Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wise king, a hungry Animal and a butterfly's boast

Tests: 13 of 18 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 22 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 96 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ava: «Suleiman fed all the animals and everyone said thanks, no cap.» (cap = a lie) Put it right.

1. They all said thanks — score 4
2. Everyone thanked him, and the Animals ate the great dinner up — score 5
3. One Animal from the sea ate it all and asked when dinner was ready — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. The Animals all thanked him very politely for dinner, every one — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 1: «The last story is about Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Solomon the son of David, the wisest king, who understood the talk of beasts, birds, fishes, insects, rocks and tre…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «single animal» (+4); the same action «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «sea» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Why is Suleiman «not proud», though he has a magic ring?

1. He is very old — no support
2. He hardly ever shows off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He has no ring — score 1
4. He is kind to all the animals — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 2: «He had a great many wives, and most of them quarrelled all day, which made him miserable. Only Balkis, his Head Queen, beautiful and nearly as wise as he, neve…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show off» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

What lesson did the Animal from the sea teach Suleiman?

1. Eat slowly — no support
2. Showing off is silly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fishes eat too much food — no support
4. Never feed the animals — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 77, line 4: «Back on the empty veldt the hungry Leopard and the hunter eat rats and beetles, get a terrible tummy-ache, and ask the wise Baboon, Baviaan, where all the anim…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same receiver «animals» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen, Suleiman fears, if he showed off before the Queens?

1. He might be even more ashamed and the Animal from the sea would come back again — score 6
2. He might be even more ashamed, and the Queens would never speak to him again — score 6
3. He might be even more pleased — no support
4. He might be even more ashamed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 96, line 1: «The last story is about Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Solomon the son of David, the wisest king, who understood the talk of beasts, birds, fishes, insects, rocks and tre…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «suleiman» (+4); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Which is TRUE in this part?

1. The Butterfly's boast is a fib — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Butterfly was not frightened — no support
3. Suleiman stamped his foot — no support
4. The Butterfly's boast is a fib, and Suleiman never stamped his foot 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Ruby, salty (= cross): «the Butterfly told his wife the truth.» Put it right.

1. He told his wife that he had been brave, and laughed, and that Suleiman had stamped too — score 3
2. He bragged that Suleiman asked him not to stamp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. He claimed Suleiman had been very cross with him — no support
4. He bragged that Suleiman asked him not to stamp, because he was so very frightened of him — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 96, line 15: «Back with his wife, the Butterfly says Suleiman «asked me not to stamp, and I promised I wouldn't», which is a cheeky turn-around of what really happened.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «suleiman» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

«You know what wives are like», says the Butterfly. What should we think of that kind of joke?

1. Wives are always right, always — no support
2. It's an old idea; people differ — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. It's an old idea, and people differ, so it is no joke at all to anyone — score 2
4. It is a fact about all wives — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 96, line 14: «The Butterfly says «you know what wives are like» and «One must keep them in order somehow»; jokes like this, that all wives or all husbands are a certain way,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «old ideas» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Real life: could a butterfly's stamp bend a blade of grass?

1. No: it weighs under a gram — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yes: a stamp could bend a whole blade of grass and break a twig — score 5
3. Yes, it could bend a leaf — no support
4. Yes, it would crush a stone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 17: «Real life: a butterfly weighs less than a gram, so its stamp really could not bend a blade of grass; butterflies even taste with their feet, which have taste s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «real life» (+4); the same action «weigh» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Real life: what odd thing can butterflies do with their feet?

1. Taste — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. Fly — no support
3. Sing — score 0
4. Smell — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 17: «Real life: a butterfly weighs less than a gram, so its stamp really could not bend a blade of grass; butterflies even taste with their feet, which have taste s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same circumstance (+4); the same action «taste» (+3). Against it: the same doer «butterflies» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real life: who was Solomon, according to the Bible?

1. A prophet of the desert — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A famous Djinn who was the son of an Animal from the sea — no support
3. A king of Sheba, Yemen — no support
4. A wise king of Israel — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

Real life: what name does Arabic tradition give the Queen of Sheba?

1. Sheba — no support
2. Bilqis — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Cleopatra — no support
4. Balk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 3: «One day, after three weeks of quarrels, Balkis begs him to turn the ring and frighten the Queens, but he remembers the Animal from the sea and says no. He goes…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «queens» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «balkis» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: like the Butterfly, which character in the Kangaroo tale was proud and asked to be made special?

