Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice

Tests: 6 of 17 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 17 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 82 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 ✗

Jaz: «so Jaguar scooped the Tortoise out, ate him, end of story, lowkey sad.» (lowkey = a bit) Put it right.

1. No one is eaten: Jaguar grabs the Hedgehog by mistake and Tortoise swims off — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. No one is eaten: Jaguar grabs the Hedgehog by mistake, and Tortoise swims off under the water to safety, so the story ends happily — score 6
3. Jaguar eats the Hedgehog, and Tortoise is safe — score 5
4. Jaguar eats the Hedgehog by mistake after the Tortoise swims away safely — ← 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 82, line 3: «Hedgehog says «you can scoop me out of my shell», so Jaguar thinks he must be Tortoise and grabs him. His paw fills with prickles, and Hedgehog flies off into…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swim away» (+4); the same doer «jaguar» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why does Hedgehog say «you can scoop me out of my shell»?

1. So Jaguar will think he is the Tortoise and try to eat him — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. So Jaguar will be frightened of his prickles — score 2
3. To trick Jaguar into thinking he is slow and getting eaten — score 7
4. So Jaguar will think he is the Tortoise and grab the wrong animal — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 82, line 3: «Hedgehog says «you can scoop me out of my shell», so Jaguar thinks he must be Tortoise and grabs him. His paw fills with prickles, and Hedgehog flies off into…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «jaguar» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Tortoise says: «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water.» Why is this clever?

1. It is only a joke, because Tortoise cannot swim at all — no support
2. Jaguar wants to swim too — score 2
3. It makes Jaguar angry at last — no support
4. It is true, but Jaguar thinks it is a trick and does exactly that — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 12: «Tortoise ties Jaguar in knots of «she said I said» talk, then says «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water». Jaguar thinks i…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «trick» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

«That's sus,» says Tom, «a Jaguar drops the Tortoise in the river cos he WANTS to?» (sus = suspicious) What is the real reason?

1. Jaguar hates water and loves Tortoise's shell — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Jaguar is so muddled he thinks the opposite of what Tortoise says must be true — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Jaguar is a silly creature who hates water but loves catching fish — no support
4. Jaguar is too lazy to think, so he does whatever the Hedgehog says — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 17: «Real life: jaguars really live by the Amazon, love water and swim well, and their bite is strong enough to crack a turtle's shell, so a real tortoise would not…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jaguars» (+4); the same thing acted on «water» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Jaguar had remembered his Mother's words exactly?

1. He would have caught the Tortoise straight away — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. He would know the curled-up ball was Hedgehog and the shell was Tortoise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He would have known the Hedgehog was the one to avoid by sight — no support
4. He would have seen both friends clearly and eaten the Tortoise at once — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 11: «Hedgehog tricks Jaguar with «you can scoop me out of my shell if you like», so Jaguar guesses wrong, grabs him, and gets a paw full of prickles; Hedgehog is kn…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jaguar» (+4); the same thing acted on «jaguar» (+3); the same action «grab» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about this part of the story?

1. The Hedgehog is eaten by Jaguar at last — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Jaguar never manages to eat either friend — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Jaguar never manages to eat either friend, because the Hedgehog and Tortoise both escape him in the end — no support
4. Jaguar gets the Tortoise at last — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

«Can't curl, but can swim, Slow-Solid, that's him!» Why are the friends worried by this rhyme?

1. It is so clear that even Jaguar will never forget it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is so clear that even Jaguar will never forget it, and it tells him exactly who to eat next — no support
3. It is so clear that even Jaguar will never forget it, so he can use it to find Tortoise — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. It is so rude that Jaguar will be angry — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 11: «Hedgehog tricks Jaguar with «you can scoop me out of my shell if you like», so Jaguar guesses wrong, grabs him, and gets a paw full of prickles; Hedgehog is kn…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «jaguar» (+1). Against it: the same doer «jaguar» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.» (canny = clever) Which trick shows it best?

1. Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. Swimming under the river fast — no support
3. Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles and ends up hurt — score 10
4. Telling Jaguar a silly joke — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 82, line 3: «Hedgehog says «you can scoop me out of my shell», so Jaguar thinks he must be Tortoise and grabs him. His paw fills with prickles, and Hedgehog flies off into…», 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 action «grab» (+3); the same doer «jaguar» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real life: which statement is true?

1. Jaguars hate water and never go near any river at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Real jaguars swim well and can crack a turtle's shell with their bite — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Real jaguars swim well and can crack a turtle's shell with their bite, but they never eat hedgehogs at all in the wild — no support
4. Jaguars never hunt at night in the wet forest rain — 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 ✓

Looking back: in «How the Leopard Got His Spots», how did the Leopard get his spots?

