Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2051 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 ✗

yo did u see the tiny dudes climbing all over that giant lol

1. the stranger flew over the hill — score 2
2. the giant was asleep in a cave — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. the cranes ate them all — no support
4. nah but the stranger is coming for real, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1189, line 13: «The boy must act within "a quarter of an hour," because the giant is asleep only for that short time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «giant» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruv the giant snores so loud it's like a hurricane, wicked

1. right, and one little guy is up on his shoulder spotting stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah the cranes are snoring too — no support
3. the giant turned into a rock — no support
4. the giant is out of the story now — 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 ✓

wait so the mountain actually moved? that's proper mad

1. yeah, and the Pygmy's like, wait, that's a person — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. yeah the mountain is a cloud, obviously — no support
3. yeah then the giant got squished — no support
4. nah it was a crane in disguise — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

the Pygmies think they're the smartest, innit

1. yeah they reckon the giant is well dim and needs them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. yeah they think the cranes are their best mates — score 5
3. nah they never thought anything about it — score 5
4. nah they reckon the giant is the smartest — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 2051, line 11: «fact: The Pygmies think they are wise and say that the giant "has a very dull time of it, all by himself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «pygmies» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what's the Pygmy yelling into the ear, like the actual words

1. "Wake up, we won the battle!" — no support
2. "Oi, lunch is ready, come and get it!" — no support
3. "Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. "The cranes are coming, run for it!" — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2051, line 5: «He runs to Antaeus's ear and shouts, "Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3). 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

bro that's so random, why does the giant even need a stick

1. cos it's a magic wand — no support
2. cos his stick is lying on the ground right next to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. cos his hair is tangled — no support
4. cos he uses it to swat the cranes — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2051, line 21: «fact: "Pine-tree walking stick" is the giant's huge stick that lies on the ground beside him, ready for use.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie» (+3); the same doer «huge stick» (+2); the same place «ground» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

is the stranger bigger than the giant or what

1. yeah the stranger is tiny like a Pygmy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah the stranger is massive, bigger than Antaeus — no support
3. nah, not as big as Antaeus, but way bigger than us — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah they're both exactly the same size — 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 ✗

honestly the giant laughs so hard it's like a storm, right

1. nah the Pygmies laugh louder than him — no support
2. nah the giant cries like a baby — no support
3. yeah he sneezes when he laughs — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. yeah, it's immeasurable, the Pygmies have to cover their ears — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2022, line 16: «word: "mixtherum-gatherum" means a muddle or jumble of different things, here laughing mixed with crying.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

did the cranes eat any Pygmies in this bit, like proper gross

1. nah, this bit is about the stranger, the cranes come up earlier — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. nah the cranes got stuck in the giant's beard — no support
3. yeah, the stranger ate them all — score 4
4. yeah, one got swallowed whole right now — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 385, line 7: «Who else: many Cranes that came to pick up the seed, and one Stork.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «many cranes» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what if the stranger's a baddie, like how dare he walk up to them

1. nah he's a hero, that's obvious — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. yeah the giant already knows him — no support
3. nah the stranger is a Pygmy in disguise — no support
4. that's what the Pygmy is worried about, so he wakes the giant — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 973, line 6: «In this part, the shadow is the foreign prince, and the learned man is the real man who has been his servant, and the princess is the one who falls for the str…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «one» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh the Pygmies call the giant "poor creature" and stuff, that's cringe

1. nah they totally hate him and want him gone — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah they call him a genius all the time — score 5
3. yeah, but they love him really, he's their mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah they never said anything nice — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 2051, line 12: «fact: A Pygmy needs "a good hour's walk" to go from the giant's head to his foot, so the giant is enormous.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same doer «pygmy» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

the giant said it's funny to be little, right?

1. yeah, he'd like to be a Pygmy just for the joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah he said he'd like to be a crane — no support
3. yeah he said being little is a total bore — no support
4. nah he never said anything about it — 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 ✗

how come the Pygmy has to climb onto the giant's shoulder, why not shout from the ground

1. cos the cranes are on the ground — no support
2. cos the giant's ear is way too high up from the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cos the giant said to stand there — no support
4. cos the ground is too wet for shouting — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1581, line 20: «Old word "bog": wet, soft ground that can swallow your feet; today we say "marsh" or "swamp".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wet soft ground» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, which action immediately precedes the Pygmy's warning to Antaeus?

1. The Pygmy departs in haste towards the distant kingdom — no support
2. The Pygmy observes the approaching figure from the giant's shoulder — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The Pygmy engages the cranes in combat upon the field — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. The Pygmy presents the giant with a pine-tree walking stick — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1886, line 14: «Why: the mother pig wanted her children safe, so she warned them not to let the fox "enter your houses on any pretext whatever."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the narrative, what is the chief distinguishing feature of the approaching figure?

1. It is a mountain of stone and earth — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. It is a hostile army of Pygmies — score 3
3. It is a flock of migratory cranes — no support
4. It is a human shape of considerable stature — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 2051, line 10: «fact: Why: the Pygmy wakes Antaeus because the approaching figure is "a human shape," a stranger who may be a threat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «approaching figure» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which phrase accurately conveys the Pygmy's exact instruction to the sleeping giant?

1. Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Stand up and prepare your great club — no support
3. Awaken immediately and bring the captain — no support
4. Rise at once and attend to the battle — 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 ✗

In what manner does the narrator characterise the giant's slumber during the episode?

1. He mutters peevish words throughout — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He snores like the rush of a whirlwind — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He lies as silently as a stone — score -3
4. He breathes softly like a sleeping child — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1957, line 17: «fact: What does the Welsh giant plan? He mutters "My club shall dash your brains outright!" to kill Jack in his sleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mutter» (+4). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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