1. Old Man Kangaroo — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Cat — no support
3. Pau Amma — no support
4. The Camel — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: in the Cat story, the Woman said «I knew I was wise, but I did not know I was beautiful». Who in this part is both wise and beautiful?

1. Balkis — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Pau — no support
3. Ava — no support
4. Suleiman — 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 ✗

Looking back: Pau Amma said «I did not know I was so important». Who in this part pretends to be very important?

1. The Animal — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The Animal from the sea, who ate the great dinner — no support
3. The Butterfly's wife, who quarrelled all morning long — no support
4. The Butterfly — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 55, line 10: «Toad feels «a dull pain in the lower part of his spine» — that is how fear feels to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «lower part» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «toad» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

Josh: «I'm dead, the Butterfly said Suleiman begged HIM.» (I'm dead = so funny) Why is this so cheeky?

1. He turned it round so the Butterfly looked grand and Suleiman looked like a beggar — no support
2. He turned it round to look grand — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He wanted to be a King — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. He made Suleiman look silly — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 5: ««Suleiman-bin-Daoud» means Solomon, son of David; Kipling says there are 355 stories about him, «but this is not one of them».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «solomon» (+2). Against it: the same doer «suleiman» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ To call the Djinns, then later the Fairies, then later Azrael, how many turns of the ring is that in all?

1. Four — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 2 — no support
3. Six — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 6 — 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 17 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ «There are three hundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud; but this is not one of them.» What is Kipling's joke?

1. He says this story isn't one of the famous ones, because he made it up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He says the story is really very old and true — no support
3. A joke about counting — no support
4. He says there are many stories, but this one is the only true one of all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 87, line 5: «This story follows straight on from the last one: «The week after Taffimai Metallumai ... made that little mistake about her Daddy's spear and the Stranger-man…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «story» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ The Animal said its brothers each eat «twice as much as that between meals». If the dinner was enough for ALL the animals in the world, the Animal's thirty thousand brothers eat what, between meals?

1. Twice the whole world's dinner, each — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Half of the world's dinner, each — no support
3. Two dinners for each of them, all together — score 0
4. Twice the dinner, each, at once — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 96, line 8: «The Animal from the sea was «the smallest of thirty thousand brothers»; it said «do you really call that a dinner? Where I come from we each eat twice as much…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «dinner» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason for which Suleiman-bin-Daoud declined to employ his ring against the quarrelsome Queens.

1. He believed the ring was far too heavy — no support
2. He held that so doing would constitute showing off, and would shame him before the Queens and all the Djinns — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He held that so doing would constitute showing off — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He feared the Queens would be cross — 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 96, line 2: «He had a great many wives, and most of them quarrelled all day, which made him miserable. Only Balkis, his Head Queen, beautiful and nearly as wise as he, neve…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «suleiman» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the consequence of Suleiman's attempt to feed all the animals of the world in a single day.

1. The entire meal was consumed by one Animal from the sea in three mouthfuls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. It was eaten by ants — no support
3. The feast was divided fairly among all the hungry animals in the palace garden — no support
4. The whole banquet vanished under a great wave from the sea, which nobody saw — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 1: «The last story is about Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Solomon the son of David, the wisest king, who understood the talk of beasts, birds, fishes, insects, rocks and tre…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «single animal» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that the Butterfly boasted to his wife. Select the response most consistent with the content of the boast.

1. That his stamping would cause the Palace and garden to vanish in a clap of thunder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. That he was very brave and had once fought a great Djinn of the desert — no support
3. That the Palace would fall down if he sneezed — no support
4. That his stamping would cause the Palace and garden to vanish in a clap of thunder, and the Queens too — score 6

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 96, line 12: «The Butterfly's boast: «if I stamped with my foot all Suleiman-bin-Daoud's Palace and this garden here would immediately vanish in a clap of thunder.»», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «clap» (+4); the same thing acted on «thunder» (+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 mass of a butterfly?

1. Heavier than a sparrow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Enough to crush a blade of grass beneath it — no support
3. About the weight of a small pebble on the grass — no support
4. Less than a single gram, insufficient to bend a blade of grass — ✓ 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

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