Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 8: a dragon in Effie's eye is followed by a plague of dragons across the land
Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 640 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 ✗
Oi Effie, what actually got stuck in your eye, like, a bug or summat?
- 1. a bug — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a tiny winged creature — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a little green beetle — no support
- 4. some kind of moth — 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 ✓
Bruv, did Harry really find a newt in his tea, proper gross?
- 1. yeah, an earwig — no support
- 2. nah, a tiny slug — no support
- 3. yeah, a tiny newt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. nah, it was just a dead tiny moth — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 640, line 11: «Harry thinks the thing in his tea "was an earwig," but it is really a "tiny newt."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «thing» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, how much did the professor pay Harry, a fiver or what?
- 1. a tenner, maybe — score 2
- 2. half a crown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. a fiver — score 2
- 4. five shillings — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 640, line 3: «At teatime Harry fishes a tiny newt out of his tea, and the professor pays him half a crown for it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «crown» (+2); the same doer «professor» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wicked, so who did the knife-boy scream at when the boot went mad?
- 1. the lizard that crawled out of the boot — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. the lizard in the boot — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. the boot — score 5
- 4. the knife-boy's mum — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 640, line 13: «The knife-boy screams that he is "burnt" when a lizard "as big as a kitten" crawls out of the boot.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «crawl» (+4); the same place «boot» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Peak, was the dragon in the boot like the size of a kitten?
- 1. yeah, about that big — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nope, more like a rat — no support
- 3. yeah, about that big, like a kitten — no support
- 4. nah, it was more like a big dog — 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 ✗
Gutted, did Towser actually bite a dragon in the garden?
- 1. no, the dragon bit Towser on the tail — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. no, Towser just barked — no support
- 3. yeah, Towser bit it — score 3
- 4. no, the dragon bit Towser — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 640, line 14: «Towser the dog is bitten by a dragon "about the size of a rabbit" that he tried to chase in the garden.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bite» (+4); the same thing acted on «towser» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is it true the papers finally said dragons, cos the editor got nabbed?
- 1. nah, they kept lizards — no support
- 2. yeah, the editor fled — no support
- 3. yeah, they finally said dragons after he got nabbed — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. yeah, he got carried off — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 639, line 19: «The paper says the bride and groom rode on an elephant, which is probably Fido, the one Tom promised to return.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «paper» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what colour were them dragons, green or what?
- 1. red — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. blue — no support
- 3. green — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. yellow — 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 ✗
Seriously, why did the big dragons go to bed early?
- 1. cos of the chill night air and the moon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos of the morning sun — no support
- 3. cos they were scared of the chill night air — no support
- 4. cos of the chill night air — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, which dragon ate the lilies of the valley, the little ones?
- 1. the middle sized ones from the garden — no support
- 2. one size of them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. the mid-size lot — score 2
- 4. the ones that were the size of cats — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 635, line 1: «The Dragon eats an Orphanage, and Lionel, feeling it is his fault, decides to find a beast that can fight him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «eat» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mad, what did the County Council do with all the dead dragons?
- 1. sold them — no support
- 2. cremated them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. destroyed them — no support
- 4. burned them — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 640, line 14: «Towser the dog is bitten by a dragon "about the size of a rabbit" that he tried to chase in the garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «bite» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Bruv, what did the police use to trap the dragons, sticky stuff?
- 1. patent glue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. glue — no support
- 3. a special patent glue on towers — no support
- 4. birdlime — 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 ✓
Wait, what size dragon did Effie fear most, the scary one?
- 1. the one as big as your dining room — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. the tiny ones — score 2
- 3. the big one — score 2
- 4. the one as big as a cottage roof — 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 178, line 5: «The boy tells him his father fears a prophecy about Agib, and Agib, the very prince feared, keeps his secret.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «father» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «fear» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following creatures did the doctor identify as having four well-developed limbs and a long caudal appendage?
- 1. the creature found in Effie's eye — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. the creature the professor found in the garden pond — no support
- 3. the newt found in Harry's tea — no support
- 4. the tiny winged creature found in Effie's eye — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 640, line 1: «Effie's eye hurts, and her father the doctor finds a tiny winged creature on his brush under the microscope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tiny winged creature» (+1). Against it: the same action «find» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
To what sum did the professor offer to purchase the tiny newt from Harry?
- 1. five pounds and a brand new hat — no support
- 2. three shillings — score 4
- 3. two shillings — score 4
- 4. half a crown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 640, line 12: «The professor offers "half a crown" for the newt, and a half crown is a coin worth two shillings and sixpence.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «offer» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «crown» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which publication was the first to abandon the pretence that the creatures were lizards?
- 1. the papers once the editor was snatched away — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. the paper after the editor vanished — score -1
- 3. the newspapers after the editor was carried off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the newspaper that employed the vanished editor — no support
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 640, line 15: «The papers call the creatures "winged lizards" until the editor of the Standard is carried off by a large one.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «papers» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the principal dietary preference of the largest dragon variety observed in the narrative?
- 1. lilies of the valley and then horses — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. elephants, then horses, then cows, then the zoo's giraffes — no support
- 3. elephants, followed by horses and cows — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. whole elephants, followed by horses, cows and sheep in the field — 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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