Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1770 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 ✗

ok so the dragon basically got played, right?

1. yeah, Stan tricked him into giving up seven sacks — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. nah, he just gave it up — no support
3. nope, the dragon kept all his ducats safe — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. no, he won fair — 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 652, line 3: «Back at the dungeon, the dragon is purring nonstop to keep the baby quiet, and he is worn out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why was Stan so chill about the moon thing?

1. cause he really thought the moon was close — no support
2. cause the dragon was scared of the moon — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. cause he was just messing with the dragon, bruh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no clue, bruh — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1769, line 16: «The trick: Stan squeezes a cheese until "buttermilk flowed through his fingers," while the stone gives none.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stan» (+2). Against it: 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

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, what was up with the pigs' trough?

1. he hid under the bed with it and faked the snoring — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he filled it with earth and sat on the roof — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. he kicked it into the pigs' pen — no support
4. he set it on fire and jumped over it to scare the dragon off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1770, line 16: «Old word: "trough" means a long open box that animals eat or drink from, and the pigs' trough is filled with earth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fill» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «trough» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, did the dragon know Stan was lying?

1. nah, he figured it out after the seventh sack, but he was too proud to say so — score -1
2. nah, he kinda fell for it every time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah he knew everything, but he gave in anyway because he wanted the ducats back — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. nah, he just kept letting Stan win — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1770, line 10: «Why: Stan says he could never lift the club, because he knows "he and all his children together would never lift that club from the ground."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+3); the same doer «stan» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the mom wanted Stan gone, but how?

1. she wanted the dragon to murder him in his sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she wanted him gone — score -4
3. she wanted him to leave the farm — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. she hoped Stan would just walk away quietly — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1769, line 12: «Why Stan leaves: he says, "I must go out into the world and try to bring back food," because the fruit "was too early to ripen."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stan» (+5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, how many trees did Stan actually lift?

1. none, he just tied them together — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he carried one into the house — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. none — no support
4. a few — 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 1632, line 3: «He lifts the loaded cart onto his back, leads the horses home, and tosses the stone aside at the gate.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

bro, why did the dragon do all the heavy work?

1. cause Stan was strong — no support
2. cause Stan threatened him with the moon and the brook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. cause the dragon was just lazy that day — no support
4. cause the mom ordered him to do it — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1769, line 6: «Who: Stan and his wife, who live in a little house on the outskirts of the village, and a dragon who serves an ancient mother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+2); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what did Stan even do with the buffalo skins?

1. he stacked them by the pigs' trough — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he used them as a tent for sleeping — score 6
3. he burned them — score 3
4. he made the dragon fill them with water — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1765, line 20: «Old word: "loitered" means wandered slowly and lazily, wasting time on purpose, like hanging about with nothing to do.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

wait, was the dragon's club really that heavy?

1. yeah, even Stan couldn't lift it off the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. nope, Stan swung it around like a stick — score -1
3. yeah, but the dragon could lift it fine — score 3
4. nah, it was light — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1770, line 10: «Why: Stan says he could never lift the club, because he knows "he and all his children together would never lift that club from the ground."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lift» (+3); the same doer «stan» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «club» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, why did the dragon's jaw drop at the brook?

1. Stan said the brook was his now — no support
2. the dragon heard the brook was poisoned — no support
3. Stan had already drained the brook into the trough at night — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Stan said he'd take the whole brook away — ✓ the right answer · score 2

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 1770, line 3: «Next the dragon fetches water and carries wood, because Stan threatens to take the brook and the whole forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stan» (+2); the same thing acted on «brook» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

be real, was Stan actually scared the whole time?

1. yeah, he trembled in bed but stayed sneaky — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, he shook so hard the whole bed creaked, but he kept pretending to snore for the dragon — no support
3. nah, he was calm the whole time and never shook — score 1
4. yeah, he was shaking like an aspen but kept acting calm — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1770, line 13: «Why Stan stays awake: "he was wise enough not to shut his eyes that night," which saves his life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); the same doer «stan» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

so what did the dragon and mom end up doing?

1. they hid the ducats in the trough and blamed Stan for the missing club — score 2
2. they paid Stan the ducats to get rid of him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. they sent Stan to the dragon's cave — score 3
4. they chased Stan out of the house at dawn — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 1761, line 3: «The dragon gives chase, but his own horse rears and plunges until the dragon is thrown onto a rock and broken to pieces.», 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 (+2); the same action «give» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object which the dragon attempted to project into the lunar body, as described in the passage.

1. the great iron-bound club of the dragon — score 1
2. the iron-bound stone — no support
3. the iron-bound club — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the enormous iron-bound club his grandfather had carried — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 106, line 20: «Old word: "bier" meant a frame for carrying a dead body, and "bemoaned" meant mourned or wept over; we now say stretcher and grieved.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1); 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 · right ✓

State the manner in which Stan persuaded the dragon to relinquish his right to the water supply.

1. through a clever bet about the moon — no support
2. by threatening to take the brook away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. by promising to share the forest — no support
4. by threatening to throw the moon and the brook into the forest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1770, line 3: «Next the dragon fetches water and carries wood, because Stan threatens to take the brook and the whole forest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «brook» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Specify the nature of the stratagem by which Stan evaded the attempted murder during the night.

1. a heavy stone placed under the covers — no support
2. a trough concealed beneath the bedclothes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. a sack of earth under the blanket — no support
4. a loud snoring performed beside a pile of sacks in the corner of the room — 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 1770, line 4: «That night the mother plans a murder, but Stan hides a trough under the blanket and the club hits nothing.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same thing acted on «trough» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the consequence of the dragon's and the mother's alarm on the following morning.

1. they hastened to deliver the ducats to Stan — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. they carried the club out to the field — score -1
3. they rushed out to pay Stan the ducats, but Stan had already taken the brook and the trees — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. they locked the doors and fled the farm — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 652, line 11: «John's wife cries, "You've given the baby to the dragon!", because she has only heard part of the story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). Against it: the same receiver «dragon» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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