Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse bursts in and tells of her jail escape

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 991 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 · ★ · right ✓

yo, the fourth mouse just burst in like an arrow, right?

1. yeah, she was super late, totally out of breath, and she dropped everything on the way in — score 3
2. yeah, she was late and totally out of breath and panting like crazy — score 3
3. yeah, she was rushing and kinda sweaty — no support
4. yeah, she was late and totally out of breath — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 991, line 9: «Why: she was in a hurry, for she "had been running day and night" and "had arrived almost too late."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so she knocked over the sausage peg, that crape thing?

1. yep, the one covered in black velvet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yep, that one, the crape thing wrapped in black mourning cloth for the funeral — no support
3. yep, the one wrapped in black mourning cloth and tied at the top — no support
4. yep, the one wrapped in black mourning cloth — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

wait, did she lose her voice or her skewer?

1. her skewer, but she kept her voice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. her skewer, and her voice too — no support
3. her voice — no support
4. both of them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 435, line 12: «She becomes a cuckoo, "crying 'Cuckoo!'", so she is the only one who keeps her own voice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «own voice» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

how'd she get to the big town, bro?

1. she hid in a goods train, then rode the railway and walked back — no support
2. hid in a goods train, rode the railway — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. walked, then took a cart ride — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. she ran all the way on foot, bro — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 194, line 11: «Why the old woman refuses his money: she is offended that he takes her for a beggar, and she says, "I am thankful to say I do not need it."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

and then she got stuck in the jail with the forfeited goods?

1. yeah, carried in there with all the stuff and the crates and sausages — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, dragged in with the crates — no support
3. yeah, carried in there with the stuff, and then they locked the cell door tight — no support
4. yeah, carried in there with the stuff — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

then she made her escape, and ran to the turnkey's house, yeah?

1. yep, straight to his cottage — no support
2. yep, right into his place — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, to the old mill house — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. nah, back home — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 980, line 3: «The boat lands at a cherry orchard, where an old woman with a crutch pulls Gerda out and takes her into her red house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «red house» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

what was the turnkey yapping about?

1. his prisoners, one who said dumb thoughtless stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. his cows and the price of the bread at market — no support
3. his prisoners and the man who said dumb thoughtless stuff all the time at night — no support
4. his prisoners, one who said dumb thoughtless stuff about the king and the soup — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

and the words got written down and registered, right?

1. yep, all of it went on the record, copied twice, and filed for good — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yep, all of it went on the record — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nope, nothing was ever written — no support
4. yep, all of it went on the record and into the official court book — 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 ✗

so the turnkey said it's like soup of sausage skewers, but he meant?

1. the soup was far too salty to eat — no support
2. the man could lose his neck over it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the man could lose his neck over it and his whole family's home too — no support
4. the turnkey cooked it for supper — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 991, line 5: «The turnkey said the affair was like making soup of sausage skewers, but that the soup might cost the man his neck.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same thing acted on «soup» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

cool, so the crape peg was like, a mourning thing?

1. nah, a blue ribbon for the fair — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, a funeral thing — no support
3. yeah, black cloth on it, for the mourners — no support
4. yeah, black cloth on it, like for a funeral — ✓ 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 ✓

what did she say about her memory, lol?

1. she's terrible with names, forgot the town — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. she's terrible with names, forgot the town and the road — score 3
3. she's terrible with names and places, forgot the town and the whole road — score 3
4. she's bad with faces, forgot the cat — no support

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 885, line 16: «The woman says "By the cork we must go in, and by the cork we must come out again", comparing her town to a bottle.», 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 «town» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

and she didn't even stop to say hi to anyone?

1. nope, she was quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nope, she just started talking right away — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yep, she greeted everyone at the door — no support
4. nah, she hugged every mouse first — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

was she pretty much the last one to show up for the prize?

1. yep, she was second in the line — no support
2. nope, she came in the third place — no support
3. yep, she was the fourth, not the third — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yep, she was the fourth, not the third, after the cat had already won — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 459, line 11: «Vasily reaches the palace only because he is the one who "succeeded in climbing the steep hill."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «succeed» (+4). 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 · right ✓

Which of the following describes the manner in which the fourth mouse entered the kitchen?

1. She entered swiftly, like an arrow, overturning the sausage peg while the whole kitchen watched in silence and fear. — score 0
2. She entered swiftly, like an arrow, overturning the sausage peg and scattering the crumbs across the floor completely. — score 0
3. She entered hastily, bowing low before the cook, then stopped. — score 0
4. She entered swiftly, like an arrow, overturning the sausage peg. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 722, line 1: «The two friends reach a rich city, rent a small house by the royal castle, and rest there.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

According to the narrative, what did the turnkey remark concerning the prisoner's conduct?

1. That the affair resembled the making of soup of sausage skewers. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That the prisoner was innocent. — no support
3. That the prisoner had spoken foolishly about the soup. — no support
4. That the prisoner's remarks were quite entirely harmless. — 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 ✗

Which material was the sausage peg covered with at the moment of the fourth mouse's arrival?

1. Muslin. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Velvet. — no support
3. Crape. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Silk. — 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 ✓

By what means did the fourth mouse reach the largest town, according to her own account?

1. By concealing herself in a goods train and travelling by railway. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By sneaking aboard a steam engine and riding the rails. — no support
3. By walking all the way. — no support
4. By climbing into a wagon and crossing the long fields. — 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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