The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 643 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 ✗

Did you see Jane's fur hood, bro, the one made from Mum's old muff?

1. Yeah, rabbit fur, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, mink, quite fancy, innit — no support
3. Yeah, silver fox fur, proper posh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was sealskin, dead fancy — 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 ✗

So George and Jane got sixpence each, yeah?

1. Yeah, they bought some toffee apples — score 3
2. Nah, they saved it for the trip — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, they spent it all — score 4
4. Yeah, and they blew it on a golden rain — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 643, line 12: «What happened to their money: George and Jane had sixpence each and bought a "golden rain" that went out almost at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «george» (+2); the same thing acted on «sixpence» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was George so gutted about the North Pole?

1. He didn't wanna get blamed for whatever Jane got up to on the lawn that night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He reckoned they'd get told off for ages by Mum and Dad for all the trouble — no support
3. He thought Jane was being daft, yeah — no support
4. He didn't wanna get blamed for Jane's mischief — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what's the Aurora Borealis when it's at home?

1. The Arctic shimmer, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Aurora Borealis, the bright lights up north, innit — no support
3. The Northern Lights, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Like the Northern Lights, but dead far up in the sky, mate — 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 ✗

Did Jane reckon the lights were fairies planting trees?

1. Yeah, tiny glowing baby oaks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, little shiny baby poplars — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, just stars — no support
4. Nah, it was just the moon — 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 ✗

Didn't George say the Prince was the reason no fireworks went up?

1. Yeah, his first tooth was coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, cos of the cold — no support
3. Yeah, the Prince was cutting a tooth so nobody let off any rockets — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, he was poorly that week — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 172, line 7: «What: the vizir hated him "from my boy-hood" because the prince had "shot out his eye by accident" with a bow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same thing acted on «eye» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So where's the North Pole, like, dead far from Forest Hill?

1. About a million miles, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Half the world away, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Half the world away, right up at the top of the map, innit — no support
4. Miles off, yeah — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Jane say George was dead clever about the lights?

1. He knew about the Northern Lights — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He could name every planet, yeah — no support
3. He knew all about the Northern Lights and the Great Bear, innit — no support
4. He'd read a whole book about the Arctic and the Aurora, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 643, line 18: «Why they go: George says "I shouldn't mind discovering the North Pole", and Jane begs "Oh, George, let's".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1); the same doer «george» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What did George reckon they'd come back with, if they got there?

1. A book with loads of pictures — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A huge book with loads of coloured pictures and a long story about the expedition — no support
3. A bag of sealskin gloves — no support
4. A big book full of pictures of the polar bears and the ice — 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 ✗

Did the Arctic regions come farther south that winter?

1. Nah, they stopped short of Forest Hill but got right into the town square — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, all the way to Surrey — no support
3. Yeah, nearly as far as Forest Hill and all the way down the road — no support
4. Yeah, nearly as far as Forest Hill — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was on the hedges and gates, like, all over?

1. Really long hanging icicles all over the place — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Massive icicles — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Frozen cobwebs — no support
4. Huge sparkling icicles dripping from every single branch — 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 ✗

So George called the people at the bonfire what, exactly?

1. Like the Indians from the books, he said — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Like Indians, he said — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Like the Eskimos on the ice, he said, not the sort we see at home — score 5
4. Like Romans, he said — 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 643, line 18: «Why they go: George says "I shouldn't mind discovering the North Pole", and Jane begs "Oh, George, let's".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «george» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the children's initial destination, as stated by the narrator in the passage?

1. The North Pole, which Jane proposes and George reluctantly accepts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Crystal Palace, which George proposes and Jane pushes for — no support
3. The North Pole, which Jane proposes after a long argument and George grudgingly accepts only at the end of the passage — no support
4. The Arctic regions, which Jane and George both agree upon after the bonfire scene at the end of the evening — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the reason the heir to the throne was denied fireworks on Guy Fawkes' Day, as recorded in the text.

1. He was cutting his first tooth, a period of anxiety — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He had a fever, and the doctors were worried — no support
3. He was cutting his first tooth, which caused great worry in the household and the palace — score 4
4. He was ill, so the palace cancelled the display — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 643, line 10: «Why there were no fireworks on Guy Fawkes' Day: the heir to the throne "was cutting his first tooth", which is an anxious time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+2); the same thing acted on «first tooth» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the nature of the phenomenon which George identifies in the night sky, according to the passage.

1. A comet crossing the sky near the Great Bear — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A display of coloured lights in the northern sky, also known as the Aurora Borealis and the Northern Lights, seen from the lawn — no support
3. The Aurora Borealis, which George describes as a comet, a planet, and a moving curtain of glowing light in the sky — no support
4. The Aurora Borealis, also called the Northern Lights — ✓ 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 ✗

Explain the significance of the Crystal Palace within the events described in the passage.

1. It hosts colored fire set pieces, and the children compare their fireworks to them — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It lies on the route to the North Pole, and the children pass its lights before seeing the bonfire — score 1
3. It stages a yearly show of frost-lit gardens, which the children compare with their bonfire walk — no support
4. It is a vast glass palace where the children first saw the Aurora and planned their journey north to the Pole, comparing everything they saw — ← 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 596, line 7: «What: he boasts "I'm ole man Tumbler, fum Tumblersville", and says no trick can fool him once he sees you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «remus» (+2). 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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