Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4: the Dragon goes back into his picture, and the island that spun the wrong way gives Rotundia its wrong-sized animals

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 636 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 ✗

Mate, what was the Princess called, innit?

1. Bess — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ann — no support
3. Lady Victoria — no support
4. Mary Ann — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, what did the Dragon do when he saw the book?

1. He squirmed back into the picture and then roared at the King — score 3
2. He squirmed back into the picture — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He crept out of the room slowly — no support
4. He roared and flew at the window — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 636, line 1: «The Dragon squirms back into his picture, and Lionel slams the book shut with a bang.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+2); the same place «picture» (+2). Against it: the same action «squirm back» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, which animals had burrows as big as railway tunnels?

1. The moles — score -6
2. The mice — no support
3. The rabbits, who lived under the hills near the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The rabbits — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 10: «A rabbit «almost brushed him as it dashed past, his face set and hard, his eyes staring. "Get out of this, you fool, get out!"», and dived down «a friendly bur…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «rabbit» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Tom a bit of a swot at school, like?

1. He was bottom of class — no support
2. He came top in maths — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He was top of his class and everyone said so — no support
4. He was top of his class — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 240, line 7: «What: Tom shouts "Yallery Brown, come from the mools; thou scamp, I want thee!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «tom» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Nurse let the kids go to the Zoo, then?

1. Wednesday is the end of the week there, so the Zoo is quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nurse thought it was a treat for them — no support
3. Wednesday is the end of the week there and Nurse had a free afternoon — no support
4. Wednesday is the end of the week there — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Manticora want to stay out in the public, or what?

1. He wanted to go back into the book — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He wanted to go back into the book and never come out again — score 3
3. He wanted to stay in the public — no support
4. He wanted to go back into the book where it was quiet and dark — 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 636, line 9: «why: The Manticora says "I do not care for public life", so he asks to go back into the book.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go back» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare cool, what was the Rocking Horse scared of?

1. Snakes — no support
2. Wolves — no support
3. Dragons — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Dragons and the Manticora who lived in the book — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 636, line 2: «The Manticora and the Rocking Horse choose to live inside the book, and the Hippogriff takes over as the King's Own Rocking Horse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «book» (+2); the same doer «manticora» (+1). Against it: the same action «live» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper random, which bird sang in the palace garden?

1. The Red Parrot — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The Blue Bird — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The Robin — score 2
4. The Owl — 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 231, line 3: «In the garden the bird sings, the other birds join in, and the twig grows into a great tree in a few days.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «garden» (+2); the same doer «bird» (+1). Against it: the same action «sing» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, how did the island start spinning?

1. A giant pushed it from below — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It got loose and spun away — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It got loose from its chain and spun away while everyone slept — no support
4. It got loose from the sea bed and spun away into the sky — 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 ✗

Mint, what did the elephant like to do at night?

1. Sing songs — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Sleep in the garden with trunk — score 1
3. Sleep with its head under the Princess's ear — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Sleep at the foot of the bed under a quilt — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 628, line 1: «All night the elephants stamp together in a clearing while Little Toomai clings to Kala Nag and feels the ground boom under him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elephants» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Princess ever slap her hippopotamus?

1. Yes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, once — no support
3. No, never — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did Center of Gravity do when he woke up?

1. He started to grumble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. He smiled — no support
3. He began to snore — score 1
4. He yawned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 284, line 5: «Care takes the galoshes off his feet, he wakes up young and strong, and then the tale of the Fir Tree begins.», 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 «begin» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honest, what's the name of the book with all these tales?

1. Tales of Beasts — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Beast Tales — no support
3. Rotundia Tales — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Book of Rotundia — 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 ✓

Which object did the Dragon regard upon the Pebbly Waste before he returned to his illustration?

1. The Golden Crown — score 4
2. The Pebble — score 4
3. The Book of Beasts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The Spinning Rock — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 635, line 2: «He opens The Book of Beasts and a yellow Manticora crawls out, but it is silly and scared, so it hides and eats all the town's pussy-cats and milk.», 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 thing acted on «book» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

At what point in the narrative does the Manticora request permission to re-enter his own page?

1. Right after the Dragon is gone and the King has asked a question of him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. After the King enquires where he would like to live and the Dragon leaves — no support
3. After the King enquires where he would like to live — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. After the Dragon has been sent back in — 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 · right ✓

Which geographical feature is described as having been driven through the round piece of earth?

1. A broad flat stone — no support
2. A tall tree — no support
3. A narrow stream of cold water — no support
4. A long piece of hard rock — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 303, line 12: «The music: the landlord says it is "extremely tiresome", like someone who "cannot master" a piece however long he plays.», 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 thing acted on «piece» (+2); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal consequence, according to the narrator, of the island having spun around the wrong way?

1. Every animal grew to the wrong size — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Every animal on the island grew to the wrong size for its kind — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The island sank into the great sea — no support
4. The animals all changed their colour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 338, line 15: «Old word: "falteringly" means speaking in a shaky, unsure way, and it is still used in books today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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