--- title: Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs,… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 623 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 14 tests right, exam 0 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/623-pg236-part24/) [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/) / 623 # Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina **Tests:** 3 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 623 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/623-pg236-part24/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Mate, did Rikki really smash all them eggs? - **1.** Nah, he didn't — no support - **2.** Yeah, he bit the tops off — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yeah, he did — no support - **4.** Yeah, he crushed them flat — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 432, line 14: «Ivan squeezes the egg, and Koshchei "bent double" before the egg is smashed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «squeeze» (+4); the same thing acted on «egg» (+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/623-pg236-part24/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, why was Darzee's wife acting dodgy with her wing? - **1.** to get Nagaina chasing her away from the eggs and the nest — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** to draw the snake away — score 0 - **3.** to get Nagaina chasing her — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** to make the snake lose track — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 623, line 1: «Darzee's wife pretends her wing is broken to lure Nagaina away from the nest.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «nagaina» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Was Nagaina proper livid when Rikki nicked her egg? - **1.** Yeah, she went mad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yeah, she was furious — no support - **3.** Nah, she just shrugged and slid off down the path quietly — no support - **4.** Yeah, she went totally mad and hissed at everyone in the garden — 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/623-pg236-part24/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Was Rikki-tikki sleeping on the job when he got back? - **1.** Nah, he went right after the snake into her hole — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he was snoozing away — no support - **3.** Nah, he went after the snake — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, he slept — 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/623-pg236-part24/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Dude, how did Rikki get in that hole, was it massive? - **1.** He held on tight with his claws and went down the hole backwards — no support - **2.** He held on tight and went down — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** He wriggled through the gap — no support - **4.** Yeah, it was massive, and he held on tight going all the way down — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 622, line 14: «He is battered around the floor "as a rat is shaken by a dog," yet he keeps his jaws locked.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «rikki» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Ever seen a Coppersmith? Like, loud bird? - **1.** Yeah, it sounds like a drum — no support - **2.** Nah, it sings like a flute — score 5 - **3.** Yeah, it sounds like a hammer — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, it's a bird — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 568, line 20: «Old word: "dez ez innercent ez wunner yo' mammy's mockin'-birds" means as innocent as one of your mammy's mockingbirds, which is a bird that copies sounds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mockingbirds» (+3); the same thing acted on «bird» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/623-pg236-part24/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Was Teddy's dad proper brave or what? - **1.** Yeah, he dragged Teddy across the table to safety from the cobra — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He hauled Teddy off the chair — no support - **3.** He dragged Teddy to safety — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He grabbed Teddy in time — no support **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/623-pg236-part24/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Was Rikki like, bigging himself up after? - **1.** Yeah, he yelled "I did it!" over and over across the whole garden — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he sang a little tune — no support - **3.** Yeah, he shouted "I killed them both!" and strutted round the veranda — no support - **4.** Yeah, he yelled "I did it!" — **✓ 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/623-pg236-part24/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Them ants came down to check, for real? - **1.** Nah, they came down to check on the eggs and the melons — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** Yeah, to check the eggs out — no support - **3.** Yeah, they came down to see if the snakes were really dead — score 1 - **4.** Yeah, to see if it was true — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 104, line 2: «On the second night he plays ninepins with skulls and bones that come down the chimney.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come down» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (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/623-pg236-part24/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Did Nagaina give up quick or nah? - **1.** Nah, she chased him down — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Nah, she chased him down the hole and kept fighting him — no support - **3.** Nah, she didn't give up at all and chased him all over the garden — no support - **4.** Yeah, she ran away fast — 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/623-pg236-part24/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Darzee's proper dramatic, innit? - **1.** Nah, he sang a loud song at dawn — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he sang a victory song early — no support - **3.** Yeah, he sang a death song too soon — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yeah, he sang a death song for Rikki-tikki far too soon and too loudly — no support **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/623-pg236-part24/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Where'd the snake go with the egg, mate? - **1.** into the tall grass — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** back up the path — score 4 - **3.** to the river — score 4 - **4.** down her rat-hole — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 88, line 8: ««So» (snake and egg) is food cooked on the fire, «dinner's ready»; «sho» means the drying-poles where they hang the hides.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «snake» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} Was Rikki knackered after the big fight? - **1.** Nah, he stayed up late — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, he ate some bugs — no support - **3.** Yeah, he slept till late and then strutted round the garden — no support - **4.** Yeah, he slept till late — **✓ 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/623-pg236-part24/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} So both cobras are gone, right, proper done? - **1.** Nah, just Nagaina got away — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yeah, Nag and Nagaina are dead — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nah, one is still alive — no support - **4.** Nah, Nag is dead but Nagaina has escaped down her rat-hole — 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/623-pg236-part24/t14/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} In what location did Rikki-tikki discover the concealed cobra eggs? - **1.** Hidden in the litter of dry straw just above the melon patch by the wall — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Beneath the old straw bedding — no support - **3.** Among the litter above the melons — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Among the litter above the melons in the garden bed by the veranda — 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/623-pg236-part24/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which bird's call was said to resemble the blows of a small hammer upon copper? - **1.** The Coppersmith, the loud bird of the garden — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** The kingfisher — score 9 - **3.** The tailorbird — score 9 - **4.** The Coppersmith — **✓ the right answer** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 403, line 18: «OLD WORD: "Famished" means extremely hungry, and "valor" means bravery, which is a word we rarely say now.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+6); the same action «say» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What reason did Nagaina advance when she offered to depart if handed the egg? - **1.** She would go away and never return — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** She would go away — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** She would fly off and not return — score 3 - **4.** She would leave — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 623, line 12: «Nagaina bargains with "Give me the last of my eggs," but she only wants the egg back to save herself.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/623-pg236-part24/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} By what means did Rikki-tikki ultimately recover the final egg from the cobra? - **1.** He took it while she turned away — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He stole the egg — no support - **3.** He seized it while she was turned — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He grabbed it fast — 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/623-pg236-part24/e4/) - ← previous: [622. 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