pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 660 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, did the dragon really swallow the whole town?

1. Yeah, the whole town, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, the whole town and the mountain and the teacher too, no cap, bro — score 5
3. Yeah, the whole town, the church, and the lake, no cap — score 5
4. Yeah, it ate the bakery — no support

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 637, line 5: «The whole town rushes out to see the dragon, the Schoolmaster drops Tom's prize book, and the dragon eats it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «whole town» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the cockatrice yell at the dragon?

1. You ate the whole town, bro — score 2
2. Ur drakling, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. You ate your own drakling, lol — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Your baby is gone, lol, sad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 660, line 1: «The cockatrice laughs at the dragon, who has swallowed the town and her own drakling by mistake.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how did Edmund make the drakling squeal?

1. He pinched its tail in the iron door — ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. He pinched its tail really hard while the dragon was sliding down the shaft — score 7
3. He grabbed it and pinched its tail until it squealed out loud in the mountain — score 5
4. He squeezed its wing near the door — ← Mova's choice · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 660, line 2: «Edmund pinches the drakling's tail in the round iron door, so the dragon thinks her baby is lost.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pinch» (+5); the same place «round iron door» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «edmund» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Was the teacher being well unfair when he caned him?

1. Yeah, totally, he was lowkey wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nope, he was fair, but Edmund was lowkey annoying all day long — no support
3. Yeah, totally unfair, he caned him twice for no good reason, bro — no support
4. Yeah, he was super unfair, bro — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the dragon go down the shaft or just peep down?

1. She just peeped, lol — no support
2. She went down the whole shaft, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. She slid down the hole, bro — score 1
4. She went down the whole mountain — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 651, line 2: «He goes down for coal with a lantern and finds a huge dragon filling the far side of the dungeon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go down» (+2); the same property (+2); the same doer «john» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, how long did the dragon take to slide down?

1. Ages and ages, all night long, super long, took forever, bro — no support
2. All morning, it was wild — no support
3. It took all night and into the morning, it was honestly so long — no support
4. All night, it was so long — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 660, line 3: «The dragon squeezes herself long and thin, creeps into the mountain, and slides down the shaft after her baby.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «dragon» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Edmund's granny the only one who believed him?

1. Nope, the whole class believed him, but the master didn't, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yep, she was the GOAT — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yep, his granny was the only one who believed him, no cap, she was the GOAT — score 3
4. Yeah, she was the best — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 660, line 6: «Who: Edmund, a kindhearted boy, and his granny, the only person who believed him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2); the same thing acted on «edmund» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the cockatrice do when the crew came?

1. Locked its door, bro, no way — score 0
2. Bolted its door, lol, no entry — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hid, lol, no way — no support
4. Slammed the gate, lol, nope — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 660, line 4: «Edmund lets go, slams the iron door shut, and gets home in time for breakfast and school.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «slam» (+1). Against it: the same doer «edmund» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the class not argue with the teacher?

1. No idea, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They feared the cane, duh — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They just didn't care, bro — no support
4. They were too tired, lol — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So is Edmund still a kid now?

1. Nah, he grew up and got really old, he's an old man now, bro — score 1
2. Yeah, he's a teen now — no support
3. Nah, he's an old man now — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Nah, he's an old man now, like super old, with a white beard, lol — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 637, line 6: «Who: Tom, the gardener's son, a kind boy who wants to marry the Princess one day.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «kind boy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Edmund ever get the cockatrice's door open?

1. Yeah, it opened, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nope, not even close, he never even got the lock to move, bro — no support
3. Yeah, he finally got it open after years of practice, bro — score 4
4. Nope, not even close, bro — ✓ the right answer · 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 322, line 2: «When the door opens, Wendy comes out looking surprised, and the boys kneel and beg her to be their mother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+2); the same doer «door» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Edmund wanna be a locksmith, anyway?

1. To pick the cockatrice's lock, obvi — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To pick the lock of the cockatrice's cave and steal the gold inside, obvi — no support
3. To open the big door, obvi — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. To pick the cockatrice's lock so he could rescue the town, obvi — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 660, line 4: «Edmund lets go, slams the iron door shut, and gets home in time for breakfast and school.», 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 «edmund» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the dragon proceed into the mountain?

1. By gradually stretching her entire body into a long thin shape, then pushing through — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By stretching out along the cold shaft — no support
3. By pushing the whole mountain aside and crawling inside through the great hole — no support
4. By contracting her body to great length — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Upon what ground did the master dismiss Edmund's account?

1. Because the class had no proof of anything — no support
2. On the ground that the storm and earthquake had caused Edmund to imagine the whole thing — score -1
3. On the ground of a thunderstorm and earthquake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Because the teacher had seen the map before — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 239, line 5: «Tom cannot do his own jobs any more, so the master sacks him, and Tom is furious with Yallery Brown.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same action «sack» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the consequence of Edmund's excursion with the townsfolk?

1. He was publicly scolded and given extra homework for leading the whole class astray — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He received reproof for leading them astray — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was punished for taking the class outside — no support
4. He was scolded for lying to 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the condition of Edmund at the close of the narrative?

1. He is aged and has not opened the door — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. He is aged and never became a locksmith — no support
3. He is very old now, has a white beard, and still never opened the cockatrice's door — no support
4. He is aged, retired, and lives alone by the sea, having never learned to pick any lock — ← 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 659, line 6: «WHO: Edmund, a boy who often skips school, and the cockatrice, who lives in a cave beside a pool of fire.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cockatrice» (+2). Against it: the same action «live» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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