Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecrow who wants brains and joins her on the yellow brick road

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1589 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 ✗

Dude, did the scarecrow really wink at Dorothy, or was she just seeing things?

1. Nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope — no support
3. He winked for real — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he just blinked — 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 ✗

Lol, so the scarecrow has no brains, right? Like, none at all?

1. Pretty much, he's dumb — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. None at all, he's stuffed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Way more than you'd think, he's actually super clever tbh — no support
4. Nope, he has a tiny bit, like a crumb of brain — 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 ✗

Wait, is Toto gonna bite that straw guy or nah?

1. Maybe — no support
2. Yeah, he bites a lot — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Nah, he never bites — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Yep, he's super mean — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 95, line 3: «The Dog makes his bargain too: be kind to the Baby or be bitten. The Cat agrees, as long as the Baby does not pull his tail too hard, but again says he walks b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what's the one thing the scarecrow's scared of?

1. Fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dark wet weather — no support
3. A lighted match — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Crows — 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 ✗

Bruh, why couldn't the scarecrow just eat the bread?

1. He's full — no support
2. He just doesn't eat bread — score 2
3. Bread is gross for him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. His mouth is painted on — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 585, line 20: «Old words: "jimson weeds" are a poisonous plant today, so nobody should eat them, and "sludge-hammer" is a heavy hammer.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Dorothy just lift him off the pole by herself?

1. Yep, with one hand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes — no support
3. Yep, with both arms — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope — 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 ✗

Is the road all smooth and easy to walk on?

1. Nope, it's sorta smooth — no support
2. Nope, it's kinda bumpy, but the Scarecrow walks fine on it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nope, it's super bumpy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, it's perfectly smooth the whole way to the city — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1503, line 8: «Where: he walks "a' that day, and a' the next day" and meets a shepherd on the third day, "in the afternoon", on the road to the Etin's country.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+2); the same place «road» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Emerald City is close by, right?

1. Yep, you can see its towers from right here — no support
2. Nope, it's many days away — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yeah, it's close, only an hour's walk beyond the hill — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, just down the road — 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 723, line 6: «The tale is set near a royal palace, and the merchant's house is close to it, so the king can send for him at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the scarecrow walked into holes on purpose?

1. Yeah, he wanted the holes — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Yep, he was trying to trick Dorothy on purpose — no support
3. Yes, he walked into holes on purpose to play a game — score -2
4. No, he just can't see well — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 40, line 16: «The Badger has «bolt-holes to the edge of the wood in several directions» (bolt-hole = secret escape tunnel), «which I don't want everybody to know about». The…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «bolt holes» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, how long ago did the farmer make him?

1. Day before yesterday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Way back in spring, before the big harvest in fall — score -1
3. Ages ago, back when the corn was still green — no support
4. Like two weeks back lol — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1470, line 7: «The Captain's words "Open, Sesame!" made the rock door open, and "Shut, Sesame!" made it close.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Dorothy mad when the scarecrow asked to come along?

1. Nope — no support
2. Yep, she told him to go away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nope, she was happy to help — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1589, line 16: «The Scarecrow says he was made "day before yesterday", so he knows very little about the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «scarecrow» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements, concerning the Scarecrow's wish to acquire intelligence, is accurate according to the passage?

1. He expects Oz to send him back to the cornfield soon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He hopes Oz will grant him brains — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He wants to leave the field — no support
4. He hopes Oz will grant him courage — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object which the Scarecrow designates as the sole source of his fear, as recorded in the passage.

1. Crows — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hungry black crows — no support
3. Dark wet weather — no support
4. A lighted match — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Determine the sequence in which the Scarecrow's features were painted by the farmer, as described in the passage.

1. Eyes first — no support
2. The ears were painted before the eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. The eyes were painted before the ears — no support
4. Ears only — 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 1589, line 17: «The farmer painted the Scarecrow's ears first, and one of them "aren't straight", but they are "ears just the same".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «paint» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «ears» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Explain why Dorothy resolved not to turn back, as the passage states at its opening.

1. She feared the crows and the dark road ahead — no support
2. She wished to seek Oz's help for her return — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. She wished to find the Scarecrow's brains — score 4
4. She wished to reach the Emerald City and see the great Wizard — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 123, line 11: «The cock cries "Your pitchy girl's come back to you," which shames her in front of everyone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pitchy girl» (+3); the same action «come back» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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