The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 2039 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 ✓
Yo, was the crystal cup actually clear for them or nah?
- 1. Clear, cos they're proper in love — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, cracked — no support
- 3. Cloudy, cos they're proper skint — no support
- 4. Clear, innit, they're in love — 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 ✗
Bruv, how bad was the King's flute playing, honestly?
- 1. Rubbish, but nobody moaned — no support
- 2. Dead average, nobody said — no support
- 3. Proper rank, but nobody said — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pretty good — ← Mova's choice · score -5
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1816, line 11: «The boy's flute: "there was nobody in the world who could play a flute better."», 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). Against it: the same thing acted on «flute» (-1); the same property (-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 ✗
Did the Page get a raise or nah?
- 1. Yeah, the King doubled his salary and gave the Page a new coat too — score 1
- 2. Yeah, the King doubled his salary — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, the King doubled his salary, cos the Page told him the couple love each other — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Yeah, the Queen doubled it — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1870, line 10: «The page says: "if not he would be kept awake all night by your sighing and lamenting."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «page» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what was the Rocket on about, innit?
- 1. Himself — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The sun, obviously, mate — no support
- 3. Stars, mostly — no support
- 4. Himself, obviously, big time — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was the Catherine Wheel going on about romance being dead?
- 1. Cos love's gone, innit mate — no support
- 2. Cos she's proper miserable, like, because the Rocket keeps going on at her — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. Cos she's proper bored, like — no support
- 4. Cos she's proper miserable, like — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2039, line 13: «The Catherine Wheel is "pensive," which means thoughtful and quiet, and she claims "Romance is dead" over and over.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «squib» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Did the Rocket's mum spin round loads?
- 1. Nineteen times, dead impressive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nineteen times, dead impressive, and his mum did it all in one go — no support
- 3. Nine times, dead impressive — no support
- 4. Twenty times, dead proper — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Was the Rocket a bit of a show-off?
- 1. Massive show-off, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Massive show-off, no cap, and he wouldn't stop talking about his dad — no support
- 3. Total show-off, honest bruv — no support
- 4. Proper show-off, innit — 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 ✗
Did anyone tell the Rocket to shut up?
- 1. Yeah, Bengal — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Squib did, bruv — no support
- 3. Yeah, the Cracker did — no support
- 4. Nobody, cos he's the boss — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is the Bengal Light on the Rocket's side?
- 1. Nah, he sided with the Squib — no support
- 2. Yeah, he was on the Rocket's side, cos he got cheeky at the Cracker — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Nah, he got cheeky at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he backed him up — 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 1114, line 10: «Why the animals get caught: each one asks for "some of your tar" to protect its own sides from the dogs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «own sides» (+2); the same doer «one» (+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 ✗
What's the little Squib's big plan with the stars?
- 1. Tell them about the pretty bride — ✓ the right answer · score -5
- 2. Tell the crowd about the bride — score -7
- 3. Tell them about the pretty bride, then go and find the King — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 4. Sing about the pretty bride — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2020, line 5: «The mother has her own children again, and the great strife ends.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «own children» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the Cracker laugh at the Rocket?
- 1. Yeah, cos he was happy, and then the Rocket laughed back at him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, cos he was happy and the Rocket was being so ridiculously annoying all night — no support
- 3. Yeah, cos he was happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, cos he was chuffed — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What's the Rocket's big thing, mate?
- 1. Being super sensitive, like, dead deep — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Being super sensitive, like, dead deep, and he never shuts up about it — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. Being super clever, like, dead proud — no support
- 4. Being super sensitive, like, dead deep, and all about his own amazing self — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1211, line 6: «Who: Ball-Carrier, a clever boy, and Lung-Woman, the servant of the Bad One, who "had forbidden her to do any thing of the kind" but tastes the broth anyway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «bad one» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which instrument did the King perform upon at the Ball?
- 1. The clarinet — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. Harp — score -1
- 3. The trumpet — score -1
- 4. The flute — ✓ the right answer · 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 15, line 18: «The Queen orders «Off with their heads!», and the procession moves on, with three of the soldiers staying behind to execute the gardeners; Alice says «You shan…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «execute» (+2). Against it: the same doer «soldiers» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What colour did the crystal cup become when false lips touched it?
- 1. Red — no support
- 2. Silver — no support
- 3. Grey — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Yellow — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2039, line 7: «What: the crystal cup turns "grey and dull and cloudy" if false lips touch it, so it proves the couple's love.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the Rocket's father descend to earth?
- 1. On a cloud — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. On a ribbon of pink light — score 1
- 3. By rocket — score 1
- 4. In a shower of golden rain — ✓ the right answer · 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 1903, line 20: «The Princess's father "supposed her dead" until he heard she was alive, and then he came to the wedding with his elder daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which phrase did the Court Gazette employ in reference to the Rocket's father?
- 1. "a triumph of Pylotechnic art" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. "a marvel of pyrotechnic craft" — no support
- 3. "a masterpiece of fireworks" — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. "a triumph of Pylotechnic art and the finest display ever seen in the kingdom" — 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 1403, line 11: «Why he saves the dog: he remembers that "a kind deed is never lost," as his father used to say.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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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