The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 27: Edmund fetches the drakling and tricks it into the fire-shaft

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 659 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 ✗

yo who even is the cockatrice, where's it live?

1. a hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a shed — no support
3. in a cave — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. on the hill — 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 ✗

bruh the dragon ate the whole town, no cap?

1. yep, half the farm got eaten — no support
2. yep, every house and street and the whole town got swallowed up — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. yep, the whole town got swallowed — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. nah, only the old church went — no support

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 659, line 7: «WHAT: the dragon has swallowed the town, and Edmund says "my granny is in the town".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+2); the same thing acted on «town» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, Edmund skipped school tho, how often lol?

1. about every single day of the whole term — score 1
2. every week — score 1
3. he skipped school so often his master wrote letters home — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. very often — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 88, line 17: «Real life: with a small set of sound-signs you can write ANY word, even words for things you cannot draw, like «ending» or «come». That is why an alphabet is s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «write» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «you» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

fam, what even is a drakling, like a baby?

1. a young dragon that cannot fly yet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a young wyvern — no support
3. a little baby dragon who lives underground — no support
4. a dragon's baby — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but how many feet does it have, for real?

1. a thousand — no support
2. a dozen — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. a hundred — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. a hundred and twenty feet in total — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 428, line 12: «WHO: Koshchei was "fettered by twelve chains" and begged, "Have pity upon me and give me to drink!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

lmao did the drakling jump up right away?

1. nah, it said it ain't time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. nah, it rolled over and said it ain't time yet — score 5
3. yes, it was quick to go — no support
4. nope, it said no way — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 659, line 14: «The drakling says "It ain't time yet", and Edmund has to help it put on its shoes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «drakling» (+2); the same thing acted on «time» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

the drakling wanted food, right? what'd it ask for?

1. a cup of cold tea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a bowl of soup — no support
3. the warm basin of fire the cockatrice kept burning — no support
4. a basin of fire — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

and Edmund just chucked it down a hole??

1. he tied its legs — no support
2. he hooked its tail to the shaft wall — score 6
3. he hooked its tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. he cut it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 659, line 17: «Edmund hooks the drakling's tail to an iron lid, so it cannot wriggle back up the shaft.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hook» (+2); the same doer «edmund» (+2); the same thing acted on «tail» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so why was the dragon mad at Edmund?

1. he woke her up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he laughed at her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he was rude — no support
4. he sang a song — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

wait, Edmund asked why at school, what did the master think?

1. it was trying — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was rude — no support
3. he was lazy — no support
4. it was silly — 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 ✗

lol did the cockatrice ever say sorry?

1. nope, it kept on talking — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nope, instead it stormed off into the back of the cave — no support
3. nope, it just went to sleep — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. nope, it yawned and told him to sit down and be quiet — score 4

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 659, line 2: «Edmund gets cross with the cockatrice's whispers and asks "why" too much, so the cockatrice stops talking to him and goes to sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); the same doer «cockatrice» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the cockatrice is kinda rude, ye?

1. yeah, it told Edmund off and then went straight to sleep — score 5
2. yeah, it shouted at him — no support
3. yeah, it scolded Edmund for asking questions all day long — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. yeah, it told Edmund off — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 659, line 9: «WHY: the cockatrice says "I should find the drakling and bring it here", and Edmund obeys him for once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «edmund» (+2); the same thing acted on «cockatrice» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, state the place to which Edmund first repaired upon learning of the catastrophe.

1. to the cave of the cockatrice on the far side of the town — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to the house of his teacher — no support
3. to the cave of the cockatrice — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to the great cave where the old cockatrice lived with her eggs — 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 ✗

Pursuant to the text, state the number of holes contained in each copper shoe.

1. five — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. seven — no support
3. each shoe has five holes in it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. five holes on every single shoe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 659, line 13: «Each shoe has "five holes in it for the drakling's five claws", so the shoes fit its feet exactly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shoe» (+2); the same thing acted on «five holes» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the manner in which the drakling was detained in the shaft.

1. by a thick iron hook that went right through its tail — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by an iron hook through its tail — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. with a rope tied around its neck — no support
4. by an iron hook pushed through its tail and fixed to the wall — 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 ✗

Indicate the purpose for which Edmund was instructed to laugh at the dragon.

1. to draw the dragon out of her lair — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to make the dragon leave the town — score 6
3. to make her cry — no support
4. so the dragon would come out now — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 634, line 13: «The Dragon came out in the garden when "the sun shone full on the page".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «come out» (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+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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