Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 349 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 bruh, what did the bell even say when the horse yanked the vine?

1. someone robbed my family, please help us all — no support
2. a great wrong was done to me by the miser, and the whole town must come and hear it judged now — no support
3. someone has done me wrong, come judge my case — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. someone has wronged me, hear my plea at once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 349, line 4: «He tugs at the green vine, the great bell rings out, and the judges come hurrying to hear his case.», 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 thing acted on «case» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, who was the miser, the dude who hoarded all the gold?

1. a lazy stable boy in town — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. a miser — no support
3. a old brave knight gone greedy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a rich merchant — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 123, line 9: «Why: the lazy girl wanted gold, but she did not make the bed or shake the feathers as she ought.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lazy girl» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, why did the horse get the miser's gold after all?

1. the bell rang and the town agreed — no support
2. cuz the horse wandered back home — no support
3. the judges said he served him for years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. the judges said the horse had worked for him for years and deserved payment for its long service — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 349, line 5: «The judges order the miser to give half his gold so the horse can live in a warm stall and green pasture.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+3); the same doer «judges» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why couldnt the little kids ring the bell anymore?

1. the rope got too short for them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the rope rotted away slowly — no support
3. the tower was too high now — no support
4. rope was too thin — 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 ✓

fr, what did the man grab from his garden to make a rope?

1. a vine — score 2
2. a rope — score 2
3. a bundle of reeds — score 2
4. a long grape-vine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 104, line 13: «The old man: he "was very old and had a long white beard", and he threatens to make the youth shiver by death.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+1); the same property (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, the judges wanted a rope that hit the ground, right?

1. no, for the tall men — score 6
2. yes, for the bell tower — no support
3. yes, for the smallest child — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. yes, because the smallest child needs to be able to reach it from the ground — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 320, line 2: «Hook sits on a mushroom, it grows hot, and the pirates find it is the chimney of the boys' home under the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pirates» (+4); the same place «ground» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, was the horse treated fair at the start?

1. no, he was starved and chased by boys — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. no, the miser kept him hungry and cruel boys threw things at him whenever he went near town — no support
3. no, he was starved and chased by boys and dogs through the streets all day long — no support
4. no, he was beaten by the miser's men — 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 · ★ · right ✓

lol, what did the boys and dogs do to the horse?

1. kicked him and fed him hay — score 3
2. chased him down the road, threw stones, and barked loudly whenever the horse came near — score 4
3. threw mud and laughed — score 3
4. threw stones and barked at him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 311, line 10: «Mr. Darling smiles "pooh-pooh" and blames Nana, the dog, saying the idea is "just the sort of idea a dog would have."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+6); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

deadass, where did the old horse go to find food?

1. the dusty roads and rocky hills of the countryside, looking for any green grass — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. every dusty road, rocky hill, and farm field around the town, begging for scraps — no support
3. the green fields by the river — no support
4. the dusty roads and rocky hills — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, what did the people do when they heard the bell ring?

1. everyone dropped their tools and ran out of their houses to see the judges come riding in — score 3
2. they ran out into the street to see the judges come walking toward the square — score 3
3. ran out to see the judges come — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. they gathered at the gate now — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 199, line 17: «Old word: "seclusion" means being shut away from others, so the king's seclusion meant he stopped seeing people and ruling the land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what did the judges do after the bell rang?

1. they put on their red robes and rushed out to the square to hear the case — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. put on robes and rushed out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they called for the guards — score 3
4. they dressed in their finest — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 349, line 4: «He tugs at the green vine, the great bell rings out, and the judges come hurrying to hear his case.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «judges» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

no lie, what was the miser ordered to give up?

1. half of all the gold he had hoarded in his chests for many years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. half of all his gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. his house and land — no support
4. his horse and his bags — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

real talk, what does the story teach us about the bell?

1. the bell should only be rung when someone truly suffers a real and serious wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. it only rings when a real wrong has been done to someone in the town — score 1
3. it only rings for real wrongs — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. it rings for every rich man — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 349, line 1: «In the Italian town of Atri the king hangs a fine bell, and anyone who is wronged may ring it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ring» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «bell» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal function of the bell of justice in the town of Atri?

1. To ring out the news of the harvest season each year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To warn the town of a fire nearby — no support
3. To summon the judges whenever any citizen felt that the lords or merchants had treated them unfairly in any way at all — no support
4. To summon the judges when a genuine wrong had been done — ✓ 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 ✗

Of what material had the original rope of the bell been constructed?

1. Iron — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Braided silk fiber from the East — no support
3. Hemp — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Strong twisted cotton and linen threads — 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 ✓

What condition did the judges stipulate for the replacement rope of the bell?

1. It must be thick, strong, and long enough to reach the ground where even the smallest child could pull it — score 2
2. It must reach all the way down to the ground so the smallest child could ring it from the square — score 3
3. It must be thick and fit the old bell — no support
4. It must reach the ground for the smallest child — ← 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 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 349, line 12: «The judges want a rope "so that the smallest child could reach it," but none can be found in Atri.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «reach» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the judgment compensate the miser's horse for its suffering?

1. The horse received a few coins for its hay and food — score 2
2. One half of the miser's gold was assigned for its care — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The judges gave the horse half the miser's gold so that it could live out its days in peace and comfort — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. The horse was awarded half of the miser's whole fortune, paid to its owner for the years of hunger and abuse — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 349, line 5: «The judges order the miser to give half his gold so the horse can live in a warm stall and green pasture.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «gold» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «judges» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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