Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 359 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 ✓

Bro, how'd the cat even get the rats?

1. She pounced all over them, lowkey savage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Lowkey savage — score 2
3. She chased them round, fierce and fast — score 2
4. She pounced on each one, fierce and quick — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 138, line 1: «A rich man's dog invites a friend to a feast, but the Cook sees the stranger and throws him out of the window.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «dog» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the king do when the cat jumped?

1. He jumped up and down so many times that his crown fell off his head and rolled — score -2
2. He jumped so high his cap flew off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He laughed so hard he fell over — score -2
4. He jumped so high his cap flew off and he laughed out loud — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 11, line 4: «The cook starts throwing pans and dishes; the Duchess ignores them, insults Alice, and when Alice talks about the earth's axis, shouts "chop off her head!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «start» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, how much did the king pay for her?

1. Ten times the whole cargo — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Ten times the whole crew — score 3
3. Twice the whole ship — score 3
4. More gold than the whole city of London could ever count — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 302, line 9: «Why: the mother gives Death her eyes' sight for a child she cannot see, and she prays "Oh, hear me not when I pray against Thy will."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «give» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the queen dare touch her at first?

1. No — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, she did it boldly — no support
3. Nah, she was scared first — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope — 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 ✓

What did Dick say when they called him upstairs?

1. He said he was too dirty from scouring the pots, and asked them to wait — score 1
2. He said he was too dirty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He said he had work — score 1
4. He said he was far too dirty to go up and see the master at all — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 158, line 5: «Over the spring and summer the Rabbit grows shabby, and one day the Boy says he is not a toy, so the Rabbit becomes Real.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did Dick give the grumpy cook?

1. A present, even though she was grumpy — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A gift, though she was mean — no support
3. A kind word — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. A bun, even though she was rude — 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 358, line 16: «What Dick sends: "I have nothing in the world" but his cat, which he gives to the captain.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who did Dick marry, like the actual wife?

1. Alice Whittington, a lady from Gloucestershire — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Jo — no support
3. Alice — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Ann — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 358, line 16: «What Dick sends: "I have nothing in the world" but his cat, which he gives to the captain.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «alice» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

How many times was Whittington lord mayor, fam?

1. Four times — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three times — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Three times, and then he retired to his country home — no support
4. Two times — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What got carved on that prison arch?

1. His cat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Him and his cat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Dick and his cat — no support
4. A cat — 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 ✗

Yo, why did the boy on the burning ship stay put?

1. His mum told him to wait — score 0
2. His dad said so, so he stayed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. His dad said so, so he stayed put on the deck until the end — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. His dad said so, and he obeyed him even though the ship was burning all around — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 329, line 3: «Peter sends Nibs to wake Tink, and he threatens to open her curtains until she gets up.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was there stuff on that ship that could blow up?

1. Yeah, there was powder down there — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, gunpowder was in the hold — no support
3. Yeah, there was powder down there in the hold, enough to blow it all up — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, there was loads of powder down there and cannon balls, all ready to blow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 59, line 2: «When the Water Rat asks whether it isn't hot down in the ship's hold, the Sea Rat winks: «The captain's cabin's good enough for me» — he rides along as a guest…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «hold» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What did the sailors do when it got hot?

1. Jumped in a little boat and split before the fire got to them all — score -1
2. Jumped ship — score -1
3. Jumped in a little boat and split — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Got into a boat and rowed away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 74, line 3: «Inside, the sailor jumps, bangs and dances so wildly that the Whale gets hiccups, so the Whale carries him all the way home to the white cliffs and lets him wa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «jump» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the dad say from the cabin, like?

1. Stay where you are, son — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Speak louder, son, I can't hear what you're saying over the fire — no support
3. Speak louder, I can't hear — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Speak louder, son, I can't hear you, come closer to me — 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 ✗

To whom did the captain first present the cat upon his audience at the palace?

1. To the queen herself, in the great hall of the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. To the duchess — score 6
3. To the princess — score 6
4. To the queen — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 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 183, line 18: «The merchants are amazed and cross, but when Sindbad shows them his diamonds they admire him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same doer «sindbad» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal consequence of the cat's destruction of the vermin?

1. The king purchased the whole cargo and gave a great reward to Dick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The merchant lost the whole cargo — no support
3. The king purchased the whole cargo of the ship, every crate and barrel of it — no support
4. The king purchased the whole cargo — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

On whose instruction did Casabianca remain at his post during the conflagration?

1. On his father's instruction — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. On his father's instruction, which he never questioned during the fire — no support
3. Under his captain's orders — no support
4. By his father's own order — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 297, line 8: «Old Nanny is "In the tea-pot," and the mother says "there she may remain."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «mother» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which vessel was loaded with merchandise prior to the captain's departure for the palace?

1. The ship "U-ni-corn" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The ship — score 0
3. The ship "Sea Dove" — score 0
4. The vessel "Bright Star" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 185, line 4: «Sindbad sails home rich, then sets off again, but a storm wrecks his ship and he washes up on an island.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «ship» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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