The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over the man-cub and a hearing at the Council Rock
Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 601 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 ✗
Bruv, what did Shere Khan actually want from the wolves' cave?
- 1. the man-cub, he said it was his by right of the hunt — no support
- 2. the man-cub, he said it was his and he would have him now — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. the man-cub, he said it was his — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. the deer, he said it was his — 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 601, line 9: «What: Shere Khan wants the cub and says, "The cub is mine. Give him to me."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «shere» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum wolf was well angry, innit? What did she do when the tiger came in?
- 1. she bared her teeth at him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. she growled — no support
- 3. she jumped up, eyes blazing, at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. she stood up, roaring at him — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did she call the baby, the froggy one?
- 1. Mowgli the Wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Frog — score 4
- 3. Froggy — score 4
- 4. Mowgli the Frog — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 444, line 2: «She gets a smith to forge her a thin voice just like his mother's, then calls him to the shore at night.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+2); the same action «call» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the tiger dip after she told him off?
- 1. he backed out, growling at the wolves as he went — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he backed out, growling — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he turned tail and backed out, growling loudly to the Pack — no support
- 4. he crept back, whining — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wot's the Pack Council, fam, when does it go down?
- 1. every few days at night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. at dawn — no support
- 3. once a month at full moon — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. when the cubs get hungry — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the big grey boss wolf on the rock, hey?
- 1. Shere Khan the Tiger — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Akela the Lone Wolf of the Council Rock — no support
- 3. Bagheera the Panther — no support
- 4. Akela the Lone Wolf — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the sleepy bear who said he'd teach the cub, like proper?
- 1. Bear — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Bagheera the black panther — no support
- 3. Baloo — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Bagheera — 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 ✗
Bagheera offered a bull, yeah? How big a bull?
- 1. a small one — no support
- 2. two lean ones, long dead — no support
- 3. a fat one, newly killed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a fat bull — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 154, line 1: «A hungry Lion wants to eat a fat Bull, but the Bull's sharp horns keep him away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «fat bull» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Cuz, what's the rule if people argue about a cub getting in?
- 1. two non-parents must speak for him and the Pack must agree — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. two non-parents must speak for him before the whole Pack — no support
- 3. two wolves must argue the case — no support
- 4. two non-parents must speak for him — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, how did the young wolves feel about the bull deal?
- 1. they were tired and sleepy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. they were hungry and keen to eat the bull at once — no support
- 3. they were hungry and keen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. they were scared of the deal — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
Was Mowgli bothered at the Rock, like, scared or chill?
- 1. he was laughing and playing with pebbles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. he was laughing and playing with pebbles at the Rock's edge — no support
- 3. he was laughing loudly and playing with the pebbles and sticks — no support
- 4. he was chilled and watching the wolves — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Lol, why did the tiger back down from Mother Wolf?
- 1. she had the advantage of the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. she had the advantage of the ground, her fangs, and her cubs — score 4
- 3. she had the advantage of the ground and the whole Pack behind her — score 4
- 4. she had the wolves behind her — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 462, line 10: «The Prince is warned not to strike Vikhor after he is dead, because "a hero's hand does not strike twice".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hand» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
What's Bagheera like, bro, is he dangerous or what?
- 1. cunning, bold and reckless, but kind to the cub — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. fierce but slow and kind — no support
- 3. cunning, bold and reckless — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. cunning, bold, reckless, and a true friend of the Law — 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 ✗
By what reasoning did Mother Wolf justify her decision to keep the man-cub?
- 1. He had come unaided, naked, and hungry to her den — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He had come unaided, naked, and hungry to her den, as the Law permits — no support
- 3. He had come unaided, naked, and hungry to her den, and she pitied him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. He was a stranger who had no den to call home — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 465, line 7: «Why: Ivan says "The Princess always sees for herself whether all the cows are there."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «ivan» (+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 · right ✓
Under what rule was a disputed cub required to be spoken for before the Pack?
- 1. The Law of the Jungle, requiring two speakers not his parents — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A custom requiring the mother to speak first — no support
- 3. The Pack rule that a cub must have a sponsor — no support
- 4. A rule of the Council — 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 ✓
By what mode did the Pack Council identify each cub presented before it?
- 1. Inspection by the wolves, who looked carefully at each cub — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. By a secret mark each wolf wore upon the face — score 8
- 3. By the wolves' howls — score 8
- 4. By their smell — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 601, line 14: «Why: a cub is shown to the Pack so that the other wolves "may identify them."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «other wolves» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which creature offered a fat bull in exchange for the life of the cub?
- 1. Shere Khan the Tiger — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Bagheera the Black Panther — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Bagheera the Black Panther, who spoke for the cub — no support
- 4. Bagheera the Black Panther of the jungle — score 3
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 192, line 7: «Who: the hunchback is one of the Sultan's private jesters, and the merchant is a "rich Christian merchant" who supplies the palace with all sorts of necessarie…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «supply» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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