Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture Tiger Lily and leave her on the rock, but Peter tricks them

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 324 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 ✓

Mate, where was Wendy sitting when the lagoon went all cold?

1. Sitting high on the pirate ship's deck near the mast and the flag — score 6
2. Under the tall trees — score 6
3. On Marooners' Rock — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. By the mermaid lagoon — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 324, line 1: «Wendy sits on Marooners' Rock stitching while the boys doze in the sun, and then the lagoon turns cold and grey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3); the same doer «wendy» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, who shouted "Pirates!" first?

1. Peter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. The smallest boy in the group — score 9
3. Starkey — score 9
4. Michael — score 9

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 324, line 3: «Wendy does not wake the boys, but Peter sits up at once, hears oars, and shouts "Pirates!" so they all dive out of sight.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+6); the same thing acted on «pirates» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Proper, what was the pirates' little boat called?

1. The dinghy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The rowboat — no support
3. Canoe — no support
4. The skiff — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah, who got tied up and left to drown?

1. Tinker Bell — no support
2. Curly Jones — no support
3. Wendy — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Tiger Lily — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 313, line 12: «When: the father hides the bottle "in the dead of night", and the parents leave the house just after the children are put to bed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Allow it, how did Peter sound like Hook?

1. He mimicked Smee — no support
2. He spoke quietly — no support
3. He copied his voice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He tied the pirates' hands with cords and called for help from the sea — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 324, line 5: «Peter copies Hook's voice, the pirates cut her cords by mistake, and Tiger Lily slips away into the water like an eel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «copy» (+5). Against it: the same doer «peter» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Dead, who said "Ay, ay" and cut the cords?

1. Hook — no support
2. Smee — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Starkey — no support
4. Ned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 324, line 5: «Peter copies Hook's voice, the pirates cut her cords by mistake, and Tiger Lily slips away into the water like an eel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wagwan, what did the mermaids do when the kids tried to join in?

1. Splashed and laughed — no support
2. Hid under the rocks — no support
3. Vanished straight away — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They joined the game and then swam away suddenly when the children reached out their hands — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 10: «Why Peter cries: his shadow will not join him, even after he tries "soap from the bathroom".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was in Tiger Lily's mouth on the ship?

1. A rusty hook — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A silver cutlass — no support
3. A knife — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Rope — 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 ✗

Gutted, why was Wendy crying?

1. The boys were gone — no support
2. She missed her mother — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. It was her first tragedy — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Hook's trick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 5: «But the Stranger-man reads the picture quite differently. He thinks Tegumai must be a great Chief in danger, with enemies all around, and that the child is ask…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «child» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mint, how did John change the bubble game?

1. He caught the bubble on his shoulder and tossed it back to the mermaids — no support
2. He hit the bubble with his head and then bounced it off the rocks into the water — no support
3. He threw it up high — no support
4. He hit it with his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 165, line 18: «Old word "polo" is a game played on horseback, hitting a ball with a club or "bat"; today polo is still played.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what guarded Hook's ship?

1. A sea spirit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hook's power — no support
3. The wind of his name — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The shadow of the ship — 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 ✗

Real talk, what did Peter's smile mean?

1. That everyone should cheer and sing a song before going to sleep on the rock — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Everyone had to obey — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That the pirates were close and everyone had to hide behind the rocks until the signal came — no support
4. Peter was angry — 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 ✗

With what object was the captive Tiger Lily found when she attempted to board the pirate vessel?

1. A rope wrapped around her arm — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A bow slung across her back and two daggers hidden under her cloak — score 4
3. A long curved knife she had clenched tightly between her teeth while swimming toward the pirate ship — score 4
4. A knife carried between her teeth — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 321, line 19: «Old word: a "dastard" is a coward or a mean, cruel person, so Peter's "dastard hand" means a cowardly hand.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the boys vacate Marooners' Rock upon the alarm being raised?

1. They plunged beneath the surface of the water — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They waited for the pirates to leave and then crept quietly out of the cave together — no support
3. They ran along the wooden plank — no support
4. They climbed up the tall palm trees — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 260, line 5: «The boy climbs a tree, skins the calf, goes after the dragon, and finds a king's daughter staked down by her hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which tribal belief did Tiger Lily's people hold concerning the passage of the dead?

1. That no path through water led to the hunting-ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That every river and lake led straight to the happy hunting-ground, so the dead must always swim there at once — no support
3. That water was a path to the hunting-ground — no support
4. That the dead must cross a great mountain of fire and ice before entering the hunting-ground of their people — 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 ✗

By what means did Tiger Lily finally escape the pirates' custody?

1. She ran off the deck quickly — no support
2. She bit through her ropes — no support
3. She slid like an eel into the water — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She was carried off the ship by a pirate who chose to help her swim to shore — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 324, line 4: «Smee and Starkey row up with Tiger Lily, tied hand and foot, and drop her on the rock to drown.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «tiger» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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