Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 637 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 ✗

Bruv, why was Tom up so early?

1. The dog wouldn't stop barking at the ships all night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The bell rang too loud — no support
3. The dog wouldn't stop barking — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He had to see the dragon before breakfast began — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 637, line 1: «Tom wakes early and hears the Mexican lapdog barking all night, so he goes to the pillar to find out why.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bark» (+2); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was the dragon even doing by the pillar?

1. Was hiding from ships — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Eating buns — no support
3. Was eating some grass — no support
4. Had a busted wing — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did Tom chuck at the dragon?

1. Stones — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Some cake — score 4
3. Currant buns — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Old boots — 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 260, line 5: «The boy climbs a tree, skins the calf, goes after the dragon, and finds a king's daughter staked down by her hair.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit wild, what did the dragon do with them?

1. Chewed them slowly — no support
2. Scoffed the lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ate some — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Gave some away — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 637, line 5: «The whole town rushes out to see the dragon, the Schoolmaster drops Tom's prize book, and the dragon eats it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «eat» (+1). Against it: the same doer «dragon» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, where did Fido sleep?

1. In Tom's coat pocket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. On the palace steps — no support
3. Right next to the dragon by the stone pillar — no support
4. On the roof — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 637, line 13: «Fido is "about six inches long" and lies comfortably in Tom's coat pocket.», 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 (+2); the same doer «fido» (+1); the same place «coat pocket» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, what got eaten by the dragon?

1. Tom's hat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The pet lapdog's bone — score 5
3. The Lord's gold pencil — score 5
4. The History of Rotundia — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 636, line 7: «where: Everyone the Dragon had eaten stands on the Pebbly Waste, "quite a crowd" of them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «dragon» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper sad, what happened to Tom's prize?

1. The dragon ate it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Tom lost it outside — score 4
3. The dragon swallowed it whole when Tom threw the buns — score 6
4. The Schoolmaster dropped it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 637, line 14: «The prize is a History of Rotundia, "beautifully bound, with the Royal arms", and it is eaten by the dragon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+2); the same thing acted on «prize» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, who was too scared to go see it?

1. All the Rotundian children in the square — no support
2. The Lord Chief — no support
3. The little duchesses — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The big elephant — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 631, line 2: «Two Tails the elephant joins in and admits he is scared of the big guns, because he can see in his head what a shell will do.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «elephant» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

No way, what's a Bath bun?

1. A bun grown on a bush — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A kind of tea — no support
3. A cake — no support
4. A bread roll — 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 ✗

Sick, what did Tom reckon about losing the prize?

1. He thought losing it might be a good thing after all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He felt quite happy — score 5
3. Maybe it's for the best — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He reckoned the Schoolmaster had dropped it on purpose today — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 637, line 10: «Why Tom goes out: "I'll go to the pillar," thought Tom, as he went through the town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «tom» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, which day were they going to see the dragon?

1. Sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Saturday — no support
3. Thursday — no support
4. Wednesday — ✓ 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 ✗

Why'd the lapdog bark so bad?

1. He saw a ship and the bun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was on about the postman — no support
3. He was on about ships and the dragon — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was on about ships, the dragon and the buns in the square — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Where do the currant buns come from?

1. They come from the bakery — no support
2. They grow on a bun tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. They grow on a sugar bush — score 8
4. They grow on a special bun tree in the palace garden — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 637, line 15: «Why buns grow on trees: the island "spun the wrong way", so in Rotundia the buns grow on trees and bushes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «buns» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the reason, as stated in the passage, that Tom went out at dawn?

1. He wished to see the dragon's large wing — score 3
2. He wanted to check the old ships — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He wished to ascertain whether the dragon had eaten the lapdog and the buns — score 3
4. He wished to ascertain the cause of the barking — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 9: «Why: Tom wants the imp gone, and says "I want none of thy help, and I'll have nought more to do with thee."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «tom» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the passage, what became of the History of Rotundia after it fell from the Lord Chief Schoolmaster's pocket?

1. It was picked up and returned to the Schoolmaster later on — no support
2. It was swallowed whole by the dragon after he sniffed it closely — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. It was consumed by the dragon — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The dog chewed it up — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 637, line 14: «The prize is a History of Rotundia, "beautifully bound, with the Royal arms", and it is eaten by the dragon.», 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 «dragon» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which feature of the purple dragon is described by means of a comparison to a toadstool?

1. The thick round body near its tail — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Its great spiky head and neck — no support
3. Its wings — no support
4. Its head — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the reason given for Tom's remark that the lost prize might have been unwelcome?

1. He reckoned the reading would be quite dull — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Because the prize was a book he had already read twice before at school — score -1
3. He believed the Schoolmaster had dropped it on purpose so he would not have it — score -1
4. He believed he would not have liked it — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 637, line 10: «Why Tom goes out: "I'll go to the pillar," thought Tom, as he went through the town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «tom» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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