The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowgli the Master Words, and Mowgli boasts of a monkey tribe

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

Lesson 605 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, who's the big teacher of the Law in this bit?

1. Baloo, the big brown bear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Shere Khan, the tiger — no support
3. Hathi, the wild elephant — no support
4. Kaa, the python — 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 ✗

Bruh, was Mowgli hyped after the Snake words?

1. Yeah, he laughed — no support
2. Nah, he sat and sulked quietly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, he jumped and shouted loud — score 5
4. Yeah, he kicked his feet and clapped — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 605, line 13: «Mowgli says "I come for Bagheera and not for thee, fat old Baloo!" and then he sulks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mowgli» (+3); the same action «sulk» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why did Baloo tap Mowgli's head?

1. He ate all the fruit, innit — score 0
2. He kept sulking and ignoring the Master Words all day, innit — score 0
3. He was being a proper pain, so he got a tap, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. He forgot his lessons, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 605, line 1: «Baloo, the big brown bear, is teaching Mowgli the Master Words that will keep him safe in the jungle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «baloo» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did Bagheera call Baloo?

1. old Iron-feet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. old Thunder-paw — score 2
3. Baloo — score 2
4. old Bear — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 602, line 12: «Bagheera calls Mowgli "Little Brother" and teaches him to fling himself through the branches for honey.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+1); the same doer «bagheera» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who said "We be of one blood, ye and I"?

1. Baloo — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Kaa — no support
3. Mowgli — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Bagheera — score 8

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 604, line 17: «Bagheera says the tears are "only tears such as men use," showing Mowgli is becoming a man.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «bagheera» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah? What was he gonna do with it?

1. Teach them the Master Words — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Lead them through the branches — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Rule over them and make them obey his every single command — no support
4. Lead them across the river and into the great hills — 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 ✗

Dude, who took Mowgli to the pool for the Snake Word?

1. Shere Khan, the tiger — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Baloo, the big brown bear — score 4
3. Kaa, the snake — score 4
4. Hathi, the wild elephant — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 332, line 3: «It is Tink, muddy and out of breath, and she tells him Wendy and the boys have been taken to the pirate ship.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Ok, so who are the Bandar-log, like, what's the deal?

1. The Monkey People, the gray apes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Monkey People who live in the high trees and have no law — no support
3. The Snake People, the gray hunters — no support
4. The gray apes who swing from the branches and mock the other beasts — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mum said never trust a sulk, right? How did Mowgli act after the bruise?

1. He sulked and got angry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. He sulked in the cave and refused to speak to anyone — score 1
3. He laughed and ate the nuts — no support
4. He threw stones at Baloo and then ran off into the jungle — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 605, line 13: «Mowgli says "I come for Bagheera and not for thee, fat old Baloo!" and then he sulks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sulk» (+3). Against it: the same doer «mowgli» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what did the gray apes give him to eat?

1. Sweet honey and the flesh of a fresh deer — score 2
2. Nuts and pleasant things from the pool — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nuts and pleasant things — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Roots and sweet grass — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 605, line 5: «Mowgli admits the gray apes gave him nuts and carried him, but Baloo says the Monkey People have no law.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «gray apes» (+1); the same thing acted on «nuts» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nan says Bagheera's eyes were proper hard, what was the stone they looked like?

1. A green stone like river moss — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Onyx — no support
3. Dark polished emerald of the cave — no support
4. Jade — ✓ the right answer · 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 417, line 17: «Old word: a "jade" was a worn-out, poor horse; today the word mostly names a green stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lad, what's the answer when you ask to hunt, like on the Strangers' Call?

1. Hunt if you must, but do not kill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hunt then for food, but not for pleasure — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hunt for food only — no support
4. Go hunt, but spare the young deer — 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 ✗

Gobsmacked, how did Baloo feel when Mowgli was rude?

1. Hurt and grieved — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Happy and proud — no support
3. Very cross and wanting to punish the boy harshly — score 0
4. Hurt and grieved by the rude words of his cub — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 605, line 11: «Bagheera teases Baloo as "old Iron-feet" and says Baloo's claws are "blunt".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «baloo» (+3); the same doer «bagheera» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the passage, which character is the principal instructor of Mowgli in the Law of the Jungle?

1. Akela, the gray wolf — no support
2. Baloo, the brown bear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Bagheera — score 5
4. Hathi, the wild elephant of the jungle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 605, line 8: «What: Baloo teaches him the "Wood and Water Laws", such as how to speak politely to wild bees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «baloo» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

According to the passage, what is the stated purpose of the Master Words?

1. To make Mowgli wise in every hunt and fight — no support
2. To shield Mowgli from the wild jungle beasts — no support
3. To protect Mowgli from creatures of the jungle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. To give Mowgli power over every creature that moves in the jungle and the trees — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 605, line 9: «Why: Baloo says the Master Words "shall protect him with the birds and the Snake People".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «protect» (+2); the same receiver «mowgli» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which phrase best describes the status of the Bandar-log as presented by Baloo?

1. Outcasts who possess no law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Wild apes who sing and mock and possess no proper law — no support
3. Clever hunters of the trees — no support
4. Outcasts who live in the trees and possess no law at all — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Why does Mowgli voice displeasure at Baloo, according to the text?

1. He is upset at losing the Master Words game — no support
2. He is furious that Baloo hit him and then scolded him in front of the others — score 2
3. He is angry at being struck and reprimanded — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He is cross about the lost fruit tree — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 605, line 4: «Mowgli boasts that he will lead a tribe of his own through the trees, and Baloo gets angry and hurt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «baloo» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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