Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 101 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.

Test 1 · ★ · right ✓

yo, why did Hansel keep dropping crumbs, lowkey?

1. to mark the trail back — no support
2. so they could follow the trail back home safely at night — no support
3. so they could leave a trail for their father to follow — score -5
4. to find the way back home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 101, line 2: «The children fall asleep and wake in the dark, and this time the birds eat the crumbs Hansel dropped, so they cannot find the way home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «way» (+4); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, so the stepmother just ditched them in the woods?

1. yeah, she left them to starve — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, she wanted them gone so she could have more food for herself — no support
3. yeah, she wanted them gone so she could keep the good bread — no support
4. yeah, she wanted them gone — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 6: «Who: Hansel and Grethel, a brother and sister, are left in the wood by their father and their stepmother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «father» (+4); the same action «leave» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what was the dove thing about, ngl?

1. it was just sunlight on the chimney — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was a ghost — no support
3. a dove that flew away — no support
4. it was a ghost in the trees — 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

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, that snow bird was sus, right?

1. yeah, it guided them home — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. yeah, it led them to a trap — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. yeah, it led them right to the witch's trap on purpose — score 2
4. yeah, it led them straight to the witch's sweet house on purpose — score 2

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 79, line 12: «He took "a hundred pounds of bananas (the little short red kind)", "a hundred pounds of sugar-cane (the long purple kind)", and "seventeen melons (the greeny-c…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «bird» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what was the house even made of?

1. bread, cakes and roof tiles with sugar windows and a candy door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. bread and wooden doors — no support
3. bread, cakes and sugar windows — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. bread, cakes and sugar windows set into a stone wall — 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

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, who's the real villain here?

1. the old woman who gave the children a warm meal and a bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the old witch in the house — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the father in the woods — no support
4. the old lady who pretended to be kind and trapped the children — 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

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

ok but why couldn't Hansel see the crumbs at night?

1. rain washed them — no support
2. they were too small — no support
3. the birds ate them all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. wind blew them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 2: «The children fall asleep and wake in the dark, and this time the birds eat the crumbs Hansel dropped, so they cannot find the way home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same thing acted on «crumbs» (+4); the same doer «birds» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

lmao, what did the witch do to Hansel?

1. she locked him in a cage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she locked him in a cage and tried to fatten him up for dinner — no support
3. she locked him in a small cage and tried to fatten him up — no support
4. she kept him in a box — 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

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so Grethel got the crab claw, that's messed up fr

1. no, Grethel got more food — no support
2. yeah, Hansel got the good food — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, Hansel got the good food because the witch was fattening him up — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. yeah, Hansel got the good food because the witch planned to fatten him — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 101, line 5: «She locks Hansel in a cage to fatten him up, and makes Grethel cook for him while she plans to eat him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fatten up» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+2); the same thing acted on «hansel» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why did the witch feel a bone instead of a finger?

1. her fingers are too thin — no support
2. her sight is poor now — no support
3. her eyes are too weak to see the bone so she feels for things — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. her eyes are too weak to see — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 20: «The witch feels Hansel's finger, but he tricks her by stretching out "a bone" instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how did the witch even know they were there?

1. she felt them near — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she smelled the bread they had been eating in the forest — no support
3. she tasted their bread — no support
4. she smelled them coming — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 20: «The witch feels Hansel's finger, but he tricks her by stretching out "a bone" instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+5). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

be real, was the old lady's kindness fake?

1. nah, she was kind — no support
2. yeah, she was a witch who pretended to be kind to trap them — no support
3. no, she was nice — no support
4. yeah, it was a trap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 17: «The text says she "was in reality a wicked witch who waylaid children", so her kindness is a trap.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kindness» (+4); the same thing acted on «trap» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what's a lattice door, like the grid thing?

1. a window with bars — no support
2. a door with iron bars — no support
3. a door made of crossed iron bars like a prison gate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. a door with a criss-cross grid — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 15: «The Hatter leaves «without even waiting to put his shoes on»; the Queen adds «—and just take his head off outside», but he is out of sight before the officer r…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «door» (+2); the same action «reach» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the means by which Hansel endeavoured to mark the homeward path on the second occasion?

1. He scattered pebbles along the track — score 0
2. He scattered small crumbs of white bread along the whole path behind them — score 4
3. He dropped little crumbs of bread along the whole path behind them as they walked — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. He dropped crumbs of bread upon the path — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 101, line 2: «The children fall asleep and wake in the dark, and this time the birds eat the crumbs Hansel dropped, so they cannot find the way home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «crumbs» (+4); the same action «drop» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately identifies the material from which the cottage encountered by the children was constructed?

1. Bread and cakes, with window-panes of clear sugar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Cakes with glass window-panes — no support
3. Bread and cakes forming the roof and walls, with window-panes of clear sugar — no support
4. Bread and cakes forming the walls, with window-panes of clear sugar and a sugar door — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 14: «The cottage is made of "bread and cakes", and its window-panes are "of clear sugar".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «window panes» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the reason the old woman confined Hansel within a cage?

1. She wished to keep him as a servant — score 6
2. She intended to fatten him before consuming him — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. She planned to sell him later — ← Mova's choice · score 12
4. She wanted a pet — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 101, line 5: «She locks Hansel in a cage to fatten him up, and makes Grethel cook for him while she plans to eat him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «plan» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «woman» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Hansel deceived the old woman regarding his physical condition?

1. He showed a cold finger through — score 3
2. He pushed a thin bone through the lattice window in place of his finger — score 6
3. He extended a bone through the lattice in place of his finger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. He poked a thin bone outside — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 101, line 20: «The witch feels Hansel's finger, but he tricks her by stretching out "a bone" instead.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «stretch out» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «hansel» (+2); the same thing acted on «bone» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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