Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 719 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, what did Labakan's old boss do when he showed up?
- 1. He paid him for the robe — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. He begged for his money back — no support
- 3. He yelled and had the workers beat him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He shouted and sent for the guard — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 719, line 8: «Why were the workmen angry? He had stolen a robe, and his master "scolded him soundly" about it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «labakan» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Was the magic needle totally lit or just meh?
- 1. It sewed all by itself, super lit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Sewed fast but needed hands — no support
- 3. It sewed by itself, kinda cool — score 5
- 4. Meh, kinda boring — 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 719, line 3: «He opens a tailor shop, and his magic needle sews neat stitches all by itself, so he gets rich.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sew» (+3); the same doer «magic needle» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
No cap, how much did Labakan offer for the robe?
- 1. Ten times the price, paid in gold coins right away — score -1
- 2. Three times the price — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Three times as much — score 4
- 4. Three times the price, plus a fresh new coat — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 714, line 18: «Ingiborg "implored" Sigurd to go hunting, which meant she begged him very hard, a stronger word than simply asking.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «stronger word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
So why did Lizina's mum go full mad with a broom?
- 1. She wanted a broom — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Lizina had said she would marry the cats' cook and move to the cellar — no support
- 3. Lizina said she'd live with cats — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Lizina broke the milk jug — 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 ✗
Bruh, which sister was the mum's fave?
- 1. The younger one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The young — no support
- 3. The elder one — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Lizina — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
Be real, why did women bail on the cat house so fast?
- 1. The cats were super picky and it was lonely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. The cats were super picky, scratched everyone, and the cellar was always damp and cold — score 5
- 3. Nobody could stand the cats, the mice in the walls, the cold, and the howling at night — no support
- 4. The cats were rude to them all — no support
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 324, line 15: «Old word: "marooned" means left alone on a lonely place with no way to escape; today we use it for being stranded anywhere.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, what was Lizina's job at the cat house?
- 1. Cook and washer — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cook, cleaner, and nurse to the cats each night — no support
- 3. Cook and cleaner — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Cat sitter — 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 ✓
Yo, were the cats fighting in the kitchen or what?
- 1. They purred, they were happy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. They chased mice everywhere — score 6
- 3. They yowled at the cook and then fought a tiny mouse under the table — score 6
- 4. They hissed and scratched, then purred and slept by the stove all afternoon — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 94, line 19: «Real life: bats really do hang upside down and find their way in the dark by listening to the echoes of their own squeaks; cats really purr, and kittens play-h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cats» (+4); the same action «purr» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Dude, what's in those big jars in the cellar?
- 1. Oil and a golden liquid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Bones, rats, and a golden liquid kept under lock — no support
- 3. Oil, honey, and a golden liquid for cooking — no support
- 4. Honey and grain — 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 ✓
Dude, what was Father Gatto's whole vibe with his grin?
- 1. He grinned, showing sharp teeth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He sneered — no support
- 3. He laughed loudly and sang — no support
- 4. He grinned at 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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dang, what was that big tabby's deal?
- 1. He was very old, lazy, and had a lame paw and torn ear — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was old and had a lame paw — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He was grey with green eyes — no support
- 4. He was big and very lazy — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, who gave Labakan the thread that never ends?
- 1. An old tailor — score 10
- 2. A king — ← Mova's choice · score 15
- 3. A kind fairy — ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. A witch — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 15, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 690, line 5: «He meets an eagle who must shake a great tree for six hundred years, and the eagle's daughter gives him a little box with her picture.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+6); the same receiver «prince» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «daughter» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the amount which Labakan tendered in compensation for the robe?
- 1. Ten times its price, with the shopkeeper's blessing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Three times its price — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Three times its price, paid in advance in silver — no support
- 4. Three times the cost — 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 ✓
Which domestic animal did Lizina undertake to serve in the course of the narrative?
- 1. The cats — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Hen — no support
- 3. Dog — no support
- 4. The mice — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 719, line 4: «Lizina, unhappy at home, runs off to live with the cats, who have a cook who quit that very morning.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what establishment did Labakan repair following his expulsion from the premises?
- 1. A hut — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The old shop of his former master — no support
- 3. A nearby tavern on the harbour road — no support
- 4. An inn — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Into which receptacle did Father Gatto propose to immerse Lizina?
- 1. One of the earthenware jars — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. One of the wooden barrels — score 2
- 3. One of the big earthenware jars in the cellar — score 2
- 4. The largest earthenware jar, filled with oil and honey — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 103, line 17: «The cats propose "a game of cards," and he screws their feet down onto his board.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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