More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 235 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 ✗

Did you see the rats in the cheese, mate?

1. Proper weird, yeah — no support
2. Yeah, well gross, the whole cheese was rats mate — no support
3. Proper gross, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Proper gross, innit, the rats were all in the cheese — ← 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 41, line 8: ««The animals did not hold with villages» (did not like or approve of them). The Rat says: «At this season of the year they're all safe indoors by this time, si…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rat» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the rats were all over the place, yeah?

1. Nah, they were only in the cellars, mate, not everywhere — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Dead right, they were everywhere in the town and the harbour — score 4
3. Dead right, they were everywhere — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Dead right, all in the hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 235, line 14: «Why: the rats are everywhere because they are "too many" for the cats, and the poison breeds "a plague" instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rats» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Did the cats win the fight, or what?

1. Nah, the rats were too many — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, too few — score 1
3. Yeah, the cats were best — score 2
4. Nah, the dogs ran off — no support

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 235, line 14: «Why: the rats are everywhere because they are "too many" for the cats, and the poison breeds "a plague" instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rats» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Mayor was gutted, wasn't he?

1. Nah, he was mint, dead chuffed about the piper, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Proper gutted, he was — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Proper gutted, he was, when the rats left town — no support
4. Dead chuffed, he was — 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 · ★ · right ✓

The Piper, did he look well weird?

1. Yeah, his coat was rainbow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, plain grey — no support
3. Yeah, his hat was gold — no support
4. Nah, his boots were black — 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 ✗

So the rats just drowned, straight up?

1. Yeah, they all went under — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they all went under in the harbour water, straight down — score 3
3. Nah, they all swam away out to sea, mate, every one — score 2
4. Yeah, they all went home — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 60, line 16: ««Mechanically» (like a machine, without thinking) the Rat repacked the basket, went home, put «a few small necessaries and special treasures» in a satchel, cho…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rat» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Mayor pay the fifty quid?

1. Yeah, he paid up — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, he offered twenty and then the chest was empty — score 2
3. Nah, he offered ten — score 2
4. Nah, he offered twenty — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 235, line 4: «The mayor refuses to pay, so the piper plays a merry tune that draws every child out of the town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same doer «mayor» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Then the Piper went mad, didn't he?

1. Yeah, he sang — no support
2. Nah, he left — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, he played for the rats — score 6
4. Yeah, he played for the kids — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 235, line 12: «Where: the town is Newtown, or Franchville, on the Solent shore, and the piper leads the rats down Gold Street to the harbour.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lead» (+3); the same doer «piper» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

The kids followed him, though?

1. Yeah, most of them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, every single one of them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, only the babes — no support
4. Nah, just one — 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 · ★ · right ✓

They went down Gold Street, right?

1. Yeah, then into the forest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, into the field — no support
3. Nah, into the mill — no support
4. Nah, up the hill — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the grown ups never saw him again?

1. Yeah, once or twice — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, once — no support
3. Not a chance, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Not a clue, mate — 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 ✗

Was the Piper's music good, though?

1. Mint, it was properly joyous, dead cheerful all the way — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rubbish, it was properly rough — no support
3. Mint, it was properly sad — no support
4. Mint, it was properly joyous — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the principal event of the tale in which the stranger removes the rats from the town of Franchville?

1. The Piper's music draws the rats out of the town and into the harbour, where all of them drown — ← Mova's choice · score 11
2. The Mayor pays the rats to leave town — score 5
3. The stranger leads the rats into the harbour, where they drown — ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. The stranger calls the rats to the harbour and then the cats chase them off the quay into the mud — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 235, line 4: «The mayor refuses to pay, so the piper plays a merry tune that draws every child out of the town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «town» (+5); the same action «draw» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the text, state the reason given for the Mayor's refusal to pay the stated sum in full.

1. The money had gone to the church roof — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late by the costs of the feast — no support
3. The town coffers were quite empty lately — no support
4. The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the location to which the children are conducted after their departure from Gold Street.

1. A cave in the hills — no support
2. The dark forest past the mill — no support
3. The cool green forest beyond Silver Street — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The distant hill beyond the town — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 235, line 13: «Where: the children go up Gold Street, down Silver Street, and then beyond Silver Street into the cool green forest of oaks and beeches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «cool green forest» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the outcome for the elders of the town following the departure of the children into the forest.

1. The elders searched the forest for the children and the Piper, but never again found either one of them — score 3
2. The elders never again beheld the Piper or the children, and the town fell silent forever — score 4
3. The elders never again beheld the Piper or the children — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The elders wept for the children — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 235, line 17: «Why: the elders "mocked" the piper at first, but later they "watched and waited" and never saw him again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «piper» (+3); the same doer «elders» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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