Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 642 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, did the dragon actually make them go all the way to a mountain, or what?

1. Yeah, it flew all over the place and then landed on some rocky hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it just landed — no support
3. Yeah, it flew for ages and then parked on top of a mountain — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it went round in circles for ages and then came down by a lake — 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 ✗

Bruv, how did Effie get out of her sash, innit?

1. She cut the sash with the knife Harry gave her after the dragon had dropped her on the path — score 6
2. She cut it free using a little blade — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. She sawed it through with Harry's knife — score 7
4. She cut it with the knife Harry gave her — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 642, line 2: «Effie cuts her sash with her small knife, and Harry wriggles out of his jacket sleeves.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «effie» (+3); the same action «cut» (+2); the same thing acted on «sash» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Was Harry's jacket proper lost, or what?

1. Nah, he wriggled out of his sleeves, so the dragon only got the jacket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Nah, he got it back later from the cave floor by the door — no support
3. Nah, he wriggled out of his sleeves quickly so the dragon only got the jacket and nothing else from the whole group — score 7
4. Yeah, the dragon grabbed it and flew off with it to the mountain — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 642, line 11: «The knife cannot cut Harry's jacket, so Harry must wriggle out of his sleeves, and the dragon keeps "an Eton jacket in his other claw."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «eton jacket» (+6); the same doer «dragon» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did they go into that taproom, were they mental?

1. Cos they wanted to hide from their mum at home in the street — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cos a dragon was waiting outside, so they reckoned they couldn't be worse off — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos a dragon was waiting outside and they reckoned they couldn't be worse off than that, so in they went with St. George's words in their heads — no support
4. Cos they had heard the taps were free and the sign said nothing about waiting — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the taps actually have proper labels, like in a bath?

1. Yeah, china labels just like the ones you see in baths, only much bigger and with writing all over — no support
2. Yeah, china labels just like the ones you see in baths, and every one had a weather word on it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, paper labels stuck on with glue like posters — no support
4. Yeah, china labels just like the ones you see in baths — ✓ 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 622, line 12: «Nag drinks from "the biggest water-jar that was used to fill the bath," then coils round it to sleep.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «bath» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Could the kids read the words on the taps, or what?

1. Nah, they could only read the easy words on them — ← Mova's choice · score 12
2. Yeah, they could read words of two or three syllables, so they managed all the labels on the taps — score 9
3. Yeah, they could read words of two or three syllables — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Yeah, but only words of one syllable at a time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 276, line 12: «The Queen-mother says not a word of her plan, and quietly goes into the bedroom to take all the bed-clothes off the bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Wha's the deal with the sunshine tap, was it on or off?

1. It was on the whole time, but stuck halfway — no support
2. It was off, but it kept on dripping slowly — no support
3. It was turned full on, but it was out of order — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. It was off — 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 642, line 13: «The big tap labeled "Sunshine" is "turned full on," but the sunshine tap is out of order.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «order» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «sunshine tap» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did they see in the mirror, the whole world or just their street?

1. The whole of England, like a massive puzzle map, with every single town and dragon marked on it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The whole of England and Wales, like a massive puzzle map that the children could move about with their fingers — no support
3. A map of the whole of Scotland and Wales — score 1
4. The whole of England, like a massive puzzle map — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 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: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was their mum up to back home, was she chilled out?

1. Sitting at home, having a cup of tea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sitting at the window, waiting for them to come home — no support
3. Crying, cos she thought a dragon had eaten them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cooking dinner — 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 ✗

How many dragons did the kids kill with the rain, like loads or what?

1. Loads, all the dragons in the end — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. None at all — score 2
3. Two or three before they stopped — score -1
4. Loads, all the dragons in the end, every single one of them in the whole of England — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 534, line 4: «Cadmus sends his men to fetch water from a sacred spring, but a fierce dragon guarding it kills every one of them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «one» (+2); the same doer «fierce dragon» (+1). Against it: the number the lesson gave for it (-1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Did the monument idea sound sound to Effie, or was she sceptical?

1. She wasn't sure, cos there were too many dead dragons to bury — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She wasn't sure at all, cos there were too many dead dragons to bury and the County Council would never pay for a monument — no support
3. She thought it was silly, cos nobody would pay for it — no support
4. She liked it, cos the dragons were far too big to move — 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 ✗

What was the rusty tap called, the one they found right at the end?

1. Dry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Waste — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Drain — no support
4. Tap — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the kids get proper wet with all the rain, like soaked?

1. Yeah, but only from the rain on the hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the taps went on and the rain poured down everywhere, so they were soaked right through to their socks — no support
3. Yeah, the taps went on and the rain poured down everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they kept dry in the taproom the whole time — 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 of the following describes the means by which the children first obtained release from the dragon's grasp?

1. Effie severed the sash with a small knife, and Harry withdrew from his sleeves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Effie cut her sash with a small blade, and Harry slipped out of his coat — score 2
3. Effie cut the sash — score 0
4. Harry's jacket was torn, and Effie just pulled her arm free — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 338, line 7: «What: The children come home to London and find their parents, who are overjoyed to see them again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the apparatus found within the chamber of the taproom?

1. A series of taps, each bearing a china label denoting a particular weather condition — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A set of taps, each with a label showing the weather in England — no support
3. A series of taps, each bearing a china label denoting a particular weather condition, and a broken mirror hanging above them all — no support
4. A row of brass taps, each with a painted label naming a kind of rain — 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 of the following correctly states the consequence of the children opening the waste tap upon the dragons in the map of England?

1. The dragons were washed away and disappeared down the waste pipe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The dragons were washed away and disappeared down the waste pipe, along with all the towns on the map of England — no support
3. The dragons were blown away and fell into the sea below — no support
4. The dragons were washed away and disappeared down the waste pipe, and the map of England was left clean and empty — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following correctly identifies the condition of the sunshine tap at the close of the passage?

1. It was broken, so that it could not be turned off altogether — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It was turned on fully and could be turned off again — no support
3. It was broken and it kept on leaking — no support
4. It was broken — 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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