Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1609 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 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, who was the first one to yell "Oh, my!" up on the wall?
- 1. The Scarecrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The Cowardly Lion — no support
- 3. The Tin Woodman — no support
- 4. The Lion — 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 ✗
Bruh, what was the milkmaid's cow kicking over?
- 1. Everything in the barn and the milkmaid too — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The stool, the pail, the cat and the milkmaid — no support
- 3. The stool, the pail and the milkmaid — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The gate, the fence and the farmer — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Lowkey, what got nicked on the milkmaid?
- 1. The back of her left elbow — no support
- 2. Her left elbow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. Her whole left arm and shoulder — no support
- 4. Her hand — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1609, line 10: «The cow kicks over the stool, the pail and the milkmaid, and the milkmaid gets "a nick in her left elbow."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same circumstance (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Fr, why did the Princess yell "Don't chase me!"?
- 1. She feared the Scarecrow would knock her over — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She thought they'd stop — no support
- 3. She feared she'd break — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She was afraid they would take her away to Kansas — 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 ✓
No cap, what is Mr. Joker always trying to do?
- 1. Dance on his toes — no support
- 2. Turn somersaults — no support
- 3. Stand upon his head and spin around — score 5
- 4. Stand upon his head — ← 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 1609, line 14: «Mr. Joker is "mended in a hundred places" because he keeps trying to "stand upon his head."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+3); the same place «head» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, how many places was Mr. Joker mended?
- 1. A hundred spots — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. A hundred places on his legs — score 4
- 3. Every single place on his body — no support
- 4. A hundred places — ✓ the right answer · 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 1609, line 14: «Mr. Joker is "mended in a hundred places" because he keeps trying to "stand upon his head."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same place «hundred places» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Why won't Dorothy lug the Princess back to Kansas?
- 1. It would make her unhappy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Too heavy — no support
- 3. She would be too lonely — no support
- 4. Her joints would break — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1529, line 4: «Worn out and with her baby in her arms, she finally reaches the palace where the Sun lives.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+2); the same thing acted on «palace» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sus, what happens to china people if they get moved?
- 1. Their joints stiffen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They lose their voice — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Their paint fades — no support
- 4. Their joints stiffen and they cannot move — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1545, line 9: «fact: The old man tells him to pass the first two princesses, because they are the ones who call to him "very prettily," and to go to the third.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Real talk, what did the Lion smash with his tail?
- 1. A china church — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. The tall china clock on the wall — score -1
- 3. A tall china tower near the gate — score -1
- 4. A glass window — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1284, line 16: «Why the lion wants the heart: he says, "the only part I want for myself is the heart."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what did the Scarecrow say he was thankful for?
- 1. Being stuffed full — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Being made of straw and not of china — no support
- 3. Being made of straw — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Being stuffed with straw so he could not break — 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 ✗
Bro, what colour was the tiny dog that barked?
- 1. Tan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Purple — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yellow — no support
- 4. Red — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Okay, what did Dorothy say to the milkmaid first?
- 1. "Oh, dear." — score 0
- 2. "I'm very sorry." — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. "Excuse me, please." — no support
- 4. "Are you all right?" — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1609, line 11: «Dorothy says "I'm very sorry," but the milkmaid is "much too vexed to make any answer."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+8); the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «dorothy» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Upon whom did the companions alight when they descended the first wall?
- 1. Upon the Scarecrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 2. Upon the Tin Woodman — score -3
- 3. Onto Dorothy — score -3
- 4. On the Lion — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 116, line 1: «The third Crow reveals that the bride will fall dead at the dance unless someone takes three drops of blood from her breast.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «bride» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
For what reason did the china Princess decline to be conveyed to Kansas?
- 1. Her paint would fade away — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Her joints would stiffen if she left her home — no support
- 3. Her joints would stiffen and she could not walk back — no support
- 4. Her joints would stiffen — ✓ 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 ✓
Which object was demolished by the Lion's tail upon his leap over the second wall?
- 1. A tall china tower by the gate — no support
- 2. A tall tower — no support
- 3. A china church — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. A china chair — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1609, line 5: «At the second wall the Lion smashes a china church with his tail, and then they enter a gloomy, wild forest that he loves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same place «second wall» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the condition of the china folk when removed from their own country?
- 1. Their joints became stiff and rigid and useless — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Their joints grew rigid — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Their voices went quiet — no support
- 4. Their joints grew rigid and they could not bend — 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
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