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Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump

Tests: 7 of 16 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 20 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 75 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. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

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 ✗

Ava says: "So the camel's hump is a big water tank, that's why he don't get thirsty." Put her right.

  • 1. The hump stores fat for food, and the camel's body also keeps water by making urine very concentrated and not sweating much — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The hump stores fat; the body saves water in other ways — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The hump stores fat for food, and the camel's body also keeps water by not sweating much and making very concentrated urine — no support
  • 4. The hump is a tank so he never needs to drink at all — 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 ✗

Gramps, Gen X: "That Camel was totally bogus, man, just chilling while the others worked." ("bogus" = bad, not fair.) Who had to do his work?

  • 1. The Man, the Horse and the Djinn all together — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. The Dog, the Man and the Ox — no support
  • 3. The Horse, the Dog and the Ox — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The Horse and the Whale — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 75, line 14: «The Djinn said, "You will be able to work now for three days without eating, because you can live on your humph."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «djinn» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would have happened if the Camel had listened to the Djinn's warning?

  • 1. He would have worked hard every single day and never been lazy or grumpy again in his whole life — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. He would have worked hard every day and never been lazy or grumpy again for the rest of his life — score 5
  • 3. He would have worked all week — score 4
  • 4. He might never have got his hump — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 75, line 3: «The Djinn (a magic spirit) in charge of All Deserts finds the Camel admiring himself in a pool and warns him not to say "Humph!" again; the Camel says it anywa…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «camel» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping." ("tamping" = really angry.) What does "got the hump" mean?

  • 1. Grumpy and sulky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Angry enough to start a fight with the whole family — no support
  • 3. Angry enough to fight the whole family — no support
  • 4. Feeling very sleepy — 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 ✗

True or false: the Djinn gives the Camel the hump only to punish him.

  • 1. True: he got it as a punishment for being rude — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. True, only punishment — no support
  • 3. True: the Djinn only punishes, nothing more — no support
  • 4. False: it also lets him work three days without eating — ✓ the right answer · score 7

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 75, line 3: «The Djinn (a magic spirit) in charge of All Deserts finds the Camel admiring himself in a pool and warns him not to say "Humph!" again; the Camel says it anywa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «djinn» (+4); the same thing acted on «camel» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Kai, Gen Z: "Camel stared at his reflection all day? Delulu, he thinks he ate." ("delulu" = fooling himself, "ate" = looked amazing.) Where was the Camel looking when the Djinn came?

  • 1. Up at the sky above the dunes — no support
  • 2. Down at the sand near his feet — no support
  • 3. Into a pool, at his own reflection — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. At the Djinn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 75, line 3: «The Djinn (a magic spirit) in charge of All Deserts finds the Camel admiring himself in a pool and warns him not to say "Humph!" again; the Camel says it anywa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «camel» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why does the story keep saying "with the world so new-and-all"?

  • 1. It is an old saying meaning that the world was brand new, full of unfinished work, and everyone was needed to help build it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. It's an old saying that means the world was brand new, full of unfinished work, and everybody was needed to help build it — score 2
  • 3. Because the world was very young then — no support
  • 4. Everyone was needed for work at the start of the world — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 75, line 1: «When the world was brand new and the animals were just starting to work for Man, the Camel lived alone in the Howling Desert, munching thorns, and to everyone…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Granny in the Black Country: "That Camel day do a thing all week, bab." ("day" = didn't, "bab" = dear.) On which day did the work begin?

  • 1. Monday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Sun — no support
  • 3. Saturday — no support
  • 4. Tuesday — 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 ✗

Leo says the moral of the poem is: "If you're bored and grumpy, sit still by the fire with a book." Put him right.

  • 1. The poem says be grumpy in a chair all day long — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The poem says stop grumbling, go and dig outside till you sweat, then sit and rest by the fire with tea — no support
  • 3. The poem says stop grumbling, go and dig outside till you sweat, then rest by the fire with a cup of tea — no support
  • 4. The poem says go and dig outside till you warm up — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story. Which is true?

