--- title: Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal che… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1165 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1165-pg3027-part31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1165 # Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in **Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1165 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} bruh, did the hedgehog just play the jackal or what? - **1.** nah, the jackal played the hedgehog right back and took everything — **← Mova's choice** · score -4 - **2.** yep, he got him real good — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** yep, he tricked him back — score -4 - **4.** yep, he got him real good, the jackal never saw it coming at all — no support **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 1165, line 9: «Why: the hedgehog wants revenge, since the jackal kept putting him off about the butter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «hedgehog» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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/1165-pg3027-part31/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} ngl, the jackal was sus the whole time, right? - **1.** nope, he was kinda nice — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** no way, he was honest and the sheep trusted him completely from the start — no support - **3.** lowkey yes, he was shady — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** lowkey yes, he was shady the whole time and everyone could tell — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} so the hedgehog's family never even wanted a banquet, huh? - **1.** right, it was all a setup — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** no, real banquet — no support - **3.** nope, it was real — no support - **4.** no, it was a real feast — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} fam, why was the sheep acting all dramatic with her tail? - **1.** to trick the jackal away — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** to pretend she was crying for help — no support - **3.** to fake being sad for the greyhound so he would come help her quickly — no support - **4.** to fake being sad for the greyhound — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} that jackal really thought he was the smartest, no cap? - **1.** yeah, he was quite foolish — no support - **2.** nah, he was actually humble, but he was really clever at heart — no support - **3.** yeah, he was super cocky and bragged about his cleverness all day long — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** yeah, he was super cocky — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1164, line 9: «Why: the jackal wants to wear the cloak by day because his friends "could not see the splendour of the mantle" at night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jackal» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, 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/1165-pg3027-part31/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} wait, who actually did the hard work with the water? - **1.** the sheep did, obviously — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** the jackal did most, and the sheep only poured the water out — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** the jackal did, clearly — no support - **4.** the sheep did, obviously, since she drew all of the water herself — no support **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 414, line 5: «When the boiling water is poured over the corpse, the demon flees, and the body is gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pour» (+1); the same thing acted on «boiling water» (+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/1165-pg3027-part31/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} lol the jackal opened the sack and saw the greyhound, right? - **1.** nope, he saw the greyhound's teeth and the sheep's tail inside — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** yup, a sheep was inside — no support - **3.** yup, two eyes staring back at him from inside the sack — score -4 - **4.** yup, two eyes staring back — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 464, line 15: «The second test: a dry spray turns green and blossoms, so the water is true, and the blind man "wetted his eyes" and sees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «second test» (+3). The right option, 4, 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/1165-pg3027-part31/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} did the hedgehog just roll a stone or what, bro? - **1.** yeah, it crushed the jackal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** nope, he missed — no support - **3.** no, it just rolled away fast — score -1 - **4.** yeah, it hit a sheep — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1165, line 2: «He hides the jackal under sacks, then sets a great stone rolling that crushes him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «jackal» (+4); the same doer «hedgehog» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} so the jackal ran off right when he saw the eyes? - **1.** yup, he ran off later — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** yup, he dipped out fast — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** yup, he dipped out fast and never came back to the field again — no support - **4.** no, he stayed a while — 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 1164, line 15: «What: when the lion asks who taught him such wisdom, the jackal answers "The fate of the hyena" and runs off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run off» (+3); the same doer «jackal» (+3). 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/1165-pg3027-part31/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} honestly, did the sheep get her fair share in the end? - **1.** nah, not until she fought back and the greyhound made him share fairly — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yes, she got her fair share once the greyhound came to help her out — no support - **3.** nah, not until she fought back — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah, she got it once she fought — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} real talk, why did the jackal keep sneaky-stalling the hedgehog? - **1.** he never wanted to show the butter — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** he never wanted to show the butter and only wanted to stall for time — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** he planned to steal the sheep's food — score -1 - **4.** he feared the hedgehog would win — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1164, line 9: «Why: the jackal wants to wear the cloak by day because his friends "could not see the splendour of the mantle" at night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «jackal» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} bruh, the sheep fetched the greyhound and the jackal folded, yeah? - **1.** yes, he shared it out fairly — no support - **2.** yep, he gave the grain back after the greyhound growled at him loudly — score 0 - **3.** nope, he kept it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** yep, he gave the grain back — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1165, line 9: «Why: the hedgehog wants revenge, since the jackal kept putting him off about the butter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jackal» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following best describes the hedgehog's stratagem, as recounted in the passage? - **1.** a deceit by which the jackal was lured into a fatal ambush — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** a simple honest offer — no support - **3.** a deceit by which the jackal was lured into a fatal ambush and then crushed beneath a rolling stone — no support - **4.** a clever bargain that left the jackal pleased with the outcome — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the means by which the sheep obtained assistance against the jackal's unjust division of the harvest. - **1.** she summoned the greyhound, who was induced to confront the jackal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** she fetched a shepherd who scolded the jackal loudly — no support - **3.** she simply asked the jackal nicely — no support - **4.** she called the greyhound, who was persuaded to face the jackal — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} State the principal grounds upon which the jackal sought to establish his claim to the greater portion. - **1.** he claimed he had carried the water and the sheep had only watched — score 1 - **2.** he asserted that he had drawn the water and the sheep had merely poured it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** he claimed that he had drawn the water while the sheep slept in the shade, and that the field belonged entirely to him by right — score 7 - **4.** he asserted that he had drawn the water, the sheep had merely poured it, and so he deserved the greater portion of all the grain — score 7 **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 1165, line 12: «The jackal says "It was I who drew the water," which is false, and the diggers prove him wrong.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «draw» (+3); the same doer «jackal» (+3); the same thing acted on «water» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Explain the function of the sack of dates in the closing episode of the passage. - **1.** it hid the greyhound and revealed the jackal's trickery — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** it stored the grain for the winter season — no support - **3.** it held the dates for dinner — no support - **4.** it concealed the greyhound and exposed the jackal's deception — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/e4/) - ← previous: [1164. 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