Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry and Effie seek St. George, fail to wake him, and are seized by a dragon
Tests: 4 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 641 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 ✓
Did Harry really think the sun was "dangerous" or just a bit of a laugh?
- 1. Dangerous, but ace, and the exact reason they bolted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dangerous, yet they bolted only after the dragon first came close to their gate — no support
- 3. Only a bit of a laugh and quite safe really — no support
- 4. A laugh, so they stayed put for a while — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why was Effie being such a drip about going home?
- 1. She was scared after the dragon landed on her head and dribbled on her hair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She had lost her doll in the long grass — no support
- 3. She got the wobbles when the dragon flopped on her ear — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She was cross because her new shoes pinched her toes — 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 ✗
Did St. George actually wake up, or was he just having a kip?
- 1. He stayed awake — no support
- 2. He yawned, sat up, and asked for his tea — no support
- 3. He never woke — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. He woke up, but then nodded off again — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 641, line 8: «Harry thinks they must wake St. George, because "You can't wake people if you don't believe in them".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wake» (+2); the same doer «george» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
How did the kids nick the dragon poison for Harry's face?
- 1. Their mum was busy making more of it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They sneaked it out of the cupboard quietly — no support
- 3. Mum left the bottle on the kitchen table — no support
- 4. The nurse gave it to them after they promised to be careful with the bottle — 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 ✗
What a proper gobsmacker: what did the dragon grab Harry by?
- 1. The loose end of the scarf that hung from his neck — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The strap of the satchel slung across his back — no support
- 3. The back of his Eton jacket — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The brim of his straw hat — 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 ✗
Was the church a mega cheat, with St. George somewhere else?
- 1. No, he had been moved to the cathedral in town last year and reburied — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, he was in his stone tomb outside — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, the saint had gone off to Rome — no support
- 4. Yes, the vicar had hidden him under the floor for safekeeping — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which dragons were the right size to munch them, the wicked ones?
- 1. The little green ones only — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. All of them — no support
- 3. Some were — no support
- 4. None of them were, luckily — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 641, line 13: «St. George says his motto was "one man one dragon", so he will not fight a whole crowd of them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What do they reckon St. George was on about with the weather?
- 1. Dragons can't stand wet and cold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dragons fear the sea and the wind — no support
- 3. Dragons hate rain — no support
- 4. Dragons sleep — 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 ✗
Was Harry proper chuffed when Effie got the church right?
- 1. He laughed, since he had guessed it first — no support
- 2. He was not chuffed at all, and sulked for the rest of the afternoon in the garden — no support
- 3. He was narked, since he hadn't thought of it — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. He was narked, since he had hoped to be the one who got the church right first — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 249, line 18: «WHAT HE DID: he "built up again the church at Swaffham", so he did not forget his duty when rich.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same thing acted on «church» (+2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
What did the dragon pinch out of the sky, like a mega snatch?
- 1. Effie and Harry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Their sister Mabel — score 5
- 3. Their dog — score 5
- 4. Two cats — no support
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 641, line 17: «The dragon catches Effie "by her green silk sash" and Harry "by the little point at the back of his Eton jacket".», 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 «effie» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the children were conveyed from the churchyard by the dragon?
- 1. The dragon swooped down from the clouds and took both children in its claws, one by the sash and one by the jacket, far away over the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. They were seized in its claws, Effie by her sash and Harry by his jacket — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. In a sudden rush of wings it snatched the pair, dangling Effie from her sash and Harry from the back of his coat, and flew off with them into the distance over the rooftops and the fields — no support
- 4. Effie was caught by her green sash and Harry by his coat tail — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 293, line 2: «The Reindeer carries Gerda through the night under blue lights to the Finland woman, who has no door and lets them in by the chimney.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same thing acted on «gerda» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following most correctly states the reason the children gave for leaving the house during the afternoon?
- 1. They were weary of confinement indoors and desired to play upon the grass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Being shut indoors for the whole of the long afternoon had made them restless, and they were eager to run about outside in the sunshine — score 2
- 3. They had been confined in the nursery all day by a cruel governess who refused them any outdoor exercise whatsoever — score 0
- 4. They wanted to visit the old churchyard and look at the graves there — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 595, line 14: «Old word "watchyoumaycollum" is a name Uncle Remus cannot remember, so he invents a word for a thing he has not seen.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «remus» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately records the response of St. George when he was first addressed by the children?
- 1. He awoke sleepily, then pleaded fatigue and returned to repose — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He ignored them entirely and remained motionless in his tomb — no support
- 3. He stayed asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. He jumped up cheerfully — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 641, line 4: «St. George says one dragon is too many for him, mentions "the taps" and a looking glass, then falls asleep again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «george» (+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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following identifies the substance which Harry applied to the sculpture of St. George?
- 1. Green ointment — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Paint — no support
- 3. A thick paste made from the vicar's garden herbs — no support
- 4. Dragon poison — ✓ 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
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