  • 1. They are both clever — no support
  • 2. The Mariner was clever and busy; the Camel was idle and rude — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. The Mariner was lazy; the Camel was busy — no support
  • 4. The Camel was clever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 75, line 10: «They held "a palaver, and an indaba, and a punchayet, and a pow-wow": four words from different lands that all mean a meeting to talk things over. The Camel ca…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «camel» (+4); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

In both stories so far, something changes an animal's body for ever. Which pair is right?

  • 1. A grating in the Whale's throat; a hump on the Camel's back — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A grating in the Whale's throat, a hump on the Camel's back, and a broken spine for the Mariner — no support
  • 3. A nose on the Whale's back; a grating on the Camel's throat — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. A grating in the Whale's throat, a hump on the Camel's back, and a broken spine for the old sailor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 69, line 12: «Peeping through the hedge, Mole saw them «running all ways at once, and falling over each other, and every one giving orders to everybody else and not listenin…», 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 «mole» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Callum, Glasgow: "That 'Stute Fish wis aye feart o' the Whale efter." ("aye" = always, "feart" = afraid.) Where did he hide?

  • 1. In the mud under the Door-sills of the Equator — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. In the deep mud under the Door-sills of the Equator, behind the Whale's great tail — score 5
  • 3. In the deep mud beneath the Door-sills of the Equator, behind the Whale's great fin — score 5
  • 4. Behind a rock near the Equator's cold shore — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 74, line 18: «The 'Stute Fish hides in the mud under the "Door-sills of the Equator", afraid the Whale might be angry with him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same place «mud» (+3). Against it: the same action «hide» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Uncle Dave, rough: "Shut up and get on with it, or you'll get the hump like that bloody camel." What is he really telling the kid?

  • 1. Stop moaning and get busy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Stop sulking and go to bed — no support
  • 3. Stay home — no support
  • 4. Eat your dinner and go out — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The Camel stopped working on Monday and got his hump on Thursday. The Djinn says he "missed those three days". Which three days, counting from the story?

  • 1. The whole week from Monday through to the weekend — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning — no support
  • 4. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — 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 15 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Count the animals that asked the Camel to work. Then add the Man, who never went to the Camel himself. How many came to the Camel in person before the Djinn?

  • 1. Two — score 2
  • 2. Three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Four — score 2
  • 4. One — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 46, line 14: «The Badger: «Since you won't yield to persuasion, we'll try what force can do … You've often asked us three to come and stay with you, Toad … well, now we're g…», 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); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «three» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Kipling's real joke: what is the double meaning of "the hump"?

  • 1. A rock in the sand and a sour look — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A lump on a camel's back, and a grumpy mood — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. A lump on a camel's back, and also a grumpy mood, which Kipling is laughing about throughout — no support
  • 4. A lump on a camel's back, and also a grumpy mood, which is what Kipling is laughing about all along — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the three domestic animals which approached the Camel with a request that he undertake labour.

  • 1. The Horse, the Dog, the Ox and the Man all asked him at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Horse, the Dog and the Ox — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The Horse, the Whale and Ox — no support
  • 4. The Dog, the Man and the Ox — 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 ✗

Ascertain the consequence for the remaining animals of the Camel's persistent refusal to labour.

  • 1. They were forced to sit and wait — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. They were forced to work double-time for ever, and the Man sold them all off to a farmer across the sea — score 6
  • 3. They were forced to work double-time for ever, and the Man sold them all to a farmer across the sea — score 6
  • 4. They were obliged to work double-time — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 43, line 12: «The Rat: «I know some animals who would give their ears to be sitting down to supper with us to-night!» The Mole: «No bread! … no butter, no——» The Rat, grinni…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «animals» (+4); the same action «sit down» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that most accurately states the function of the hump as explained by the Djinn of All Deserts.

  • 1. It holds spare food for the long summer — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It keeps the camel cool during the hottest hours — no support
  • 3. It permits labour for three days without food — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It holds fat only — 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 ✗

State, in accordance with established biology, the principal substance stored within the hump of a camel.

  • 1. Water, which he drinks when thirsty — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Fat, upon which the animal may draw when food is scarce — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Water — no support
  • 4. Sand, which keeps it cool at 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

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