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# Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chief turns the brothers half bear, and the little hunter burns the mountain

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1223 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/1223-pg3282-part24/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, did the bear chief really turn the big bros into bears?

- **1.** Yeah, arms and legs, so they're on all fours now and roaming the hills — score 2
- **2.** Yeah, arms and legs, so they're on all fours now and the chief laughed about it — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Yep, the whole body, they walk like bears — score 3
- **4.** Yeah, arms and legs, so they're on all fours now — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1223, line 1: «The bear chief turns the two elder brothers' arms and legs into a bear's, so they must go on all fours.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «arms» (+1); the same place «fours» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, why did Redmouth go crazy barking at that tree?

- **1.** Cause he was bored — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Cause he thought the folks were under it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Cause he smelled a bear hiding inside — no support
- **4.** He smelled a bear — 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/1223-pg3282-part24/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Bruh, the little dude shot a tree and it turned to ash?

- **1.** Yup, fire and thunder, and the whole tree was gone in a second flat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yep, arrow hit, the branches all split — no support
- **3.** Yup, fire and thunder, the whole tree gone — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yup, fire and thunder rolled through the forest, and the whole tree was gone forever — 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/1223-pg3282-part24/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Did the snow-shoes really talk back to him?

- **1.** Yeah, they chirped they'd race the snow — score 4
- **2.** Yep, they sang that they'd stay on his feet — score 4
- **3.** Yeah, they sang they'd run like the wind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** Yeah, they sang they'd run like the wind and never stop for him — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1223, line 20: «The boy speaks to his snow-shoes, and they "sang in answer that they would run like the wind."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «shoes» (+3); the same action «run» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Why'd the boy stop on that snowy trail?

- **1.** He heard a dog bark, so he stopped to listen — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** His snow-shoe strap snapped, so he had to fix it — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** The trail was blocked by a fallen tree — score 3
- **4.** His snow-shoe strap snapped, so he had to stop and fix it before going on — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1098, line 3: «The man ignores the Wind's warning and stops at a tavern to test the sack.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Who's the chick at the window who felt sorry for him?

- **1.** A bear girl — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The chief's sister — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The chief — no support
- **4.** The youngest sister — 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/1223-pg3282-part24/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Did the dad just walk into a hole?

- **1.** Nope, he stayed home — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, he slipped off a cliff edge — no support
- **3.** Yeah, he fell headfirst into a pit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, he tripped on a log — 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/1223-pg3282-part24/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Okay, so what's the deal with the barking?

- **1.** Redmouth was under the rock, the boy heard him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Redmouth was trapped in a cave, the boy said — no support
- **3.** The dog was chasing a hare — score 2
- **4.** Redmouth was under the big rock by the cabin, the boy heard him bark and ran — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 220, line 13: «Why: the children want to play a trial because they "had heard a great deal of talk about the matter".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Wait, the little dude shot the whole mountain?

- **1.** Yep, one shot and the peak split apart — no support
- **2.** Yep, one arrow and the whole mountain went up in flames and smoke — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Yep, one arrow and it went up in flames — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yep, one arrow and it went up in flames, splitting the peak in two — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 446, line 11: «The brush makes mountains rise, and the comb makes oak forests with "each stem more huge than the other."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mountains» (+2); the same action «rise» (+1). 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/1223-pg3282-part24/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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What did the chief rub on those brothers, anyway?

- **1.** Moss that he had dipped in the cold spring by the cave — score 4
- **2.** Moss dipped in a spring — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Bear fat from the hunt — score 2
- **4.** Moss dipped in a spring and wrapped around the arms — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1223, line 11: «The chief dips "a handful of moss" in a spring and rubs it on the boys, turning their limbs into a bear's.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dip» (+2); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Whoa, did his brothers end up half bear, half boy?

- **1.** Nope, they were just burnt sticks — score 2
- **2.** Yep, that's what he found in the ruins — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yep, they were bears in the old cave — score 2
- **4.** Nope, they were dead — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 822, line 4: «In the morning the brother is already dead, the bees swarm a flower-pot, and a skull is seen inside it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brother» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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/1223-pg3282-part24/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Who cared most about keeping his little sis safe?

- **1.** The youngest brother, who promised his mother he would stay home with her — no support
- **2.** The youngest brother, who stayed home with her — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The chief, who wanted to keep her safe — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** The youngest brother, who stayed home with his little sister all winter — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 624, line 2: «That night Rikki wakes with a jump, grumbles that the cobras are dead, and promises to keep the garden safe.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/1223-pg3282-part24/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following describes the magical transformation performed upon the elder brothers by the bear chief?

- **1.** He turned them into bears with a spell. — score 1
- **2.** The chief dipped a leaf in a stream and rubbed it on their faces, making their heads into those of a wolf. — score 2
- **3.** The chief dipped moss in a spring and rubbed it on their limbs, changing their arms and legs into those of a bear. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** The chief rubbed moss on their arms. — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1223, line 11: «The chief dips "a handful of moss" in a spring and rubs it on the boys, turning their limbs into a bear's.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «chief» (+2); the same property (+2); the same action «dip» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/e1/)

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

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Which account correctly states the manner in which the youngest brother discovered the fate of his parents?

- **1.** He found them in the snow. — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** He spotted their dog in a hollow and dug out their bodies by the river. — score -2
- **3.** He found their bodies in the snow after following their tracks to a pit. — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** He followed their trail to a cave and found their bones in the snow. — score -1

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**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 338, line 7: «What: The children come home to London and find their parents, who are overjoyed to see them again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+1); the same thing acted on «parents» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «children» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/e2/)

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

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Which of the following accurately describes the destruction of the bear chief's mountain by the youngest brother?

- **1.** He hit a rock with a stone, and the cracks spread which broke the cliff into pieces. — no support
- **2.** He shot an arrow through the mountain, and fire broke out which split it into pieces. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** He fired a single arrow into the peak, and flames spread which broke it apart. — no support
- **4.** He shot an arrow through the mountain, and a fire broke out which split the whole peak into pieces and burned the village. — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1223, line 3: «The little brother sets out with his dog Redmouth, shoots a burning arrow at a tree, and follows a small bear servant.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+6); the same thing acted on «burning arrow» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/e3/)

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

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Which statement correctly identifies the person spared from the fire, and the reason for her preservation?

- **1.** The chief's sister was spared, because she had tried to save the two elder brothers from punishment. — **✓ the right answer** · score -4
- **2.** The chief's dog was spared, because it had tried to protect the youngest boy from harm. — score -1
- **3.** The chief's sister was spared for kindness. — no support
- **4.** The youngest brother was spared, because he had tried to save the elder brothers from the fire. — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 994, line 14: «The sentry-house stopped "opposite to the door of the dirty journeyman plasterer," who had saved three lives at the last fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «save» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1223-pg3282-part24/e4/)

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