Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills the spider monster, and the Winged Monkeys fly the friends over the Hammer-Heads' hill
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1610 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 Lion really just punch the spider's head off?
- 1. Yeah, one whack with his paw, totally — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, one whack with his paw, and the head flew off into the trees, totally wild — no support
- 3. Yeah, he swiped it with his big paw, duh — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. Nah, the spider got away real quick, bro — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 15: «Toad is «a short, stout figure—splashing badly and rolling a good deal, but working his hardest»; when the Rat calls to him he shakes his head and keeps on row…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «head» (-1); 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so the Hammer-Heads had no arms at all?
- 1. Zero arms, dude, just heads — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nope, just heads — no support
- 3. Yeah, no arms — no support
- 4. Nah, they had some short legs — 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 ✗
That tiger was kinda sus, right?
- 1. Nope, he was sneaky and kept some secrets, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was lying the whole time, no cap — no support
- 3. Yeah, super sus, dude — no support
- 4. Nah, he was legit, bowed and everything — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, the Scarecrow got yeeted down the hill, right?
- 1. Nope, he just sat down there — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he bounced off the rocks — no support
- 3. Yep, tumbling over and over — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he stayed — 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 ✓
Okay, why did the beasts all go quiet when the Lion showed up?
- 1. He was the King, so they hushed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He was big, so they fled — no support
- 3. They were scared — no support
- 4. He was loud, so they got shy — 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 774, line 11: «The two hungry lions are quieted when the prince throws them the bread, and the door "flew open at the third stroke of the wand".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «quiet» (+2); the same thing acted on «two hungry lions» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Dorothy get scared at the animal meeting?
- 1. Nah, not really — no support
- 2. Yeah, she was kinda scared — score 3
- 3. No, she stayed super calm — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. For a sec, yeah, then chill — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1589, line 2: «Dorothy sits on a fence to rest and spots a Scarecrow on a pole, guarding the corn from crows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+3); the same doer «dorothy» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, how did they get over the hill, did they climb it?
- 1. Nope, they used a rope bridge — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, they crawled up the rocks — no support
- 3. Yeah, they climbed — no support
- 4. Nah, the Winged Monkeys flew them — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, the Golden Cap, what does it do again?
- 1. Lets Dorothy summon the Monkeys — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Makes Dorothy go home fast — no support
- 3. Lets Dorothy command the Lion — no support
- 4. Lets Dorothy summon the Monkeys three times, and then it's gone forever — 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 ✗
Was the Quadling country actually pretty, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, it had green fields, gold rivers, and bright red houses with white fences all around — no support
- 2. Nah, it looked dull with gray fields, dark houses, and a cold wind blowing across the land — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Yeah, fields and bright red houses — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, mostly dry dusty fields and old barns — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 721, line 8: «Where: the prince rode across the plain country to his mother's estates, then along the road toward the shrine of St. James.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same place «plain country» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what did the farm lady give them, like a snack?
- 1. Only cookies — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Cake and cookies, a whole dinner — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Some stew and a pie, nothing more — score 0
- 4. Just some bread — 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 1051, line 3: «The lady will not give her name or say where she comes from, and she will not tell anyone anything.», 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) (+2). Against it: the same action «give» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, did the Lion even try to fight the Hammer-Heads?
- 1. Yep, and got knocked flat — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, but he got smacked — no support
- 3. Nope, he just sat back — no support
- 4. Nope, he ran — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1595, line 2: «The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, who are not made of flesh, carry her in a chair of their arms, and the Lion runs out of the flowers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «lion» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, what's Toto's deal with all this?
- 1. Stayed quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Barked a lot — no support
- 3. Whimpered a bit, then chill — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Barked at the Lion, then ran — 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 ✗
Which of the following actions did the Lion perform in order to destroy the giant spider?
- 1. He cut its legs off — no support
- 2. He wrestled it down and tore off one leg — score 4
- 3. He crept closer and scratched its eyes out — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. He leapt onto its back and severed its head with one blow — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 405, line 19: «Old word: "fawned" means behaved in an eager, flattering way, so the Lion "fawned upon him" to show he wanted friendship.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «fawn» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Hammer-Heads repelled the travelers?
- 1. By extending their heads with great force to strike them and then pulling them back into the rocks — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. By swinging their heads with great force to strike them — score -1
- 3. By extending their long necks with great force to strike the travelers from the air above — score 0
- 4. By extending their heads with great force to strike them — ✓ the right answer · score -1
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 280, line 3: «He pushes his head through the iron railings easily, but his body sticks fast, and he cannot pull his head back.», 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) (+2). Against it: the same action «pull back» (-1); the same thing acted on «head» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accounts for the travelers' eventual passage over the hill?
- 1. The Golden Cap summoned the Wizard, who flew the group over the hill in a balloon at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. The Winged Monkeys, summoned by Dorothy, carried them across — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. The travelers tunneled through the hill's base — no support
- 4. The Winged Monkeys, once summoned by Dorothy with the cap, lifted and carried all of them across the high ridge — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1343, line 3: «The old man goes searching over the hills and through the woods, calling out at every clump of bamboo for his tongue-cut sparrow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+2); the same place «hills» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements about the Quadling farmer's hospitality is accurate?
- 1. The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The farmer's wife gave them a cold, meager snack — no support
- 3. The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner, then gave them cake and a bed for the night — no support
- 4. The farmer's wife chased the travelers off her land — 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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