--- title: Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1226 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 1 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/1226-pg3282-part27/) [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/) / 1226 # Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1226 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/1226-pg3282-part27/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} why did the wolverine start that race, mate? - **1.** he was bored and wanted a laugh — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** he was bored and wanted to show how fast he was — no support - **3.** he was lost and wanted fun — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** because the rock had insulted his running and he wanted revenge — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1226, line 9: «Why: the wolverine was "dull, and wanted someone to play with," so he challenged the rock to a race.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+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/1226-pg3282-part27/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} proper cheeky, but what did the rock actually say it could do? - **1.** roll — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** run — no support - **3.** slide — no support - **4.** walk — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1226, line 7: «What: the wolverine dares the rock to catch him, and the rock answers, "I can't walk, but I can ROLL."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rock» (+2). Against it: the same action «roll» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} so the frog gets whacked on the head, is that right? - **1.** no, he takes her coat — score 2 - **2.** no, he knocks her out and carries her home — score 2 - **3.** yeah, he knocks her in the water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** yeah, she sews the coat — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 735, line 5: «She breaks her promise, the frog comes knocking at her door, and she is told she must keep her word, so he hops in and sleeps on her pillow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «knock» (+2); the same doer «frog» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} what was the mouse munching when he turned up? - **1.** a cake with cream and berries — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** an apple — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** a corn cob — no support - **4.** a red berry — 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/1226-pg3282-part27/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} bro, what did the wolverine nick off the mouse? - **1.** her bag of corn and apples — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** her corn — score 2 - **3.** her coat — score 2 - **4.** her apple — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **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 1226, line 4: «His sister the frog sews the coat badly, so he goes to his younger sister the mouse, then starves until he finds a sleeping bear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rock» (+2). 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/1226-pg3282-part27/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} was the wolverine gutted he missed the bear's dinner? - **1.** yeah, he was well annoyed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, not bothered — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** yeah, he was so cross he stomped off home — score 2 - **4.** no, he was glad because the bear was too slow — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1226, line 17: «Lesson: the wolverine brought his troubles on himself, and he found it hard "to confess" this.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trouble» (+2); the same doer «wolverine» (+2). 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/1226-pg3282-part27/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} what was the bear's big surprise, the stuff she never knew? - **1.** that she loved apples — no support - **2.** that she had a sister — no support - **3.** that she had a brother — **✓ the right answer** · score -4 - **4.** that she was lost — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 700, line 17: «How the bear feels: he "had just lost his wife," and he is looking for "a mourner," someone to weep over her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} so why couldn't the wolverine just climb up after her? - **1.** the branches were too thin to hold him up — no support - **2.** his arms were too short — no support - **3.** he could not climb trees — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** the bear had hidden the ladder and he was too heavy — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1226, line 16: «Trick: he says "our father has sent me to look for you," and the bear climbs a tree to get away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb» (+2); the same thing acted on «tree» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} what did the wolverine want the lightning to do for him? - **1.** free his legs and take his coat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** free his tail and mend his hat — no support - **3.** give him back his coat — no support - **4.** free his legs — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1226, line 17: «Lesson: the wolverine brought his troubles on himself, and he found it hard "to confess" this.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} what did the rock do to the wolverine's legs? - **1.** rolled right on top of them and pinned him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** rolled over his tail — score 1 - **3.** rolled on top of them — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** rolled over his legs and then bounced away — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1226, line 9: «Why: the wolverine was "dull, and wanted someone to play with," so he challenged the rock to a race.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2); the same thing acted on «rock» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} so the frog's sewing was dead wrong, what was up with the coat? - **1.** it was too short — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** it was too loose — no support - **3.** it bulged and was too tight — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** it had holes and was far too small for him — 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/1226-pg3282-part27/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} what did the wolverine promise the mouse for mending his coat? - **1.** a big sack of golden corn from the field — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a bag of seeds — no support - **3.** all the apples and corn in his cupboard — no support - **4.** a handful of corn — **✓ 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/1226-pg3282-part27/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which object did the wolverine first encounter upon turning a corner on the hill-side? - **1.** A tall stone pillar that was covered in moss — no support - **2.** A wide stream — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** A huge boulder sitting beside the path — no support - **4.** A large rock — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **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 1226, line 17: «Lesson: the wolverine brought his troubles on himself, and he found it hard "to confess" this.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2). 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/1226-pg3282-part27/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} What was the principal reason the wolverine gave for challenging the rock to a race? - **1.** He was lonely and wanted a friend — score 2 - **2.** He was dull and wanted a companion — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** He wanted fun — no support - **4.** He was angry and wanted a fight — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1226, line 9: «Why: the wolverine was "dull, and wanted someone to play with," so he challenged the rock to a race.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which creature did the wolverine first request to repair his torn garment? - **1.** His brother — no support - **2.** The mouse — score 0 - **3.** The sister the owl — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** His sister the frog — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1226, line 1: «A wolverine dares a big rock to catch him, and the rock simply starts to roll after him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolverine» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/1226-pg3282-part27/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} By what stratagem did the wolverine attempt to lure the bear from her position in the tree? - **1.** By telling her that their father wanted to see her at home tonight — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** By describing a bed of berries and a family reunion — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** By describing a bed of soft berries and a big family reunion — no support - **4.** By promising a berry feast today — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 773, line 13: «The sisters are stuck to the goose because they try to take a feather, one touch after another.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/1226-pg3282-part27/e4/) - ← previous: [1225. Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1225-pg3282-part26/) - next →: [1227. Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1227-pg3282-part28/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)