pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt

Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 656 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 ✗

Bro, the dragon basically scoffed the whole treasure before brekkie, proper mental, innit?

1. dragon ate it all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the dragon ate up the treasure before the Prince woke up — score 6
3. the dragon ate gold — score 1
4. the dragon gobbled all the treasure before breakfast — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 656, line 1: «The dragon eats all the Prince's treasure and comes out of the Treasury with gold dripping from his jaws.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+2); the same thing acted on «treasure» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so how did the Prince actually get the door open, like, what did he do?

1. he turned the key nine times the wrong way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. he slid a bent pin into the old keyhole — score 6
3. he jiggled the key around nine times and then tried it right way round — score 8
4. he waited for the Princess to come down and unlock the door from inside — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 226, line 7: «What: he wears "a doctor's robe" and lets the "long beard" he grew on his travels make him look the part.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Princess just leave him locked out or did she, like, dump him somewhere?

1. she dumped him in the cold dell by the river — score 3
2. she locked him out, ran across the meadows and never came back to the tower again — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. she ran off across the meadows to the wood — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. she ran off across the meadows to the wood and hid there with the pigs — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 98, line 17: «The princess combs her hair in the meadow, and Curdken tries to take some of "the locks of pure gold."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same place «meadow» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, why didn't the dragon munch on her? Was she bare dangerous or summat?

1. she was wearing gold rings — no support
2. she tasted sour — no support
3. she had a heart of gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. she was too small — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 656, line 9: «Why: the dragon cannot eat the Princess because she has "a heart of gold".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, Elfin's got five and seventy pigs?! That's proper a lot, mate, who even does that?

1. nine — no support
2. forty — no support
3. sixteen and forty — no support
4. five and seventy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 655, line 12: «Elfin says the dragon "should be hunted at night," because it shrinks small after dark.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «five» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

So the dragon went into a bottle, yeah, but where did it go after? Like, what happened to it?

1. it flew away — score 0
2. it landed on the river bank — no support
3. it fell in the whirlpool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. it sank into the sea nearby — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 645, line 11: «Why is the dragon there? He fell asleep around the warm steam hole, and when the steam froze he "got frozen in his sleep."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was Elfin's hands all black and that, and was it, like, cos of the dragon?

1. he held the bottle with his hands — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the dragon's fire burnt them off — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. the dragon breathed fire at him from the tower and burned his skin and bones — no support
4. he had put his hands in fire — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 656, line 5: «Elfin traps the dragon in a bottle and burns his hands, and the pigs come to comfort him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «elfin» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

The old nurse reckons pig fat fixes dragon burns, is that actually a thing or nah?

1. the nurse made it up for the Princess — score -2
2. yes, it works — no support
3. no, it does not — no support
4. the text says pig's fat is the cure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 319, line 15: «The redskins are "all a little fat just now after the heavy gorging", which the text says will be worked off in time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «text» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did the pigs just come in the room all at once or what? Proper weird.

1. they crowded in till the room was full — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. they came in through the door and window and filled every corner of the tower room — score 2
3. they crowded in until the whole room was full of pigs and squeaks — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. they squeezed through the little door — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 498, line 19: «Old word: "Autochthony" comes from autos (self) and chthon (earth), meaning the belief that people came out of the ground itself; today it is an old idea nobod…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «word» (+2). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

What's the Prince like then, is he proper bad or what?

1. he took the tower and the kingdom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. he wanted the Princess's gold — no support
3. he is the nephew of the old king and wants to rule every town in the land — no support
4. he stole the crown from her family — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 656, line 10: «Why: the Prince pushes her out because "he wanted to have the tower all for himself".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «tower» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Elfin want to marry the Princess when he first met her, or nah?

1. he had not met the real Princess — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. he did not — no support
3. he thought she was a farm girl — score 5
4. he met a fake one first — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 655, line 14: «When Elfin asks for his reward, the Prince lies: "I never said a word about courtings or kingdoms."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elfin» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Princess could have stayed in her tower, right, so why'd she go out in the streets?

1. she wanted air — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. she wanted to find the Prince and the dragon — score 5
3. she was scared — score 4
4. she could not walk through the town in her gown — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 258, line 1: «The sisters leave Rushen Coatie at home to cook dinner from a thimbleful of water and a grain of barley.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sisters» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the dragon's gone for good, yeah, or does he come back in the story?

1. he flew off to the north sea — score 4
2. he flew away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. he is dead — score 5
4. he is trapped in the whirlpool — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 655, line 9: «Why: the Prince wants a prize, but the dragon does not run away as a quarry should.», 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, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Did Elfin actually save the kids, cos it sounds like he did, but does the text say so?

1. the Princess says he saved the children — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. the nurse says he only saved the pigs — no support
3. the text never says so, but the Princess and the nurse both tell the Prince that he saved the children from the dragon — score 6
4. the Princess says he saved the children and that he should be rewarded by the king — score 6

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 656, line 6: «Who: the Prince, whom the text calls "Prince Tiresome", tricks the Princess out of her tower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «text» (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In which location did the dragon finally become contained, and by what means was this achieved?

1. in the whirlpool, within the dragonproof bottle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. inside the bottle at the bottom of the river — no support
3. in a bottle — no support
4. in the wood, by a fallen oak — 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 · wrong ✗

Which injury did Elfin sustain in the course of confining the dragon, and to what degree?

1. a sore hand — score 0
2. burns that destroyed both of his hands — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. burnt hands — score 0
4. burns to his face and arms — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 656, line 5: «Elfin traps the dragon in a bottle and burns his hands, and the pigs come to comfort him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What remedy did the elderly nurse propose for the treatment of a dragon burn?

1. the application of pig's fat, mixed with herbs and then bound on with linen strips — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a salve of cream and goose fat — no support
3. the application of pig's fat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the application of a special pig's fat salve, warmed slowly in a cloth — 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 ✗

Upon what grounds did the dragon refrain from consuming the Princess, according to the narrative?

1. because the dragon liked her golden hair — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. since she was very kind to him — score 0
3. because she possessed a heart of gold — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. because she possessed a heart of gold and the dragon was moved by her kindness — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 638, line 9: «The dragon thinks "I should like to eat you instead of these silly acid drops," while he outwardly wags his tail and smiles a very wide smile.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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