The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 630 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, so the young mule was like "I ran off with the gentlemen" lol, what even

1. no way, he meant the troop-horses, they're the gentlemen of the battery — no support
2. yeah, he meant the mules, they're the gentlemen — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. no way, he meant the gun bullocks, they're the gentlemen and they run off all the time at night — score 4
4. no way, he meant the gun bullocks, they're the gentlemen — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 86, line 13: «The Stranger-man is adopted into the Tribe of Tegumai «because he was a gentleman and did not make a fuss about the mud».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «gentleman» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bro, what does bridle-wise mean, is it like being wicked at tricks?

1. a fast trick with reins — no support
2. kicking back when the bit hurts your mouth — no support
3. spinning round fast when the rein presses your neck — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. being wicked at tricks — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 630, line 3: «The troop-horse tells how he and his rider Dick Cunliffe fight, and what "bridle-wise" means: spin round fast when the rein touches your neck.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spin round» (+5); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, why did the troop-horse say the camels in camp were scary?

1. the camels kept sitting down and blocking the whole picket line — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a new recruit told whip snake tales in camp and we all got spooked, though the camels were fine — score 3
3. the camels had been firing guns over our backs all night long — score 0
4. a new recruit told whip snake tales and we all got spooked — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 630, line 17: «old word: "girths" are the straps round a horse's belly that hold the saddle; the camel says sitting down "tickles my girths".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit down» (+2); the same doer «camel» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

mate, did the bullocks like good bedding or nah?

1. nah, they hate mud — no support
2. nah, they said it's better to lie in the mud than be disturbed on good bedding — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. yeah, they said good bedding is warmer, so they lie down in the straw every night — score 5
4. yeah, they like good bedding — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 630, line 11: «why: The gun bullocks say "It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «good bedding» (+4); the same action «disturb» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

like, what's a farrier, is that a kind of cow?

1. a smith who shoes horses — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a soldier who rides a mule — no support
3. a cow that pulls the guns — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. a horse doctor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 572, line 2: «Miss Cow butts the tree, one of her horns gets stuck in the trunk, and she can't pull loose all night.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull» (+4); the same doer «cow» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

so when Billy swore, what was that crupper and breastplate thing?

1. a horse's saddle straps, he was just shocked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a horse's saddle straps and bridle and girth, all buckled tight, he was just shocked — no support
3. a leather strap for the horse's head — no support
4. a set of harness straps for the horse's chest — 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 · ★ · right ✓

is "Hay-bales" the camel's name, like really?

1. yeah, Billy calls the baggage-camel that name because he carries all the tents and the water barrels — score 6
2. nah, Billy calls the gun-mule that — score 1
3. yeah, Billy calls the troop-horse that — score 4
4. yeah, Billy calls the baggage-camel that — ← 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, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 630, line 6: «who: Billy is an old army mule who gives the young mule advice, and he calls the camel "old Hay-bales".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «billy» (+2); the same thing acted on «camel» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why do the camels sit down in a square, is that wicked?

1. they sit to rest in the sun — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. they sit in a square so the men can fire over their backs — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. to hide from the smoke — no support
4. they kneel in a ring so the drivers can feed them grain — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 630, line 17: «old word: "girths" are the straps round a horse's belly that hold the saddle; the camel says sitting down "tickles my girths".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit down» (+2); the same doer «camel» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, Two Tails is the elephant, right, so why's he a coward?

1. he is just a big coward — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he stamps his feet and runs away from the big gun — no support
3. he trumpets to say he won't go nearer the smoke — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he trumpets to scare the mules — 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, what's the bullocks' big secret, like the one way to fight?

1. they pull the gun in a line — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. all twenty yoke pull the big gun together across the plain — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they haul it up the hill one at a time — no support
4. they strain together and drag the gun through mud and smoke — 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 ✗

lol, how many horses ran off from their pickets, like a whole army?

1. four hundred and sixty — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. four hundred and fifty — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. forty-five — score 2
4. fifty — 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 585, line 3: «Mr. Man thinks the tied-up Fox is some strange creature and whips him hard, then the dogs run off in two directions.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run off» (+1); the same doer «dogs» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

honestly, what does "edgewise" even mean in "get a word in edgewise"?

1. a way of standing at the edge of a crowd to be heard by the whole group of people at once — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. squeezing your word in while others keep talking — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. speaking when the others have stopped talking — no support
4. squeezing your word in while others keep talking, even when they are loud and do not pause — 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 249, line 16: «WHY HE WAS HAPPY: the pedlar was "exceeding glad in himself" when he heard the shopkeeper's dream.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); the same doer «word» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

sick, when the camel says he fought a little, was he being brave or nah?

1. he was being shy and quiet — no support
2. he was bragging about his battles — no support
3. he was being brave, he fought hard in the smoke and battle — no support
4. he was being honest, he fought a little but not in climbing or running ways — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 630, line 17: «old word: "girths" are the straps round a horse's belly that hold the saddle; the camel says sitting down "tickles my girths".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «camel» (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animal does the text describe as the elephant known in camp slang as "Two Tails"?

1. Two Tails, a mule that kicks at the guns — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two Tails, the elephant, who trumpets to signal his refusal to advance toward the smoke — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the troop-horse, who whinnies to signal his refusal to ride toward the sound of the big guns — no support
4. a bullock with a long tail who refuses to walk into the gunfire — 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 ✗

Explain the meaning of the expression "bridle-wise" as employed by the troop-horse in relation to his rider Dick Cunliffe.

1. a quick turn of the head — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the readiness to wheel about upon the rein's pressure on the neck — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. being wicked at tricks — no support
4. the habit of shying away from a loud gun on the plain — 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 · wrong ✗

State the manner in which the baggage-camel asserts that his soldiers conduct their firing upon the camels.

1. the camels sit in a square while the men fire over their backs — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the camels sit in a square while the men fire over their backs, though the troop-horses grow restless and bolt from the picket lines at night — score 4
3. the camels sit in a square while the men fire over their backs, and the bullocks and horses stand behind the guns — score 4
4. the camels stand in a line while the men shout at their heads — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 342, line 20: «Alfred's soldiers were five hundred strong and stood ready for battle at nine o'clock.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «soldiers» (+2); the same place «nine o'clock» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the reason the young mule gives for his unplanned departure from the battery during the night.

1. he heard the drums and galloped off to find the troop-horses and his old head-rope — score 4
2. he was frightened by the snakes, so he bolted and joined the camels in the square — score 4
3. he could not locate his driver or Billy in the dark and the noise of the guns, so he ran off with the gentlemen and never came back to the battery — score 6
4. he could not locate his driver or Billy, and so ran off with the gentlemen — ← 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, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 630, line 9: «why: The young mule is upset because he says "I couldn't find my driver, and I couldn't find you, Billy".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mule» (+2); the same thing acted on «billy» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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