The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers: Mowgli skins Shere Khan and is cast out by the village

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 614 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 ✗

Yo, what was the bounty on the Lame Tiger, like how much?

1. Ten rupees — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fifty anna — no support
3. A hundred rupees — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A thousand rupees — 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 ✓

Mate, what did Buldeo wanna singe on the tiger?

1. The tiger's ghost — no support
2. Shere Khan's whiskers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. His claws — score 6
4. Shere Khan's skin — score 6

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 612, line 3: «Mowgli laughs behind his hand, then tells the gray-beards the tiger is only lame, and Buldeo calls him a jungle brat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «buldeo» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, did Akela stand over Buldeo or nah?

1. Yeah, he pinned him — score 2
2. Yeah, he did — no support
3. Nah, he sat by him — score 5
4. Yeah, he stood over him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 614, line 13: «What: Akela stands over Buldeo, and the hunter lies "as still as still" on the grass.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «stand» (+2); the same doer «akela» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the priest wave to chase Mowgli off?

1. A holy cross bead — no support
2. Some herbs — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. A sacred basil leaf — no support
4. A holy tulsi sprig — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 612, line 19: «Old word: "Moontalk" and "cobwebs" are words Mowgli uses to mean nonsense, and he speaks them as a scolding.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «words» (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did the old musket actually blast?

1. A young buffalo — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A wild boar — no support
3. A young calf — no support
4. The gray wolf standing near the riverbank — 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 ✗

Why'd the villagers reckon Mowgli was a sorcerer, innit?

1. Buldeo spun a mad story — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He looked weird — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Buldeo told wild tales — score 2
4. Buldeo spread a rumour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 613, line 11: «Why: Mowgli says he "cannot speak their language," so he calms the buffaloes with his voice and tells the wolves where to drive them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mowgli» (+3). Against it: 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

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was like, begging him to bounce for his own good?

1. Teja — no support
2. Messua's husband, who wanted Mowgli gone — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Messua — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Ma — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 581, line 5: «Later Bear catches Brer Bull-frog, who begs for mercy, asks to see his family on a flat rock, and dives into the mill-pond, singing his song.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Mowgli reckon he'd paid for, fam?

1. A goat — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Messua's son's life — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Nathoo's life — score 3
4. Buldeo's bad debt — score 3

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 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «mowgli» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where'd he take the skin, the big rock?

1. The wolves' den — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The Council Rock — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The river — score 3
4. Back to the village gate where Buldeo waited — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 102, line 5: «The father sends him to the sexton, who takes him to the belfry at midnight, where the boy throws a silent white figure down ten steps.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «tale» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

What'd Akela do on the skin, mate?

1. Lay down on it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Stood over the skin and howled at the full moon — no support
3. Howled on the skin — no support
4. Lay down upon the skin while the whole pack watched closely — 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 ✗

What did Mother Wolf reckon would happen?

1. He would flee — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The hunter would be chased — no support
3. He'd be caught — no support
4. The hunter would be hunted — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, why'd the Pack have no boss?

1. He was dead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Akela was exiled — no support
3. Akela got deposed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Akela was pushed out — 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 ✗

Those claws, what were they dangling off?

1. The paws — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The skin's empty feet — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The tiger's long tail — no support
4. The claws — 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 statement correctly identifies the stated purpose of the singeing of the tiger's whiskers by the hunter?

1. It was intended to prevent the tiger's ghost from haunting the hunters, and to cool the hunter's own fear of sorcery and the jungle — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. It was done so that the tiger's ghost could never return to haunt the hunters, their families, and their whole village — score 4
3. It was meant to stop the tiger's spirit from following the hunters — no support
4. It was intended to prevent the tiger's ghost from haunting the hunters — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 614, line 2: «Buldeo arrives with his old musket, scolds Mowgli, and tries to singe the tiger's whiskers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which description accurately characterises the manner in which Akela dealt with the hunter Buldeo at the carcass?

1. He threw the hunter down and lay across his chest in the grass — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He leapt upon the hunter, throwing him flat onto the grass, and then stood over him while the pack watched from the trees and the village men fled — score 4
3. He stood over the hunter, who had been thrown flat upon the grass, and growled at the pack gathered around them — score 4
4. He placed himself over the hunter, who was thrown flat upon the grass — ✓ 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 388, line 4: «A blind woman's doctor steals all her goods while he treats her eyes, then she wins in court by saying she is still blind and can see none of her things.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which account correctly explains the reason the villagers gave for their hostility towards Mowgli on his return?

1. They believed he had practised sorcery and could transform himself into a beast — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They thought he had cast spells on their children and their herds — no support
3. They believed Mowgli had practised sorcery, had been seen changing into a wolf, and had killed a tiger with magic — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. They believed he had cursed the buffalo and the whole village, and that he could take the shape of any animal in the jungle at will — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 609, line 13: «What: Mowgli gives the Snake's Call, "We be of one blood, ye and I", so the snakes in the rubbish will not harm him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the reason the Pack was without a leader before Mowgli brought the skin to the Council Rock?

1. Akela had been deposed, and the Pack hunted and fought at their own pleasure — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Akela had been deposed after missing his kill, and the Pack had scattered into the hills, hunting and fighting as they chose — no support
3. The Pack had split apart after the tiger's death in the hills — score 4
4. Akela had been driven out, and the Pack hunted alone in the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 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 action «drive away» (+3); the same thing acted on «wolves» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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