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A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip

Tests: 8 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 818 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 ✗

ngl what was the rat salty about, no cap?

  • 1. the old lamps — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. the bright gas and petroleum lights — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. the dim tallow candles of the old town — no support
  • 4. the cheap oil lamps in the cellar stairs — 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 · ★ · right ✓

bruh where did the Dryad vanish to, be real?

  • 1. the cool cheerful freshness of the open air above the crowd — score 3
  • 2. back into the dark trees beyond the lake and the lamps — no support
  • 3. the cheerful freshness above — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 4. the cool shade of the trees — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 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 818, line 13: «The Dryad is "lifted to the cheerful freshness above", where the wonder work must "gleam brighter than all the gas-flames".», 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 place «cheerful freshness» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey which garden had the lit-up dance party?

  • 1. Mabille — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Bal — no support
  • 3. Lyon — no support
  • 4. Tivoli — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

fr what colour was her silky boot?

  • 1. chestnut brown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. dark violet — no support
  • 3. a deep reddish brown of polished leather — no support
  • 4. the shade of old burnt sugar — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

sus, what did her partner grab at?

  • 1. only the empty air — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 2. the cold night wind — no support
  • 3. only the cold empty air where she had been — score 1
  • 4. the long silk ribbon of her dress — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 818, line 19: «Her partner tries to draw her close, but he "embraced only the empty air".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «partner» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

it's giving spooky, what did the workmen think she was?

  • 1. a bird that had lost its nest — no support
  • 2. a butterfly that came too early — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. a sleepwalking girl from the hospital — score -3
  • 4. a ghost — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 818, line 18: «The workmen see her near the tower and think she is "a butterfly that had come too early".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

bet, which fish said people change scales two or three times a day?

  • 1. the whiting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. carp — score 4
  • 3. the perch — score 4
  • 4. fish — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 714, line 16: «Old word: "obstinate" means stubborn, refusing to change your mind even when told; today we say "pig-headed" or "stubborn" in ordinary talk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same action «tell» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

mid question, what did the Barbel call the lady?

  • 1. obstinate madam — no support
  • 2. contumacious lady — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. rebellious young woman — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 4. the most stubborn lady in the whole garden — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 810, line 11: «Who else: her husband and daughters call her name from above, and she has "nearly forgotten them."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «name» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so the writer guy, what did the old carp say he was among men?

  • 1. a sort of sea-slug or jelly — no support
  • 2. a kind of cuttle or ink-fish that lived in the deep sea — ← Mova's choice · score -2
  • 3. a kind of cuttle or ink-fish — ✓ the right answer · score -4
  • 4. a strange sea-monster of the ocean with arms and ink — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 818, line 16: «Old word: Armida was an enchantress in an old Italian poem, so the "Garden of Armida" means a magical garden of pleasure.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

wait, who taught people to kick their legs like a frog?

  • 1. the ducks — score 2
  • 2. the frogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. eels — score 2
  • 4. toads — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 139, line 7: «The Frog says he is "a learned physician, skilled in drugs," but the Fox asks how he can heal others when he cannot cure "his own lame legs."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «frog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the gold-fishes do with their heads, lol?

  • 1. bent them sideways — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. turned them all in the same direction at once — score 2
  • 3. turned them one way — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. turned them round — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 783, line 16: «Old words: "farthings" were tiny old coins worth a quarter of a penny, "gudgeons" are small river fish, and "waiting-maid" meant a lady's personal servant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+1); the same thing acted on «small river fish» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

which fish got a hook in her gullet and still swam about?

  • 1. the silver barbel — no support
  • 2. the hoary old carp that had been hooked — no support
  • 3. the hoary old carp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
  • 4. the big fat golden carp near the glass — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 394, line 17: «Old word: "peg" once meant a hook or pin fixed to a wall to hang things on; we still use clothes pegs in the same way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «hook» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro what did the company ride away in?

  • 1. a cart — no support
  • 2. an open omnibus — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. a hired brougham — no support
  • 4. a huge covered wagon drawn by two horses — ← Mova's choice · 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 181, line 9: «The feast takes place in "a vast room", where a great company sits round a table "covered with all sorts of delicacies".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+2). Against it: the same doer «great company» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

and what's the name of that red tower place, fr?

  • 1. the Place de la Concorde — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. the Champ de Mars — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. the Champs-Élysées beside the Arc de Triomphe — no support
  • 4. the great square by the river Seine — 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 · right ✓

Which conveyance did the company board when they departed along the Boulevard de Sebastopol?

  • 1. an open omnibus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 2. a cab — no support
  • 3. a hack — no support
  • 4. a closed fiacre — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 818, line 3: «The company drives off in an open omnibus, and the Dryad rises up to look for her wonder work.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «company» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What, according to the Rat, was his principal complaint regarding contemporary illumination?

  • 1. that it consisted of gas and petroleum and was far too bright for the eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. that it consisted of gas and petroleum — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. that it was made of tallow and wax — no support
  • 4. that the whole city had been lit by gas and petroleum since last winter — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

On which edifice did the beacon that drew the Dryad's attention reside?

  • 1. the tall tower of the old church — ← Mova's choice · score -3
  • 2. the red tower — score -3
  • 3. the high bell tower by the river — score -3
  • 4. the red tower of the Champ de Mars — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 815, line 3: «The old clergyman says a few words, a painter draws the tree, and the Dryad sees that everything passes away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «few words» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which fish, by its own account, possessed the greatest advantages over mankind?

  • 1. a small slimy whiting with a very long opinion of men — score -2
  • 2. a little slimy Whiting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
  • 3. a clever greasy mackerel — no support
  • 4. a little slimy whiting who knew about scales — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 91, line 10: «When Pau Amma goes out, the beaches are left bare, little fish die and Raja Moyang Kaban, King of the Elephants, gets muddy legs; when he comes back, islands a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «little fish» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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