MovaQuestions, journeys and cleverness in the tales
Tests: 3 of 8 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 12 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 2085 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.
Test 1 · ★ · right ✓
In the story, whose children pursued after the rats ran away?
- 1. the children of Leopard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. the children of Igwana — score 3
- 3. the children of Njambo — score 3
- 4. the children of Tortoise — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 2085, line 15: «The rats ran away to the house of Igwana that was shut up; and the children of Leopard pursued.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pursue» (+4). Against it: the same doer «children» (-1).
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
In the story, what name does Boa give the tree?
- 1. Igwana — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Bojabi — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Njambo — no support
- 4. Njabi — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
In the story, what does Tortoise offer to show Antelope?
- 1. a token of courage — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a mark of friendship — no support
- 3. a sign of seniority — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a sign of danger — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
In the story, what form does the pursuer return to before going out?
- 1. tortoise — no support
- 2. leopard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. antelope — no support
- 4. human — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2085, line 34: «In the story, Leopard contrasts the nice meat his women prepared with the bones he says he has now.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «leopard» (-2).
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
In the story, what does Tortoise say when he sees Leopard coming?
- 1. I'm going into the forest — no support
- 2. I'm going back to town — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. I'm waiting beside the tree — no support
- 4. I'm returning to the garden — no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 2085, line 27 («He said to himself, "I'm going to town to tell the children of Njâ that he is dead." So, he went back to his town.»), joined by «because». Its condition Say(assert) tortoise(«he») say to=tortoise(«himself») | says→#139714 next→#139717 matched the question's Say(assert) tortoise say place=story. Its conclusion, so: Event tortoise(«he») go back | cause→#139713. Option 2 says it (Event i go back to=town), the only option that does.
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
In the story, whom does the man say he is going to tell that Njâ is dead?
- 1. the children of Leopard — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. the women of Njambo — score 2
- 3. the people of Igwana — score 2
- 4. the children of Njâ — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2078, line 11: «Why the king is scared: the Speaking Oak had said a man with one sandal "should cast him down from his throne."», 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 thing acted on «king» (+1). Against it: the same doer «man» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2.
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
In the story, what does the speaker say about the other person's ability to fight everyone?
- 1. you have defeated them all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. you cannot fight them all — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. you must summon them all — no support
- 4. you can fight them all — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
In the story, what did the man bid his woman cook?
- 1. the fowl — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. the fish — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. the yam — score 1
- 4. the fruit — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «foreign prince» (+1). Against it: the same doer «shadow» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1.
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
In the story, what name does the person give when the Partridges ask him?
- 1. One-Who-Saves-People — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. One-Who-Guards-Trees — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. One-Who-Finds-Food — score 2
- 4. One-Who-Feeds-Birds — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2085, line 38: «In the story, a man from Njambo's Town goes out to hunt with several weapons.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In the story, what does Civet say he must return to?
- 1. the kitchen-garden of my father — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. the little house of my sister — score 6
- 3. the open field of my uncle — score 6
- 4. the kitchen-garden of my mother — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2085, line 36: «In the story, Civet rejects Tortoise's suggestion and says he must return to his mother's kitchen-garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «return» (+4); the same doer «civet» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6.
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
In the story, what was the satisfied character's artifice said to have surpassed?
- 1. Tortoise's patience — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Gazelle's courage — no support
- 3. Antelope's speed — no support
- 4. Leopard's strength — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
In the story, when does the traveller start again on his journey?
- 1. Early in the morning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. After the afternoon meal — score 2
- 3. Late in the evening — score 2
- 4. At the middle of night — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2085, line 32: «Early in the morning, he starts again for his journey.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); the same action «start» (-2).
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