Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant
Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 652 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, who actually ended up with the baby on the dragon's paws?
- 1. the mayor's wife, who was standing right at the iron gate, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. John the blacksmith, the one who fixed the dragon's wing, innit — no support
- 3. the mum on the steps, innit — score 2
- 4. John, the blacksmith, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 652, line 8: «What: John leaves his baby "between the dragon's fore-paws", and the baby is "laughing and crowing with pleasure".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, why did the mayor not help John at all?
- 1. cos they were busy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos the mayor was out at sea — no support
- 3. cos they had a party that night — no support
- 4. cos they had plans that night — ✓ 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 ✗
Did the dragon have a proper go at a lullaby or nah?
- 1. Yeah, he tried Hush-a-by Baby — score 0
- 2. Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon and purred right after it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yeah, he sang loads of songs but none of them worked on the baby at all — score 4
- 4. Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 651, line 20: «John fastens the dragon with "a great collar" made by men who "put their hearts into" their work.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «john» (+2); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the baby actually quiet when the dragon was purring?
- 1. Nah, it kept on screaming — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nah, it was crying — no support
- 3. Nah, it was laughing like mad — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Nah, it was giggling loudly — 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 652, line 3: «Back at the dungeon, the dragon is purring nonstop to keep the baby quiet, and he is worn out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who did the dragon hand the screaming baby to, fam?
- 1. a lady on the stairs — score 10
- 2. the mum — score 10
- 3. the woman by the door — ← Mova's choice · score 14
- 4. a mum on the steps — ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 3 with score 14, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 652, line 4: «When the baby starts screaming, the dragon hands it to a mother on the steps, and everyone goes to bed happy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hand» (+6); the same doer «dragon» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same receiver «mother» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the town give John proper cash for sorting the dragon?
- 1. Nah, just a bag of coins, mate — no support
- 2. Nah, just a laurel wreath, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, they gave him a laurel wreath, a speech and nothing else, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Nah, just a laurel wreath and a banquet invite, mate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 639, line 5: «The dragon shrinks into a newt, gives himself to the Princess, and years later she marries Tom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «dragon» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the rich lady pay full price for her shoes, or what?
- 1. Nah, she made it up to 2s 6d — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, she paid half the cost — no support
- 3. Yeah, she paid the full price, and then gave John an extra shilling for the trouble — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Nah, she made it up to 2s 6d after haggling with the blacksmith for ages — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 651, line 16: «Old word "shod" means fitted with shoes, so the goat-shoe is for a goat that is being shod.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
How much did tourists have to fork out to peep at the dragon?
- 1. twopence each, innit, or they didn't get in at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. threepence, innit — no support
- 3. twopence, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a shilling, innit — 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 ✗
Who is Tina, like, in the story?
- 1. the carpenter's little girl — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. the lame giant's youngest daughter, like, from over the marshes — no support
- 3. the whitesmith's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the whitesmith's little sister — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 581, line 16: «When: Uncle Remus tells the story at bedtime to a sleepy little boy who is counting his marbles.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «sleepy little boy» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
What colour were Tina's pigtails, can you remember?
- 1. yellow, proper yellow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. pink, bruv — no support
- 3. yellow, proper yellow, like a bright buttercup in the summer sun — no support
- 4. dark brown, proper — 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 ✗
How tall was the giant, massive or what?
- 1. as big as a house — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. as tall as a barn — no support
- 3. big as a tin church — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. huge, bruv — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did Johnnie and Tina go down to the dungeon, bruv?
- 1. to fetch the dragon a snack, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. to tell the dragon about the giant — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. to see the dragon — no support
- 4. to warn the dragon of the big bloke — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 544, line 5: «For his last tasks he tricks Atlas into fetching the golden apples, then goes down to the Underworld to fetch Cerberus.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «fetch» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who came out on top in the big fight, fam?
- 1. the giant, obviously — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. neither, they both just ran off to the marshes and hid — score 3
- 3. the dragon, obviously — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. the dragon, obviously, cos the giant was already tired out — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 61, line 3: «A horse comes along the tow-path pulling a barge, steered by a big stout woman in a sun-bonnet. Toad, still dressed as a washerwoman, tells her a sad made-up s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come out» (+5); the same place «top» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which trade is practised by John, as is stated in the narrative?
- 1. blacksmith — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. carpenter — no support
- 3. a master blacksmith and tinsmith — score 8
- 4. the town's blacksmith and farrier — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 651, line 13: «The dragon offers to eat John last, but John says "I don't want to be eaten last, sir".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «john» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
According to the narrative, what did the rich lady order from John?
- 1. a pair of shoes — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. a set of tools — score 4
- 3. a set of spurs — score 4
- 4. a complete set of shoes — ✓ the right answer · 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 320, line 18: «What: Tink, having cast off "all disguise of friendship", tells Tootles "Peter wants you to shoot the Wendy."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «tink» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «tell» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What did the children inform the dragon was approaching the town?
- 1. a wild boar — score 1
- 2. a lame giant — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a dragon — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. a hungry wolf — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 651, line 14: «John is polite because "you must always be polite to a possible customer, even if he be a dragon".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «john» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which assertion accurately describes the outcome of the contest between the dragon and the giant?
- 1. the giant was victorious — no support
- 2. the dragon was victorious — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. neither side was the winner — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. the dragon won — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 402, line 18: «Hard word, "unfledged": it describes a young bird without full feathers, so it cannot fly yet.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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