Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1887 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 ✗

Okay, so who was the real baddie in this story?

1. The kettle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Blacky — no support
4. Whitey — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, how did Blacky finally get rid of the fox?

1. He boiled him in a kettle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He ran away — no support
3. He tricked him with a rock — no support
4. He hid him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1887, line 2: «Next day Blacky goes to town for a big kettle, and on the way home he hears steps creeping after him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «blacky» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the fox's big mistake at the end?

1. He got stuck — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He fell off roof — no support
3. He squeezed down the chimney — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He tried to climb the wall — 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 ✗

Wait, why did the kettle stop right by Blacky's house?

1. It hit the wall because the lid came off the kettle — score 0
2. The fox was waiting inside the brick house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Blacky was inside it — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. The ground was flat — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1712, line 8: «What: the old man says, "I was waiting for you, wherefore you have come I know," so he already knows why the chief came.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+1); the same doer «old man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what were Browny and Whitey tied to?

1. A wooden fence rail — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A tree — no support
3. A fallen log nearby — no support
4. A stake in the ground — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, did the fox make it out alive?

1. Nope, he was trapped — no support
2. Yes, he escaped — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. No way, he got scalded — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, he ran far away — 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 1765, line 15: «The old master plans to marry them, but the maiden learns "He means to destroy us both" and they must escape.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «escape» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what gross thing did Browny keep doing?

1. Digging holes under the fence every morning — no support
2. Refusing to come in when called at night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Stealing the eggs — no support
4. Rolling in the mud — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1028, line 8: «What happens to the lady? She dies at night, and the Wind says "that thing came to her which comes to us all, in which there is nothing new."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thing» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «come» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, what did Whitey finally stop doing?

1. Eating slowly — no support
2. Being greedy — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Always pushing in front at the dinner table — score 3
4. Taking the biggest piece of bread every single time — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1886, line 11: «Why: Whitey chose cabbage because she was greedy and always thinking of her food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «whitey» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «choose» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Ah, what was Blacky's cunning plan?

1. Hide in the kettle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Trick the fox outside — no support
3. Lock the door tight — no support
4. Run away — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did Blacky put the lid on the kettle early?

1. No, he waited — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, he hurried — no support
3. No, he fled — no support
4. Yes, he put it on before the fox came near — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1887, line 3: «Blacky jumps into the kettle, puts the lid on with his leg, and rolls down the hill while the fox is fooled.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put on» (+3); the same doer «blacky» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how was the fox trying to get inside?

1. Under the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Down the chimney — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Via the roof — score 4
4. Through the window — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1233, line 17: «The fox is warned that if he enters the gate "his dogs will tear you in pieces."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fox» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, what state were the fox's paws in after the bricks?

1. All bloody, cut, and covered in deep scratches — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. All bleeding and sore — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Completely numb after the long cold winter night — no support
4. Swollen and bruised — 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 ✗

Dude, what were the two little ones so scared of?

1. Being tied up forever and never seeing home again — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Getting lost at dusk — no support
3. Being eaten by the fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Being chased by the farmer's dogs all day — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what sound did the fox make when he fell in?

1. Nothing at all, just a quiet splash in the water — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A loud squeal — score 0
3. A long pitiful howl that echoed through the valley — no support
4. A yelp of pain — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1520, line 7: «What: he makes a bellowing sound like a great ox, so the man runs into the wood, and the youth takes the third ox away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «youth» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). 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 of the following is the fox's ultimate fate, as recounted in the passage?

1. He was caught by the farmer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was trapped in a cellar and never seen again — no support
3. He was scalded to death in the kettle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He fled back into the woods — 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 ✗

By what instrument did Blacky sever the cords binding his siblings?

1. His sharp teeth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A knife — no support
3. A sharp stone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A thorn bush — 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 ✗

In what manner did Blacky conceal himself from the pursuing fox?

1. Crouched behind the big rock — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Entirely hidden within the kettle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In the pot — no support
4. Tucked under the old hay bales — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition describes Browny and Whitey prior to their rescue?

1. Tied to a tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Trapped in a muddy hole outside — no support
3. Tied to a stake in the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Locked in a shed — 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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