pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 358 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 ✗

Mate, did you see Dick nick that cat for a penny?

1. Yeah, bit of a laugh — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was well chuffed, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he flogged it for a quid, dunno — no support
4. Yeah, he was made up, dead pleased — 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 ✗

Dick reckoned London was paved with gold, right?

1. Nah, cobbles and dirt, not gold — no support
2. Yeah, daft lad, dirt was all he got — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, daft lad, mud was all he found — no support
4. Yeah, daft lad, dirt was all he got, and then he cried himself to sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 3: «In London the streets are only dirt, so he cries himself to sleep and wakes with no bread.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same doer «london» (+4); the same thing acted on «london» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

What a gutted way to end up, sleeping in the dirt!

1. Proper, he cried himself dead asleep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Proper, he got some kip in a corner — no support
3. Yeah, he sobbed till he fell asleep — no support
4. Proper, he cried himself dead asleep in the corner by the cold fire, poor lad — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the cook get well narked with Dick?

1. Yeah, she gave him a right clip — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Nah, she was dead chilled about it, but she did shout a bit — no support
3. Nah, she just gave him a glare — score 8
4. Yeah, she chucked a pan at him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 358, line 16: «What Dick sends: "I have nothing in the world" but his cat, which he gives to the captain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «dick» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Alice was a bit of a good egg, weren't she?

1. Yeah, she stuck up for him — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she was a right moaner — no support
3. Yeah, she was kind — no support
4. Nah, she was a bit of a snob, but she did give him some money later — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 17: «Alice's gift: money from her own purse, so that he can buy another cat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «gift» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mr Fitzwarren's ship was off to foreign parts, yeah?

1. Yeah, to the lands over the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it stayed in London harbour — no support
3. Yeah, across the sea to lands far away — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, just to Dover — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dick sent his moggy on the ship, can you believe it?

1. Nah, he kept it — no support
2. Yeah, he was mad, but it was a laugh, sending the cat off on a big ship — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Nah, he was dead sensible, really — no support
4. Yeah, he was mad, but it was a laugh — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 17: «Alice's gift: money from her own purse, so that he can buy another cat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dick» (+4); the same thing acted on «cat» (+2); 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Dick turn back home, then?

1. Cos the bells rang out in his head and said he'd be Lord Mayor one day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cos the bells said he'd be Lord Mayor — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos the bells said he'd be rich — no support
4. Cos he got lonely and knew the bells said he'd be Lord Mayor of London, 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blimey, Dick walked all that way with no grub, didn't he?

1. Nah, he had a sandwich, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he had a pie and a pint at Highgate, so he was alright, innit — no support
3. Yeah, he was knackered, bless him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was starving, poor lad — 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 ✗

Was the garret a proper mucky hole for Dick?

1. Nah, it was dead clean up there, with a nice view of the bells — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it was quite clean, mate — no support
3. Yeah, rats and mice everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, rats and mice everywhere, and the roof leaked on his bed all night — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Dick know a lot of folk in London?

1. Nah, he knew only the cook, mate — score 8
2. Yeah, he knew everyone in the town and had lots of friends at the market — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. Nah, he didn't know anybody there, not even the cook or the captain, mate — score 3
4. Nah, he didn't know anybody there — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 358, line 7: «Where: he walks from his little town to London, and rests on a stone at Holloway that is still called "Whittington's Stone".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dick» (+4); the same place «little town» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bet the cook was a right moaning old witch to Dick, yeah?

1. Yeah, she was always having a go at him, and threatening him with dish-water — no support
2. Yeah, she was always having a go — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she was always kind to him — no support
4. Nah, she was a lovely cook, always smiling and giving Dick extra bread — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 16: «What Dick sends: "I have nothing in the world" but his cat, which he gives to the captain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «dick» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Dick reckon the cat would sell for?

1. Enough to buy a fine house and a new coat for winter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Enough to buy a stick — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Enough to buy a dozen loaves of bread and a stick — no support
4. Enough for a meal — 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 cause of Dick's decision to return to the city?

1. The chimes of Bow Church were heard by him as an encouragement — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The sound of the bells told him to go back to London — no support
3. The cook had forgiven him and had asked him to come back to the kitchen at once — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. Hunger drove him back to the warm kitchen in the city — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 11: «The cook: she shouts "Look sharp there!" and beats him with the broom-stick.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «cook» (-1); the same thing acted on «dick» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the cat contribute to Dick's subsequent prosperity, according to the text?

1. It drove the rats away and he kept his garret clean and dry — score -2
2. It made him rich at once — no support
3. It was sent abroad, and the profits came back to him later in full — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. It was sent overseas as a venture, the outcome of which was not yet known — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 358, line 5: «He sends his cat on the master's ship, then hears the Bow bells, and turns back towards the city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «cat» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner does the narrator describe the streets of London as they were imagined by the townsfolk?

1. As being paved with gold, peopled by gentlemen and ladies, and full of music — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. As being paved with silver and full of wealthy merchants and bells — no support
3. As a paradise of gold and jewels, where every street shone and every person was rich and happy — no support
4. As crowded with merchants, carts and noisy traders at every corner — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 1: «Dick is too young to work, so he goes hungry and hears that London's streets are paved with gold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pave» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which assertion accurately reflects the relationship between Dick and the household staff at Mr Fitzwarren's house?

1. The cook beat him and the servants mocked him, but Alice quietly paid for his bed and food — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The cook threatened him daily until Mr Fitzwarren dismissed her and Alice took over the kitchen — score 4
3. The cook treated him harshly until Alice intervened on his behalf — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Alice ignored him and the cook served him dinner each day — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 358, line 11: «The cook: she shouts "Look sharp there!" and beats him with the broom-stick.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «beat» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «cook» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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