The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat

Tests: 0 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 653 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, who actually got made mayor at the end, bruv?

1. Johnnie — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Robert — no support
3. Johnnie's old forge master — score 0
4. Dragon — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 650, line 20: «Old saying: "exactly as if it had been made of Kilkenny cats" means fighting until nothing is left, like the old Irish tale of two cats.», 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, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, was the mayor proper dodgy about the thousand quid?

1. Yeah, he said the dragon had to be chained first — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he paid them the full sum straight away — no support
3. Yeah, he said the dragon had to be chained up again first, which was a proper rotten excuse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, he said the dragon had to be chained first and then the children could argue about it all year — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 653, line 1: «Johnnie and Tina ask the mayor for the reward, but he says the dragon must be chained up again first.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chain up» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wagwan, why did the dragon start blubbing in his dungeon?

1. Coz he'd been locked in a dark cellar — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Coz he'd been done up like a kipper — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Coz he'd been done up like a kipper and then left chained in his dungeon all night — score 3
4. Coz he'd been done up like a kipper by two kids and their stupid fib about a giant — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 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» (+1); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit the dragon was a proper bare tame pet in the end?

1. Yeah, he was well chill and didn't even bite, and he'd sleep on the kids' beds every night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, he was well chill and didn't even bite — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Nah, he stayed wild and bit the mayor — score 6
4. Yeah, he was mostly chill and never bit anyone — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 652, line 12: «The dragon is so tired that he says, "I can't keep up this noise all night."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the kids actually gas the dragon with a sus giant story?

1. Nah, it was true — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, there was no giant, it was a proper fib — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, the giant was real, but a lie — no support
4. Nah, the giant was real, honest truth — 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 ✗

Wasn't the feast well peak, with stacks of sweets and buns?

1. Yeah, it was bare sweet stuff from the very start to the very end, with buns and pies galore — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it was bare sweet stuff from start to finish, and the mayor even ate the sugar bowl — no support
3. Yeah, it was bare sweet stuff from start to finish — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was bare savoury food, no sweets — 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 ✗

Ta for the bread and milk, but what did the kids get paid?

1. Loads of gold, shared out round the town — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Loads of gold, given to the mayor — no support
3. Loads of gold, shared out round the town and given to the poor folk at the church — no support
4. A thousand quid, split three ways — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 508, line 18: «old words: "Musagetes" means "leader of the Muses", and "cultus" means the worship or ritual paid to a god; both are rare words today.», 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 doer (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 ✗

Why did Johnnie not trust the mayor, like, at all?

1. Coz the mayor took his dad's forge — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Coz he was dodgy — no support
3. Coz the mayor was well dodgy with his dad — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Coz the mayor was well rude to his mum — 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 ✗

Did the people actually want the mayor gone or nah?

1. Yeah, they wanted a new mayor now — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, they liked him — score 6
3. Nah, they'd been happy with him for ages — score 1
4. Yeah, they'd been off with him for ages — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 653, line 16: «Why: The people want a change, so they are "dissatisfied" and will turn out the mayor for Johnnie.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «people» (+2); the same thing acted on «mayor» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the dragon in the end, like, proper random?

1. A cat, the first of all cats, and the very first pet any child ever kept — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A cat, the first of all cats — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A tiger, the first of all tigers — no support
4. A cat, the first of all cats, who purred by the fire every night — 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 ✗

Was the dragon well smart and made it to school, or what?

1. Nah, he skipped school and didn't care — no support
2. Nah, he never went to school and knew no better — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he went to school every day — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Nah, he never went — 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 18, line 14: «When he boasts «we went to school every day», Alice says «I've been to a day-school, too; you needn't be so proud as all that.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same place «school» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the text, what was the principal reason the mayor declined to remit the reward?

1. He held that the dragon, not the children, had subdued the giant, having been told so by his own clerks at the hall — no support
2. He held that the dragon, not the children, had subdued the giant, and so the reward was not theirs to claim — no support
3. He held that the dragon, not the children, had subdued the giant — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He claimed the dragon, not the children, had defeated the king — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 653, line 8: «What: The children ask for "the thousand pounds reward", but the mayor says "It is not you who have settled the giant, it is the dragon."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mayor» (+2); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, what did the children state the second giant consumed with his meal?

1. Wild dragons, served with bread sauce and roasted whole on a silver platter for the feast — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Roast geese, served with apple sauce — no support
3. Wild dragons, served with bread sauce — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Wild goats, served with mint sauce — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against -2 for the next best. 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 what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «george» (+3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

According to the narrative, what was the outcome of the dragon's consumption of the bread and milk?

1. He developed a fondness for it and became tame — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. He developed a fondness for it and became tame, and then ate the children's breakfast daily — score 7
3. He grew a taste for it and turned quite meek — score 4
4. He got used to it and lost his fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 653, line 3: «They say the giant eats only wild dragons, with bread sauce, so the dragon begs to be tied up as a tame pet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the closing passage, what is the dragon's ultimate transformation, as stated by the narrator?

1. He becomes the beginning of all cats, and every cat since has purred for his sake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He turns into a cat — no support
3. He becomes the beginning of all cats — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He becomes the beginning of all cats, and the children are remembered as the first keepers of them — 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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