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title: The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgl… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 606 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgli and swing off with him through the treetops

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 606 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/606-pg236-part7/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, did the monkeys really snatch Mowgli right out of his nap?

- **1.** nah, they just rolled him — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** yeah, they grabbed him — score 8
- **3.** yeah, bruv, two of the strongest ones grabbed him under the arms — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** nah, the whole troop just sat and watched him nap — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 606, line 1: «Mowgli sleeps between Baloo and Bagheera, and then the monkeys grab him and rush him away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «mowgli» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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wait, why do the Bandar-log even want him?

- **1.** cos one of them reckons he can weave sticks for shelter and they want him as their own — score 5
- **2.** cos they reckon he's gonna cook their food for them — no support
- **3.** cos one of them reckons he can weave sticks for shelter — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** cos the whole troop wants him around so he can weave sticks for shelter every day — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 606, line 10: «Why they took Mowgli: one monkey thought he could "weave sticks together for protection from the wind".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «weave» (+2); the same thing acted on «sticks» (+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/606-pg236-part7/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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they go through the trees like it's a skate park, innit?

- **1.** yeah, proper roads up high, like fifty feet up, and they race along them all day — no support
- **2.** nah, they just swing about on the ground lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **3.** yeah, they jump from tree to tree — score 4
- **4.** yeah, proper roads up high, like fifty feet up — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 561, line 15: «The bed test: the bed's foot was made from "the stem of an olive-tree which was still rooted in the ground", so it could not be moved.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «olive tree» (+3); the same place «ground» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+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/606-pg236-part7/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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lol so the kite just sat there watching the whole thing?

- **1.** yeah, Rann just kept watch waiting for stuff to die — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** nah, he dropped down and joined the monkeys for a bit — no support
- **3.** yeah, he kept an eye on them from way up — no support
- **4.** nah, he flew off — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 606, line 4: «Rann watches the monkeys swing along the treetops and says they always peck at new things and never finish.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «watch» (+2); the same doer «rann» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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mate, what did Mowgli yell at Rann?

- **1.** "Mark my trail so Baloo can find me!" — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** "Tell Baloo, Rann!" — no support
- **3.** "Mark my trail!" — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** "Help!" — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 401, line 11: «WHAT: a Frog calls himself a "learned physician," and a Fox asks how he can prescribe for others with his own "lame gait."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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did the monkeys tell the jungle they were like top dogs?

- **1.** yeah, they were boss — no support
- **2.** yeah, they said everyone would look up to them — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** yeah, they said all the Jungle-People would admire them — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** nah, they were just kids — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 153, line 8: «What: the monkey says he is "an Athenian" and that he "came of a very distinguished family".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkey» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Baloo's a big lad, so why's he so slow?

- **1.** cos he's lazy — no support
- **2.** cos he's just a heavy old bear — no support
- **3.** cos he's old — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** cos he trotted like a clumsy big bear — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 605, line 11: «Bagheera teases Baloo as "old Iron-feet" and says Baloo's claws are "blunt".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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wait, Bagheera fell down the tree though?

- **1.** yeah, the branch cracked and he slid off the trunk — no support
- **2.** yeah, he slipped a bit — no support
- **3.** yeah, the thin branches snapped and his claws were full of bark — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah, he climbed down fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 331, line 5: «Hook climbs down Slightly's tree, finds Peter asleep on the great bed, and cannot take his eyes off the smug boy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «climb down» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/606-pg236-part7/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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do the monkeys ever actually finish what they start?

- **1.** yeah, they finish most jobs they start — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** nah, they never do what they set out to do and they never stop talking about it — score 6
- **3.** nah, they never do what they set out to do — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** nah, they start loads but never really finish stuff — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 606, line 4: «Rann watches the monkeys swing along the treetops and says they always peck at new things and never finish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «finish» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). 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/606-pg236-part7/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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so was Mowgli scared or just chilled out the whole time?

- **1.** at first he was calm, then he got scared and thought — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** scared at first, then he got angry and started to think hard about how to escape — no support
- **3.** scared at first, then he got angry and started to think and plan his escape from the monkeys — no support
- **4.** scared at first, then he got angry and started to think — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/606-pg236-part7/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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did the monkeys actually have a proper boss?

- **1.** yeah, they had a leader called Chil — no support
- **2.** nah, they kept wanting one but never got one — score 5
- **3.** nah, they were always going to have one but never did — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** yeah, they had one boss, always in charge of them — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 606, line 4: «Rann watches the monkeys swing along the treetops and says they always peck at new things and never finish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+3); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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lol wait, what's the Bandar-log's motto then?

- **1.** "What the Bandar-log say the jungle repeats later" — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "What the Bandar-log think now the jungle will think later" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** "What the Bandar-log say today the jungle will say tomorrow" — no support
- **4.** "Monkeys rule the trees" — 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/606-pg236-part7/t12/)

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

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Which creatures seized Mowgli and carried him through the treetops?

- **1.** The two strongest of the Bandar-log — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Two of the monkey troop — score 2
- **3.** The two strongest of the Bandar-log, swinging from the high vines together — score 4
- **4.** The two biggest monkeys of the troop — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 606, line 10: «Why they took Mowgli: one monkey thought he could "weave sticks together for protection from the wind".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «people» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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To what purpose did the Bandar-log desire to retain Mowgli?

- **1.** To teach them the weaving of sticks for shelter in their trees and the ground — score 2
- **2.** To teach them the weaving of sticks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** To make him teach them the weaving of sticks so they can build shelter together — score 2
- **4.** To make him their weaver of sticks — no support

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**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 606, line 10: «Why they took Mowgli: one monkey thought he could "weave sticks together for protection from the wind".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «weave» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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By what means did Rann come to know the route of the captors?

- **1.** By keeping watch from the sky and following the trail through the trees below — no support
- **2.** By keeping watch and following the trail — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** From the sky he saw their branches move — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** By keeping watch and following the trail of the monkeys all the way to their camp — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 606, line 15: «Rann the Kite "dropped a few hundred yards" to see if the monkeys' load was good to eat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «rann» (+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/606-pg236-part7/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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What reason did Baloo give for the failure of the pursuit?

- **1.** His own clumsy and laboured trot, which slowed the whole chase down badly — score 4
- **2.** His slow and heavy running — score 4
- **3.** His own clumsy and laboured trot — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** The monkeys were too fast for him — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 604, line 2: «Bagheera says he once paid a bull for Mowgli, but the wolves only sneer that they do not care for bones ten years old.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «bagheera» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/e4/)

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