Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1591 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 ✗
bruh, why'd the tin guy wanna see Oz?
- 1. to fix his rust, ngl — no support
- 2. to get some brains, fr — no support
- 3. for a heart, lowkey — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. bc he wanted a heart so he could love the munchkin girl again, lowkey — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1591, line 13: «He loved a Munchkin girl, but the old woman she lived with did not want her to marry.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «munchkin girl» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
ok fr, what did the scarecrow want from Oz?
- 1. brains for his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. some hay for his stuffing — no support
- 3. a brain, for real — score -2
- 4. more straw — no support
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 1589, line 9: «Why: Dorothy wants Oz to send her back to Kansas, and the Scarecrow hopes Oz will give him "some brains".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «brains» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
no cap, how many legs did that cursed axe chop off?
- 1. a toe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. both of his legs, like the whole thing, cut right off — no support
- 3. two legs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. one leg — 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 ✓
wait, who even made his tin parts?
- 1. the tinsmith — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. the tinsmith from the village who fixed the pots — score 2
- 3. the blacksmith — score 6
- 4. the witch — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1135, line 18: «fact: The giant's name, Chi-eswa-mapiri, means "who makes the mountains," which is his job.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «mountains» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro, what was that growling in the woods?
- 1. a fox that ran off quickly — no support
- 2. a wild animal Toto knew about — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. just wind — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. a wild animal that Toto knew about from the farm back in Kansas, bro — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1287, line 1: «Walter rides to the mill on Jonas's cart, and he beats his drum all the way through the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «drum» (-1); the same place «wood» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
ngl, what was dorothy stressing about?
- 1. the bread running out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the rain — no support
- 3. the witch — no support
- 4. the road being too long — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey, why'd the old lady snitch to the witch?
- 1. she wanted to get a new cow — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she wanted the girl to keep cooking — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. she hoped the witch would pay her — no support
- 4. she wanted the girl to keep cooking for her family and never marry the Woodman — 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 ✗
fr, where was the tin man stuck for a whole year?
- 1. in the middle of the dark forest, rusted solid and unable to move his arms — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. in the forest, frozen stiff — score -3
- 3. in the woods, rusted solid after the rain for a whole year and a day — score 3
- 4. in the woods, rusted solid — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 1580, line 19: «A loaf is a shaped lump of bread, and the hungry man eats a whole mountain of bread in one day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «hungry man» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
so like, what was the yellow road made of?
- 1. yellow clay — no support
- 2. gold — no support
- 3. golden sand — no support
- 4. yellow bricks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1591, line 6: «The travelers walk along the road "paved with yellow brick," through a thick forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruh, did the scarecrow fall in a hole?
- 1. yup, he stumbled into a deep hole in the road that the Winkies dug yesterday — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. yep, he tripped on a stone — no support
- 3. yup, he walked right into a hole and got stuck, bro, and needed help — no support
- 4. yup, he rolled off the road — ✓ the right answer · 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 1591, line 2: «The Scarecrow stumbles into a hole, and the Woodman says brains are not the best thing in the world.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «hole» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, so the tin man got split in two?
- 1. nope, the tin was only scratched — no support
- 2. yep, the axe cut right through him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. yep, the sword got him bad — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yep, the axe cut right through him at the waist and split him into two halves — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1099, line 2: «The Wind scolds him for lying and gives him a little ram that scatters money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+2); the same receiver «man» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
dude, what was in dorothy's basket?
- 1. bread and the oil-can — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. bread, the oil-can, and a jar of honey for the Scarecrow — no support
- 3. bread and a sharp knife — no support
- 4. bread and a ham bone — 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 ✗
real talk, why was it hard to walk on the road?
- 1. wet mud and slippery roots — no support
- 2. dead leaves and dried branches that crunched and snapped under their feet all day — no support
- 3. thick mud, dead leaves and dried branches blocking the path to the Emerald City — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. dead leaves and dried branches — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1406, line 8: «Where: the wagon stops on a stony road, on the way to the Land of Toys.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same circumstance (+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 object did the Tin Woodman request be carried in Dorothy's basket, and for what stated reason?
- 1. His axe, for chopping — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. The bread, so he would not get hungry on the road — no support
- 3. The oil-can, in case he rusted again in the rain — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The oil-can, to keep him oiled — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 171, line 13: «The porter's own story is simple: his sister found him waiting "to be hired," and he carried her shopping in a basket.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «basket» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the principal cause of the Tin Woodman's mutilation, as recounted by himself?
- 1. A heavy spell cast by the Wicked Witch of the West upon his axe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The enchanted axe, which the Wicked Witch of the East had bewitched — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The rusted tools his father had left in the woods behind the house — no support
- 4. The enchanted axe — 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 · wrong ✗
By what means did the Tin Woodman's body come to be composed of tin, as he related?
- 1. The tinsmith fashioned replacement parts from tin, piece by piece, after the axe had cut him apart many times over — no support
- 2. His father forged new iron pieces from the mines — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. The tinsmith fashioned replacement parts from tin — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. A tinsmith in the village of the Munchkins fashioned all his replacement parts from shiny tin, one by one, over many months — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1215, line 4: «The switch thrashes the innkeeper, his wife and Grumbler until the Holy Man comes to stop it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «holy man» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What did the old woman offer the Wicked Witch in exchange for preventing the marriage?
- 1. A goat — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Two sheep and a cow — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Three hens and a pig — score 1
- 4. Ten eggs — 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 1111, line 16: «Why does Daniel swap his horse and armour? The lady offers "her shift and her weapon" in exchange.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «exchange» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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