--- title: Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two boys turn i… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1408 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/1408-pg500-part21/) [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/) / 1408 # Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two boys turn into donkeys and are sold **Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1408 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/1408-pg500-part21/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Yo, the two boys weren't really sick, right? - **1.** Nah, they just felt a bit off — no support - **2.** Yeah, they were sick — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Nah, they were totally faking it, bruh — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Yeah, they were really sick, fr — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1396, line 1: «Pinocchio is sick with a fever and refuses the bitter medicine, complaining about his pillow and the door.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «pinocchio» (+1); the same property (+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/1408-pg500-part21/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, so how'd they turn into donkeys? - **1.** Some grumpy old wizard cast a spell — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** They laughed so hard they fell and changed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They ate too much hay and got sick — score 5 - **4.** They wished for it and the Little Man granted their wish right away — no support **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 1270, line 19: «Old word: a "fungus" grows on trees, and Iktomi says his ears are like fungus, meaning he will not listen to pleas.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «grow» (+1); the same circumstance (+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/1408-pg500-part21/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Did the Little Man like the donkeys or nah? - **1.** He sold them off really quickly — score 4 - **2.** He was all smiles and called them champs — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** He was sad to see them go — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** He cried a lot and hugged each donkey — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 14: «The Stranger-man belongs to a far tribe and does not understand one word of their language; he answers only «Um!» He gives Taffy birch-bark to show «his heart…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «understand» (+2); the same doer «stranger man» (+2); the same thing acted on «one word» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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/1408-pg500-part21/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Ngl, what was the dumbest part of the story? - **1.** The donkeys eating hay happily — no support - **2.** The two boys braying like donkeys — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** The Land of Toys — no support - **4.** The boys sneaking off to school — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1403, line 20: «Old word: "mortified" means deeply embarrassed or humiliated; people still use it that way today.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). Against it: 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/1408-pg500-part21/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Did Pinocchio like the hay, or was he being extra? - **1.** He was being extra and wouldn't eat it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** He was just picky and only wanted fresh bread from the cook — score 4 - **3.** He pretended to like it at first — score 4 - **4.** He was being extra and refused to eat the hay for a whole week — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1408, line 13: «Pinocchio finally eats the hay at night and admits it is "not bad."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «pinocchio» (+2); the same thing acted on «hay» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Bro, did the whip thing actually happen? - **1.** Yep, he got hit across the legs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yep, he got kicked in the head — no support - **3.** Nah, they just yelled at him — no support - **4.** Yep, he got hit across the legs and back many times that day — 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/1408-pg500-part21/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} How long did Pinocchio have to practice his tricks? - **1.** Like one week — no support - **2.** Like three whole months, no joke — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** About three months, I think — no support - **4.** Like two whole years, honestly — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1407, line 14: «Old word "marionette" means a puppet moved by strings, and Pinocchio calls himself "heedless and heartless."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pinocchio» (+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/1408-pg500-part21/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Could Pinocchio do a backflip in the circus? - **1.** Yep, he could do a flip in the air — no support - **2.** Nah, he could stand on his head — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Nah, he could not — no support - **4.** Nah, he could only hop around — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1408, line 14: «Pinocchio is taught to jump, bow, dance a waltz and a polka, and even stand on his head.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+3); the same place «head» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Was the show super packed that night? - **1.** Nah, only a few folks came — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yup, people were jammed in everywhere — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yup, the tent was full of folks — no support - **4.** Yup, super packed — 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/1408-pg500-part21/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} What did the circus owner rock as his outfit? - **1.** A black velvet coat, white breeches, silver boots and a tall top hat — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** A blue coat, gray trousers and shoes — score -1 - **3.** A black coat, white breeches and boots — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **4.** A bright red coat with gold buttons, tall boots and a feathered cap — score -1 **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 782, line 19: «Old word: "shudder" means to shake suddenly, usually from fear or cold, and we still use it that way today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shake» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); the same doer «old word» (-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/1408-pg500-part21/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Did Lamp-Wick get a sweet deal from the Little Man? - **1.** Nah, a baker bought him for cash — no support - **2.** Nah, a farmer got him whose donkey died — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Yeah, he got a sweet farm and a horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** Nah, a farmer got him whose donkey died the day before, rough deal — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1332, line 14: «What: each rescued man gets "a small farm, where he lived happily to the end of his days."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rescued man» (+2); the same thing acted on «small farm» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). 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/1408-pg500-part21/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Ayo, what did the Little Man do with lazy boys? - **1.** Sent them off to a school far away — score 5 - **2.** Sold them off — no support - **3.** Took them off to the Land of Toys — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Sent them home — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1322, line 1: «The giant sends a stable boy home to his mother, then fetches the real prince, who is treated as a son in the castle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stable boy» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «send» (+1); the same property (+1). 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/1408-pg500-part21/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements regarding the transformation of the two boys into donkeys is accurate? - **1.** The boys were transformed after the Little Man ordered a spell cast on them — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The boys were transformed after laughing uncontrollably, as the narrator describes — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** The boys changed after they wished on a star while sleeping in the barn — score 4 - **4.** The boys were cursed by a witch — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1402, line 9: «Why: the boys want him to join them, and they say "Hate school and books and teachers, as we all do."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «boys» (+2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} To which person was Lamp-Wick sold, according to the passage? - **1.** To a farmer whose donkey had died the day before, and who needed help badly — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** To a rich farmer whose donkey had died the week before in a terrible storm at sea — score 3 - **3.** To a miller who needed a strong donkey — no support - **4.** To a farmer whose donkey had died the day before — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1407, line 10: «Why Pinocchio blames Lamp-Wick: Lamp-Wick asked him, "Why do you want to waste your time studying?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «lamp» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} What was the purpose of the training Pinocchio underwent under his master? - **1.** To prepare him to perform dances and tricks for public audiences — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **2.** To prepare him to carry heavy loads for the farmers' fields — score -3 - **3.** To prepare him to juggle, dance, and perform tricks for big audiences at fairs across the country — score -3 - **4.** To prepare him to perform dances and tricks for large public audiences in many towns — 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 1359, line 9: «The Princess says the guards are useless, because when her people come "nothing whatever could prevent them from carrying out their purpose".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «purpose» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} What was the nature of the advertisement for the performance mentioned in the passage? - **1.** A loud shout from the crowd outside the tent — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** It was an announcement posted in large letters around the town — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** A street sign — score 6 - **4.** A letter sent to each family — no support **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 1394, line 18: «What does "beseeching" mean? It is an old word for begging, so the Marionette's voice is pleading and urgent, as if begging for help.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/e4/) - ← previous: [1407. Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 20:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1407-pg500-part20/) - next →: [1409. 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