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# Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1163 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Oi, what did the jackal make for the big cat, like, shoes or what?

- **1.** slippers, innit mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** boots, yeah — score 1
- **3.** a hat, mate — score 1
- **4.** shoes, innit — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1083, line 19: «Where: the cat reaches "a stately castle" whose Ogre owns all the lands the King has crossed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Mate, why was the panther proper gutted after the shoe thing?

- **1.** Shoes were too tight, bruv — no support
- **2.** The shoes were rock hard and hurt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They gave him blisters, mate — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** The shoes were rock hard and he cried for ages, mate — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1163, line 11: «The panther's vow: "I will go after the jackal and pay him my debts."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same doer «panther» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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So who came and rescued him, like a proper hero?

- **1.** the little partridges — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the tiny sparrows — no support
- **3.** the jackal's cousins — no support
- **4.** the little partridges from the spring, mate — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Yeah, but how did they soften them, like, with what?

- **1.** they used the lake — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** water from the spring — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** from the river — no support
- **4.** the rain, mate — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Bruv, what was the trick in the melon garden?

- **1.** He glued them to the wall — no support
- **2.** He tied their tails together — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** He tied all their tails together to a stick — score 7
- **4.** He tied the tails in knots — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1163, line 16: «The melon trick: he "stole behind them and tied their tails together" while his friends ate the ripest melons.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tie» (+4); the same thing acted on «tails» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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So the panther was like, they've all got no tails, I'm done?

- **1.** Yeah, he gave up hunting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Nah, he hunted them all — score 1
- **3.** Nah, he started hunting the shepherd's sheep instead, mate — score 0
- **4.** Yeah, he gave up hunting the jackals for good — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1163, line 17: «The panther gives up: "I am tired of hunting them."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «panther» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Who did the jackal go and see after that, dude?

- **1.** the tortoise — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the hedgehog — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the owl — no support
- **4.** a fox — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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So what's the jackal's plan for dinner, then?

- **1.** buy one of the sheep — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** catch a tasty hen — no support
- **3.** buy one of the sheep from the shepherd — no support
- **4.** buy a fat sheep — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Wait, how'd the shepherd trick them, like?

- **1.** He hid a greyhound under a sheepskin and sold it to the jackal — score 5
- **2.** He sewed a greyhound into sheepskin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** He dressed a goat as sheep — score 1
- **4.** He sewed a greyhound into a sheepskin coat — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1163, line 5: «The hedgehog meets the jackal, and they go to buy a sheep, but the shepherd has sewn a greyhound into sheepskin, and the hedgehog spots its paws and slips away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sew» (+4); the same doer «shepherd» (+1); the same thing acted on «greyhound» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Ha, how did the hedgehog rumble it?

- **1.** He noticed the long tail — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** He saw the greyhound's paws sticking out from the skin — score 5
- **3.** He saw the greyhound's paws — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** He saw its funny walk — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 15: «The elder hedgehog: «Me and little Billy here, we was trying to find our way to school—mother would have us go, was the weather ever so». In Standard English:…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «elder hedgehog» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What did he call the greyhound, like, sarcastic?

- **1.** his son — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** a cousin — no support
- **3.** his uncle — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** his master — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1137, line 5: «A hunter called Gopani-Kufa saves a python king named Insato, who takes him deep underground to the rich land of Pita.», 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 thing acted on «python king» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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So what did the hedgehog decide to do in the end, fam?

- **1.** warn the shepherd now — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** run off and tell everyone about the trick — no support
- **3.** get out of the way — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** chase the jackal away — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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To what instruction did the jackal direct the panther concerning the footwear before its first use?

- **1.** To hang the shoes indoors — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To bury the shoes at night — no support
- **3.** To lay the shoes in the sun — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To wear the shoes — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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By what means did the hedgehog establish that the animal was not a sheep?

- **1.** By observing the greyhound's paws — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** By hearing it bark — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** By counting its ears closely — no support
- **4.** By watching its strange walk — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 65, line 13: «The Rat's sharpest point: «why choose to be a convict?» and «Do you suppose it's any pleasure to me... to hear animals saying... that I'm the chap that keeps c…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+1); the same thing acted on «animals» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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What was the outcome of the jackal's trick upon his companions at the melon garden?

- **1.** They fled, leaving their tails behind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** They ate the melons instead — no support
- **3.** They fled and hid in shame — score 1
- **4.** They fled in panic, leaving their tails tied together behind — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1009, line 11: «The companion flies after the princess to the mountain and "flogged her even harder than before."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «companion» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which course of action did the old man recommend to the panther in order to expose the traitor?

- **1.** a feast with close observation — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a great feast where everyone must be watched carefully by the panther — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** a feast with close observation of every guest's tail — no support
- **4.** a fight in the field — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 602, line 5: «Bagheera shows a little bald spot under his chin, reveals he was born among men, and warns Mowgli that Shere Khan is dangerous.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «bagheera» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1163-pg3027-part29/e4/)

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