Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped by the monkeys in the ruined Cold Lairs
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 608 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 ✗
bruh, did the monkeys actually drag Mowgli off to the Cold Lairs?
- 1. Nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, they did, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, they just walked — no support
- 4. Yeah — 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 · ★ · right ✓
so who's the fastest on flat ground, innit?
- 1. Kaa — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Rann — no support
- 3. Hathi — no support
- 4. Bagheera, the black panther, obviously — 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 · ★ · right ✓
lowkey, how did Bagheera win at the hill stream?
- 1. He leapt over while Kaa swam — score 2
- 2. He bounded across while Kaa swam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He sprinted over the rocks and jumped the whole stream while Kaa swam — score 2
- 4. He dashed over, Kaa just swam — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 608, line 8: «What: Bagheera and Kaa race to the Cold Lairs, and Bagheera wins at the hill stream because he "bounded across while Kaa swam."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «bound» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
was Baloo peak tired or nah?
- 1. He had to sit down panting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. He was tired — no support
- 3. He was not tired at all — no support
- 4. He sat down — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 608, line 10: «Baloo cannot keep up and "had to sit down panting," so the others leave him behind to come on later.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «baloo» (+3); the same action «sit down» (+2); the same thing acted on «panting» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
what was the monkeys' whole deal about their city, fam?
- 1. They said they were the wisest in the jungle, and that everyone should bow to their city — score 4
- 2. They said they were the wisest in the jungle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. They said they ruled the whole jungle — score 4
- 4. They said they were the wisest of all the creatures in the jungle and the best — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 244, line 13: «The king says, "The castle is done," but he secretly plans to take their lives the next morning.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was Mowgli's plan to bounce out of there?
- 1. Sneak out past the gate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Leave quickly — no support
- 3. Run away — no support
- 4. Go back to his own jungle — ✓ 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 ✗
did Mowgli wanna stay with the monkeys, mate?
- 1. Nah, he was sick of them — score 7
- 2. Nah, he really wanted to go home and see Baloo and Bagheera again, mate — score 7
- 3. Nah, he wanted to go home — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Nah, he wanted to go home to his own jungle, far away from these monkeys — ← Mova's choice · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 604, line 4: «Furious, Mowgli throws down the fire pot, waves a burning branch, and drives the wolves away, calling them dogs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mowgli» (+3); the same property (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
what did the monkeys do to make him grateful?
- 1. They gave him a long hot bath and pinched him to show love — score 7
- 2. They pinched him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. They tickled his feet — no support
- 4. They poked his arms — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 608, line 16: «The monkeys pull him back and pinch him "to make him grateful," so he cannot leave the city.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «pinch» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
why'd the monkeys not bring the nuts back?
- 1. They got lost on the road — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. They were fighting on the road — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. They were busy on the way — score 4
- 4. Too far off — no support
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 188, line 12: «Why: the monkeys throw nuts back because they are "annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was the summer-house made of, bruh?
- 1. Thick grey stone, with milk-white marble screens and gold roofs over it all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Milk-white marble screens — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Milk-white marble screens, carved into thin lacy patterns by old workers — no support
- 4. Pale wood and red clay — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
who does Mowgli reckon bit all the monkeys, lol?
- 1. Shere Khan the lame Tiger, who is always hungry and angry at the Pack — no support
- 2. Bagheera the Panther — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Tabaqui the Jackal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Shere Khan the Tiger — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 608, line 15: «Mowgli thinks, "Baloo will surely beat me, but that is better than chasing silly rose leaves with the Bandar-log."», 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 «baloo» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
how did Mowgli act when they all shouted, honest?
- 1. He nodded and blinked — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He nodded and blinked slowly, not quite knowing what the monkeys wanted — score 1
- 3. He just stood there, nodding and blinking, while they shouted loudly at him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. He just sat and blinked — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 607, line 8: «What: Baloo cries "O Mowgli, Mowgli!" and wishes he had warned the boy about the Monkey-Folk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did Rann promise to do for Bagheera's kill?
- 1. Hold the tail for him now — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Keep the meat — no support
- 3. Put aside the head for him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Give him food — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 602, line 16: «Bagheera says he was "born among men" and that "I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «bear» (+2); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
With reference to the passage, to what location were the boy and the monkeys conveyed?
- 1. The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city buried deep in the jungle and forgotten — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Council Rock, a sunken hill fort — no support
- 3. The Cold Lairs, a vast ruined city of marble halls that the monkeys had claimed — no support
- 4. The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city — ✓ 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 · right ✓
Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Bagheera surpassed Kaa at the hill stream?
- 1. He bounded across the water while Kaa was still swimming slowly behind him — score 4
- 2. He bounded across while Kaa swam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. He sprang across, Kaa paddled — score 6
- 4. By bounding across the stream on the rocks, while Kaa was forced to swim — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 608, line 8: «What: Bagheera and Kaa race to the Cold Lairs, and Bagheera wins at the hill stream because he "bounded across while Kaa swam."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «bound» (+3); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which action did the monkeys perform when Mowgli attempted to depart from the city?
- 1. They pulled him back into the city and held him there with their long arms — score 8
- 2. They pulled him back into the city, then pinched him and made him stay for days — score 8
- 3. They pulled him back into the city — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. They grabbed him and pulled him — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 295, line 8: «The gutter he crossed on the way to school was "just up to the middle of my boot", and the old man says that is where the wet feet came from.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «way» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements concerning the summer-house is consistent with the passage?
- 1. Its doors were carved from dark old wood — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Its walls were made of marble tracery — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Its walls were stone — no support
- 4. Its roof was made of old red clay — 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
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