1. Five fingers of a friendly man pressed — score 2
2. He was spotted by a jealous bird — no support
3. The Ethiopian painted him all over, then a man pressed five fingertips on him in the sun — score 8
4. A man pressed five fingertips on him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 78, line 4: «The hunter presses his five fingertips all over the Leopard, leaving little marks in groups, and now the Leopard can look like pebbles, rocks or sunlight throu…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «press» (+3); the same thing acted on «five fingertips» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: Jaguar asks about his food and gets a paw full of prickles. Which earlier character asked what someone had for dinner and got a stretched nose?

1. The Elephant's Child, asking what the Crocodile eats for dinner, and getting a stretched nose — score 3
2. The Elephant's Child, asking about the Crocodile — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Elephant's Child, who asked the Crocodile what he had for dinner and got a very stretched nose — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. The Ostrich, asking about his breakfast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 80, line 11: «He first said "Thank you" to the Snake, then wrapped his nose in cool banana leaves and hung it in the river; the Snake said "Some people do not know what is 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 (+3); the same doer «crocodile» (+2); the same thing acted on «nose» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: in the Whale story, who gave the advice that got someone swallowed?

1. The small 'Stute Fish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The Porpoise of the sea — score 1
3. The Whale himself, who swallowed the small 'Stute Fish into the sea — no support
4. The Sea Serpent — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 9, line 17: «Carroll's poem makes fun of a serious old poem that children had to learn by heart, in which a wise old man gives good advice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «good advice» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: the Elephant's Child asked many questions. Who sent him to the Limpopo to find out?

1. His Great-Grandfather, the Crocodile, who sent him from the sea — no support
2. Kolokolo Bird — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, who lived near the river — score 5
4. Ethiopian bird — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 2: «One morning he asks the one question nobody dares to answer, "What does the Crocodile have for dinner?", and the Kolokolo Bird tells him to go and find out at…», 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 «kolokolo bird» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Real life, y'all (= you lot): where do hedgehogs really live?

1. In Europe, Asia and Africa, and not in the Amazon at all — score 6
2. Mostly in North America — score 6
3. In Europe, Asia and Africa — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Only in the Arctic ice — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 16: «Real life: hedgehogs live in Europe, Asia and Africa, not by the Amazon in South America. Kipling put them there for the story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hedgehogs» (+4); the same action «live» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «europe» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «When you scoop water with your paw you uncoil it with a Hedgehog» swaps the parts of the rule round. Which line is mixed up in the SAME way?

1. When you cut bread you spoon it with a knife — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fork the dinner — no support
3. «When you fork a plate you dinner it with an eat» — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. When you drink tea you stir it with a spoon — 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 16 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ «If she said what you said I said she said, it's just the same as if I said what she said she said.» How many times does the word «said» appear in that sentence?

1. Seven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Fourteen — score 3
3. Seventeen — score 3
4. Four — 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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «djinn» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Jaguar's own rhyme: «Can't curl, but can swim — Slow-Solid.» At this point in the story, which is true of the real Slow-Solid?

1. He can curl up tight — no support
2. He is always shy and hides away — no support
3. He cannot curl but can swim, so the rhyme is right — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He sinks like a stone in water — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 8: «Mother Jaguar's rule: «when you find a Hedgehog you must drop him into the water and then he will uncoil, and when you catch a Tortoise you must scoop him out…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the instruction imparted by Mother Jaguar concerning the treatment of a Hedgehog.

1. That he be dropped into the deep water at once, whereupon he will uncoil and sink to the bottom — score 6
2. That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil and swim away from the bank entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. That he be buried in the mud at once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 3: «Hedgehog says «you can scoop me out of my shell», so Jaguar thinks he must be Tortoise and grabs him. His paw fills with prickles, and Hedgehog flies off into…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jaguar» (+4); the same action «swim away» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that Painted Jaguar inserted his paw into a curled-up animal. Ascertain the consequence.

1. His paw was tickled and the animal ran off into the hot sun — no support
2. His paw went numb and the animal rolled into the muddy river below — no support
3. His paw was filled with prickles and the animal was knocked into the bushes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. His paw was bitten and the animal ran off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 3: «Hedgehog says «you can scoop me out of my shell», so Jaguar thinks he must be Tortoise and grabs him. His paw fills with prickles, and Hedgehog flies off into…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fill» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the Tortoise's escape.

1. He induced Jaguar to order him into the river, and swam away beneath the water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He fought Jaguar on the bank and won by sheer strength in the sun — no support
3. He bit Jaguar's paw and climbed up the tall tree near the bank — no support
4. He induced Jaguar to order him into the river, and then swam away beneath the water, leaving Jaguar with nothing but prickles — 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 82, line 12: «Tortoise ties Jaguar in knots of «she said I said» talk, then says «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water». Jaguar thinks i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+2); the same receiver «tortoise» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the habitat of hedgehogs in the natural world?

1. Across the forests of South America and southern Asia — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Europe, Asia and Africa, and not the banks of the Amazon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Europe, Asia and Africa, and not the banks of the Amazon or any river in South America at all — no support
4. Mostly in the cold forests of Russia and northern Canada — 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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