Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly and set off for Neverland

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 316 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, what was Liza makin in the kitchen, innit?

1. Christmas puddings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Soup — no support
3. Pancake batter — no support
4. Birthday cakes — 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, why did Liza tie Nana up again?

1. cos dinner — no support
2. bored — no support
3. cos she was hungry — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. cos she kept barkin — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 316, line 1: «Liza is busy with the Christmas puddings, so she shuts Nana up in the nursery and ties her to a chain.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «liza» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, who did Liza say would whip Nana?

1. Dad — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. mistress — score 7
3. master — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Mum — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 170, line 5: «Zobeida whips two black dogs and weeps over them, then Amina faints and shows a neck covered in scars, and nobody understands why.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «whip» (+5); the same thing acted on «two black dogs» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Proper, what did Peter fly round, takin stuff on the way?

1. the mantelpiece — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the chandelier — no support
3. the whole length of the nursery wall — no support
4. the bookcase — 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 ✗

Wicked, what does Peter reckon makes you fly?

1. happy thoughts — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. lovely happy feelings — no support
3. lovely wonderful thoughts — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. wonderful big dreams — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 296, line 10: «What does the maiden keep whispering? "This you will never forget," and the boy's thoughts fill with a hundred pictures.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «thoughts» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, how did Peter get grub for the kids?

1. he stole from the birds — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he snatched it off birds flying past the window — no support
3. he went down to the shore and begged the mermaids for it — score -3
4. snatched it off birds — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 316, line 16: «Peter feeds them by chasing birds and snatching their food, and the birds "would follow and snatch it back."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «peter» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted, what did Peter blow on them so they could fly?

1. star dust — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. pixie dew — score 4
3. fairy dust — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. magic — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 316, line 3: «Peter blows fairy dust on the children, and they try flying, bumping into the ceiling and beds.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «blow» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sick, what did Michael scream when he flew?

1. Flying! — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. I'm flyin! — no support
3. I flewed! — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. I flew — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, how many figures did the parents see on the curtain?

1. four — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. four figures on the curtain — no support
3. four figures standing in the window — no support
4. seven — 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 ✓

Lol, which star blew the window open?

1. the smallest star that sat above the house — score -1
2. the smallest star — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the brightest star — score 6
4. the moon — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 316, line 5: «The stars blow the window open, Peter sets off, and the flight out over the sea goes badly, with Peter teasing them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blow» (+5); the same thing acted on «window» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «stars» (-1); the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, which way did Peter say to Wendy?

1. Right at the first star and on by the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Turn left at the big oak tree at dawn — score 6
3. Second to the right, straight on till morning — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Left at the moon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 316, line 11: «Peter says the secret of flying is: "You just think lovely wonderful thoughts."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+5); the same action «say» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did Tink do when Peter tried to help Wendy?

1. got in a huff and then pulled Peter off the bed and stopped him — no support
2. started crying and ran off to bed — score 2
3. got in a right huff and stopped him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. got in a right huff and stopped him from helping at all — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 118, line 1: «Thumbling is a clever little boy no bigger than a thumb, and he is always ready to help.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «help» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Peak, what did Peter do when Michael dropped?

1. dived and caught him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. dived down fast and caught him in his arms — score 1
3. swooped under him and caught him just in time — score 1
4. flew to the rescue — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 316, line 17: «Where: the children fly "over the sea", and Michael nearly hits the water, so Peter dives to catch him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «catch» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did John do when he got the flying thing?

1. went on about it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. showed off to all — no support
3. wanted more — no support
4. told everyone twice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 115, line 2: «He shows the young King the whole castle, but keeps one locked door shut.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same circumstance (+3); the same action «keep» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the text, why did the children fail to fly when they first tried without assistance?

1. they had not learned how to try — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. because no fairy dust had been blown upon them and their thoughts were not happy enough — score 4
3. they were too heavy for the air — score 4
4. because no fairy dust had been blown upon them — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 256, line 12: «fact: Why: the Princess tests the sons with a pocket handkerchief because she wants to know who was at the Castle of Melvales.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the narrator, what was the nature of Peter's knowledge of letters?

1. that he could read a little — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. that Peter knew all the letters but did not like to read them — no support
3. that Peter did not know A from Z — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. that Peter did not know A from Z and could not write his name — 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 ✗

By what means did Nana communicate the alarm to the parents at the party?

1. She ran in circles and flung her paws up to the ceiling of the nursery — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. She flung her paws up to heaven and barked until the parents came — score 8
3. She flung her paws up to heaven — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. She raised her head and howled — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 316, line 7: «Nana is a dog, and Liza warns her: "if you bark again I shall go straight for master and missus."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «nana» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What motivation does the narrator ascribe to Peter when he rescues Michael from the sea?

1. wanting to show off to them — no support
2. to be a hero — score -1
3. pride in his quick thinking — score 4
4. an interest in his own cleverness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 170, line 6: «The Calenders are wandering holy men, and "Calender" is an old word for a poor traveller who shaves his head and beard.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «calender» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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