--- title: pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the gold… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1246 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 13 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/1246-pg3282-part47/) [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/) / 1246 # pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it **Tests:** 8 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1246 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/1246-pg3282-part47/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} bro how did the lion even get the ball?? - **1.** He tricked the cat into lending it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** He begged and the cat said yes — score 0 - **3.** He tricked the cat into lending it by promising to return it safely — score 9 - **4.** He won it in a game of chance — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1246, line 3: «The lion tricks the cat into lending the ball, then tosses it so high that it vanishes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+5); the same doer «lion» (+3); the same thing acted on «cat» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} ngl what happened to the bear right after the cat talked? - **1.** It crawled down into the reeds — score -3 - **2.** It tumbled dead out of the tree — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** It flew off into the sky — score 1 - **4.** It tumbled dead out of the tree right onto the lion's head — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1222, line 5: «Inside the mountain the boy finds himself among bears sitting on every side of him, holding a council.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} lowkey what did they fold the snake skin into? - **1.** A ball — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A tiny parcel — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A small bundle — no support - **4.** A tiny parcel tied up with string — 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/1246-pg3282-part47/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} wait so was the lion actually scared of bears? - **1.** No, he liked both of them — score 2 - **2.** Only snakes frightened him — no support - **3.** Yes, bears and snakes scared him so much he hid from them — score 4 - **4.** Yes, bears and snakes scared him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1230, line 14: «The lion makes the guests rush out, "treading each other underfoot in their fright."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lion» (+3); the same action «fright» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} why did the cat get so sulky tho? - **1.** Rain fell — no support - **2.** He lost a game — score 1 - **3.** The lion ate both deer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** The rain soaked his fur — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1246, line 2: «The lion eats both deer the cat wanted, so the cat sulks at home and refuses to hunt.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4). Against it: the same doer «lion» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} fr what was the magic ball like? - **1.** Golden and super bright, glowing like the sun — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Golden and super bright — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Golden and super bright and so magical it could make wishes come true — no support - **4.** Silver and very heavy — 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/1246-pg3282-part47/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} bruh where did the cat hide the ball? - **1.** Under his paw — score 4 - **2.** In his fur muff — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Beneath a log — score 4 - **4.** Tucked deep inside his thick fur muff — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1246, line 8: «Where: the cat keeps the ball hidden in "the thick fur muff that went round his neck."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «hide» (+1); the same thing acted on «ball» (+1); the same place «thick fur muff» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} sus, what did the cat do when the lion asked to play catch? - **1.** Threw it away — no support - **2.** Untied the string and gave it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Hid it behind his back — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** Pulled the string tight — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1243, line 1: «The fox hides under a fir root and asks each part of his body what it would do if someone betrayed him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/1246-pg3282-part47/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} that's so cringe, why did the cat head north? - **1.** To look for his ball that the lion had stolen from him — score 3 - **2.** To look for his ball in the cold lands far beyond the hills — score 3 - **3.** To look for his ball — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** To escape the rain — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 386, line 1: «A hungry Cat catches a Cock and looks for an excuse to eat him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hungry cat» (+2); the same action «look» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} ok so what was the thing the lion was scared of by the tree? - **1.** A tiger lying on a branch — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A bear waiting to drop down — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A hungry wolf in the grass — no support - **4.** A snake — 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/1246-pg3282-part47/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} ok but what did the cat finally see on the branch? - **1.** A ball just like his own — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** A ball made of wool — score 6 - **3.** A pale round stone — score 6 - **4.** A golden nut — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1246, line 4: «Years later the old cat finds a ball just like his own hanging from a branch above a river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old cat» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «ball» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} lowkey how did the cat feel when he saw it? - **1.** He longed to get at it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** He felt very angry then — no support - **3.** He longed to get at it and wanted it more than anything — no support - **4.** He was glad and relieved — 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/1246-pg3282-part47/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} wait so what did the branch do? - **1.** Swayed in the wind — no support - **2.** Gave a sudden, very loud crack that frightened every bird nearby — score 4 - **3.** Gave a loud crack and nearly threw the cat into the water — score 4 - **4.** Gave a loud crack — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1236, line 8: «What: the princess answers, "You have given your word, my father, and you cannot break it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). Against it: the same action «give» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following best describes the means by which the lion obtained the golden ball? - **1.** By inducing the cat to lend it under false pretence — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** By persuading the cat to lend it under a false promise of quick return — score -3 - **3.** By persuading the cat to hand it over for a game — score -3 - **4.** By tricking the cat into lending it, promising to give it back the next morning safely — score 3 **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 149, line 17: «A "quarry" is an animal that is hunted, and the hound thought the lion would make a fine one.», 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 (+2); the same thing acted on «fine one» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1246-pg3282-part47/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} In what manner did the wild cat dispatch the bear and the snake? - **1.** By pushing each one from a high branch — no support - **2.** By shouting at them — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** By uttering the word "die" to each in turn — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** By cursing them with a spell from afar — no support **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 788, line 15: «The bear's gentleness: he calls out "Leave me alive, children," and the girls' pranks never make him angry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/1246-pg3282-part47/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What was the principal reason the lion refused to eat the bear? - **1.** He feared the bear was alive — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** He thought the bear was poisoned — score 2 - **3.** He was not hungry — score 2 - **4.** He doubted that the bear was truly dead — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 398, line 5: «A fox learns not to fear a lion, a drowning boy begs for help before a scolding, a peacock envies the nightingale, a wolf fools a shepherd, and the lions mock…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fear» (+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/1246-pg3282-part47/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} In which direction did the wild cat travel after losing the golden ball? - **1.** North — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Across the river — no support - **3.** Towards the north — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Towards the north, toward the cold and distant mountains — 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/1246-pg3282-part47/e4/) - ← previous: [1245. Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingib…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1245-pg3282-part46/) - next →: [1247. 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