The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhears the cobras' plot and waits to strike

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 622 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 ✓

dude, who got the snake's head in the end?

1. Rikki-tikki, obvs, cause he bit the head off — no support
2. Rikki-tikki, obvs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Rikki-tikki, obvs, after the big bang — score -2
4. The mongoose, innit — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 262, line 15: «"Dame" once meant a respected elderly woman or a lady; today it is mostly used in stories and for titles.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, where did the snakes chat about the plan?

1. In the garden, bro — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Outside the bathroom, in the moonlight, innit — score -2
3. Under the veranda, innit — score -2
4. Outside the bathroom, innit — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 89, line 14: «Other signs: the snake turned the other way round for Z, «a twiddle for E» (it came into the pictures so often that it got smaller and smaller), the sacred Bea…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «snake» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-6). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

was Nag gonna eat the kid first?

1. Nah — no support
2. Yeah, the kid first — no support
3. Yeah — no support
4. Nah, the big man first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 622, line 7: «What: Nag plans to kill "the big man and his wife, and the child if I can."», 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 «big man» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so where are the snake eggs chilling?

1. Under the bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In the melon bed, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In the melon bed, round the back, bruv — no support
4. Under the melon, bro — 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 ✗

why'd Darzee not wanna squash the eggs?

1. Cause his babies come from eggs just like these, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Cause his kids hatch from eggs — score 1
3. Cause eggs are his babies, bro — no support
4. Cause his babies come from eggs — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 622, line 20: «Darzee's wise note: he "didn't think at first that it was fair to kill" the eggs, because his own babies come from eggs too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what was Darzee doing all morning?

1. Singing loud about Nag dying, then going to sleep — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Singing loud about the snake — no support
3. Singing loud about Nag dying, all over the garden tree — no support
4. Singing loud about Nag dying — ✓ the right answer · 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

who fired the bang-stick, fam?

1. The big man, fam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The big man of the house, fam — score 6
3. The kid, fam — score 6
4. The cook, bruv — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 62, line 12: «On a common (open wild land with gorse and bramble) he finds a caravan and a man sitting on an upturned bucket, smoking, with an iron pot of stew on a fire of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fire» (+3); the same thing acted on «sticks» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

where did Nag chill before the fight?

1. Hiding by the wall, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Coiled up by the tap, bruv — no support
3. Coiled round the big jar, bruv — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Coiled round the big jar in the bathroom, bruv — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Rikki-tikki get hurt by the blast?

1. Yeah, bruh — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was dizzy, bruh — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he was fine, bruh — no support
4. Yeah, he was sick, bruh — 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 ✗

what did Chuchundra do when asked?

1. Slept — no support
2. Sat down and cried, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ran off — score 0
4. Went off and hid, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 609, line 15: «Why: Baloo "could not help chuckling" when he hears Bagheera asking for help, because Bagheera is hiding in the water.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «hide» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did Rikki keep his jaws shut?

1. He reckoned he'd get banged to death by the stick, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He thought the snake would bite — no support
3. He reckoned he'd get banged to death — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He reckoned he'd get banged to death by the big man — 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 ✗

so what's Rikki's next move?

1. Sneak to the melon bed and check the eggs, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sneak to the water jar, bruv — no support
3. Sneak off to the melon bed and smash them all, bruv — no support
4. Sneak to the melon bed, bruv — ✓ the right answer · 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

is Nagaina still hanging around?

1. Yeah, sulking by the water jar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap by the garden wall — no support
3. Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap, waiting for Rikki — no support
4. Yeah, mourning on the rubbish heap — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

In which location did Nag coil himself before the attack?

1. Round the bulge of the water jar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Under the rim of the old pan — no support
3. Round the bulge of the water jar, hidden in the dark corner — no support
4. Round the bulge of the water jar near the bathroom door — 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 · wrong ✗

What did Nagaina state as her reason for wishing the house emptied?

1. The eggs needed room and quiet — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. The eggs wanted more space — score -1
3. Room — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Quiet — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 622, line 2: «Nagaina tells Nag that the big man must die first, so the garden will belong to the snakes once the people leave.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «nagaina» (+2). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what grounds did Darzee initially hesitate to destroy the eggs?

1. He recognised they resembled his own — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He recognised they resembled his own, so he hesitated long — score 2
3. He noticed they were like his — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He thought they were his own — 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 622, line 20: «Darzee's wise note: he "didn't think at first that it was fair to kill" the eggs, because his own babies come from eggs too.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «note» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Who was responsible for discharging the firearm that ended Nag's life?

1. The big man of the village — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The old man of the house — no support
3. The big man of the household — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The man of the family house — 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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