Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surprise the Piccaninnies in the dark, and Hook tricks the boys with the tom-tom
Tests: 8 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 330 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 ✓
Oi, so Hook jumped the redskins before dawn, innit?
- 1. Yeah, bang on, way before the dawn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, it was after sunrise, mate — no support
- 3. Nah, he waited for the sun up — no support
- 4. Nope, after dawn — 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 ✗
Who got chopped by Panther's tomahawk, like proper?
- 1. Bill Jukes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Alf Mason — no support
- 3. Smee — no support
- 4. Geo. Turley — ✓ 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
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Did Panther leg it with Tiger Lily, or what?
- 1. Yeah, he cut a way out with her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 2. Nah, he stayed behind to fight the pirates on the shore by the water — score -2
- 3. Yeah, he dragged her off to camp — no support
- 4. Yeah, he cut a way out with her, then ran for the trees and never came back — score 13
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 13, tied with another option at 13 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 330, line 3: «Many braves die, including Lean Wolf, and the pirates lose Alf Mason and others, while Panther cuts a way out with Tiger Lily and a few survivors.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «cut out» (+2); the same doer «panther» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Oi bruv, is Peter's cockiness the real reason Hook's so mad?
- 1. Yeah, it's his cockiness that gets to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, it's his greed that gets to him — no support
- 3. Nah, it's the crocodile that really makes him so furious and bitter at Pan all the time — no support
- 4. Yeah, his cockiness does, but also the loss of his crew and the long-ago wound — 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 ✓
Who was actually sat on the tom-tom when Peter was yapping?
- 1. Tootles, the Lost Boy with the drum — no support
- 2. Jukes — score 9
- 3. Smee — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. Cecco — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 330, line 5: «Smee is sitting on the tom-tom, and Hook orders him to beat it, which is a dreadful trick to fool the boys.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «tom tom» (+2); the same doer «smee» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Peter reckon the redskins would do if they won?
- 1. Shoot every pirate — no support
- 2. Beat the tom-tom loud — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Take the boys home — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 4. Hang every single pirate from the highest tree on the island — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 322, line 16: «Old word: "apiece" means each one, so the boys once thought they needed "a tree apiece."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same action «need» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why'd Hook get Smee to bang the tom-tom, then?
- 1. To warn the pirates of danger — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To trick the boys up the trees — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To wake the sleeping braves early — no support
- 4. To scare them — 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 ✗
Oi, what did Hook's dogs do when he was wiping his cutlass?
- 1. Stood back at a safe distance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Lay down in the wet grass — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Growled at the dead bodies — no support
- 4. Hid behind rocks — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 330, line 15: «HOOK'S HATE: The narrator says the pirate captain hates Peter because of "Peter's cockiness", which makes his iron claw twitch.», 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 «make» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Was Hook buzzing on his face after the scrap, or what?
- 1. Nah, his face hid it all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was grinning and roaring like a madman as he wiped his blade clean — no support
- 3. Nah, his face was calm — no support
- 4. Nope, not really — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Tiger Lily's lot get into a line before the pirates came?
- 1. Yeah, they lined up neatly in rows, facing the sea, waiting for the pirates to come into view — score 5
- 2. Nah, they were already in a line and had been waiting for the captain's arrival since dusk — no support
- 3. Nah, they scattered across the rocks — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. Yeah, but tradition stopped them — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «rock» (+4); the same doer «smee» (+3); 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the braves yell when the pirates came, or what?
- 1. Yeah, the war-cry tore the air — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, the chief gave a shout — no support
- 3. Nah, the drums just beat softly — no support
- 4. Nah, they held their breath until the very last moment when the pirates came — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 128, line 5: «The Queen forgets her promise to the Dwarf, but when her child is born he comes to claim it, and she has three days to find his name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «child» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Was it a proper fight, like, or nah?
- 1. Nah, more a massacre than a fight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, it was more a hunt in the dark, where the braves were cut down in their sleep — no support
- 3. Nah, it was a rout by Hook's men — no support
- 4. Yeah, it was a real fair fight — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Who got the biggest blame for the nasty attack?
- 1. The crocodile, who had grabbed Hook's arm and started the whole bloody feud — no support
- 2. The dogs, who had led the pirates straight to the braves' camp in the dark — no support
- 3. Peter, the cocky boy — no support
- 4. Hook, the sneaky captain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 330, line 7: «WHAT: The surprise attack is "a sure proof that the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it improperly", since the redskins always attack first.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «unscrupulous hook» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Oi, what did the coyote calls do to the paleface waiting?
- 1. Woke the sleeping pirates up — no support
- 2. Made the paleface's heart race and his hands shake as the boys whispered in the dark — no support
- 3. Made the waiting horribly tense — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Made the pirates stop waiting and rush straight into the dark camp with their knives — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 330, line 9: «WHEN: Hook attacks in the dark, with "no thought of waiting to be attacked", instead of waiting for the proper hour just before the dawn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «wait» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 15 · ★ · right ✓
What did Hook's dogs squint through at him?
- 1. Their ferret eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Red eyes — no support
- 3. Their sad brown eyes — no support
- 4. Dark eyes — 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 statement regarding the timing of Hook's assault upon the Piccaninny encampment is accurate?
- 1. The assault was launched in complete darkness, during the middle of the night, long before dawn had broken — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The raid took place at night, after the moon had set — no support
- 3. It was carried out in the grey light of the early dawn, just as the first birds began to sing in the trees — no support
- 4. The assault was made in darkness, prior to the dawn — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which individual is recorded as having been slain by the tomahawk of Panther?
- 1. The pirate who led the crew into the camp at dawn — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Geo. Turley — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Bill Jukes — no support
- 4. Lean Wolf, who was cut down near the tom-tom — 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 ✗
Which instrument did Hook order Smee to sound, so that the boys would be deceived?
- 1. Drum — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. The tomahawk — score 5
- 3. Horn — score 5
- 4. The tom-tom — ✓ the right answer · score 5
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 294, line 14: «fact: THE LEAP-FROG: He says nothing, yet the councillor claims he is a prophet, and the King says he has "his own opinion" about him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «fact» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
To which quality of Peter does the narrator attribute the captain's extreme malice?
- 1. Pride — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Greed — no support
- 3. His cockiness — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. His bravery — 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
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