word few children meet today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+5); the same action «meet» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best characterises the conduct of the Town Counsellor with regard to the piper's bargain?

1. He reckoned the heads first and then refused payment entirely to the piper — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. He withheld payment by means of a clever stratagem and a lie — no support
3. He withheld payment by a stratagem — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He broke his word openly — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1304, line 10: «Paddy asks, "Did you drink, piper?", and Maurice answers "I will, sir", because pipers never refuse a drink.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «refuse» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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