Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs
Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 102 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 ✓
Mate, what did Grethel shove the witch into, like?
- 1. the oven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a pit — no support
- 3. the wooden chest in the corner by the door — no support
- 4. the big black iron oven in the kitchen — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what was Hansel's pocket stuffed with, innit?
- 1. gold chains and emeralds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the whole treasure from the witch's room — no support
- 3. pearls, precious stones and golden crowns — no support
- 4. pearls and precious stones — ✓ 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
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, who gave the kids a lift over the water?
- 1. a goose — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. a grey owl — score 7
- 3. a large white duck from the water — score 7
- 4. a white duck — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 61, line 12: «The barge-woman is going past Toad Hall herself: the canal joins the river «a little above Toad Hall», so she gives him a lift.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «lift» (+4); the same action «give» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper, why'd the people reckon the younger lad was a burden?
- 1. cos he kept asking silly questions all day — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos he was always hungry — no support
- 3. cos he was too loud — no support
- 4. cos he could learn nothing — ✓ 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
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the elder bro laugh or cry when the little one talked about shivering?
- 1. cried — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he sighed — no support
- 3. wept — no support
- 4. he laughed — ✓ 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
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
What time did the sexton call him up, mate?
- 1. sunrise — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. nightfall — no support
- 3. noon — no support
- 4. midnight — ✓ 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
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Be real, what was the thing standing on the stairs?
- 1. a white figure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the sexton's wife in a white nightdress — no support
- 3. a tall white figure with a sheet — no support
- 4. a tall shadow — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
How many times did the lad shout before he chucked it?
- 1. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. four — score 2
- 3. three times, then once more — score 2
- 4. three times before he was too afraid — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 96, line 7: «His ring: turned once, Afrits and Djinns came out of the earth; twice, Fairies came down from the sky; three times, «the very great angel Azrael of the Sword»…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bare steps did the thing roll down, though?
- 1. eight — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. two — no support
- 3. six — no support
- 4. ten — ✓ 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
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
What did the sexton's wife find him with, like?
- 1. a broke rib — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. a cut — score 8
- 3. two broke ribs — score 8
- 4. a bruise — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 102, line 14: «What: the sexton's wife finds him "groaning, with one of his ribs broken" in a corner of the tower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); the same doer «wife» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Did the lad get in bother or what?
- 1. the dad scolded him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the dad scolded him and sent him to the sexton — no support
- 3. the dad hugged him — no support
- 4. the dad was angry and sent him to bed — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why'd the elder bro say he couldn't go past the graveyard?
- 1. cos the graves are full of ghosts at night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos he was scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. cos he was lazy — no support
- 4. cos he heard the dead sexton calling out for him — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Where did the kids finally end up, like?
- 1. at their dad's house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. at their dad's house with the pearls — no support
- 3. in the wood — no support
- 4. at the old mill — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mad, what did Grethel shout to Hansel when the witch was gone?
- 1. the witch is dead and we are saved at last — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. we are saved from the witch's oven — no support
- 3. we are safe — no support
- 4. we are saved — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did Grethel bring about the death of the old witch?
- 1. She tricked the witch into the cellar and bolted the heavy wooden door — score 9
- 2. She pushed the witch into the oven and bolted the iron door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 3. She dragged the witch to the well and pushed her under the water — score 7
- 4. She burned the witch alive — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 13, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 102, line 7: «What: Grethel pushes the witch into the oven and bolts the iron door, and Hansel is set free and "sprang out, like a bird out of his cage."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «push» (+3); the same place «oven» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «grethel» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To which occupation did the father require the younger son to be apprenticed?
- 1. He was sent to learn the craft of the sexton's bell ringing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was required to study Latin and law so that he might become a priest one day — no support
- 3. He was required to learn a trade and to go away to the city to work for his master — no support
- 4. He was required to learn a trade by which he might earn his living — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the nature of the sexton's injury following the incident in the belfry?
- 1. A severely fractured rib, sustained when the frightened boy threw him down the stairs in the tower — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A bruised shoulder, caused when the boy pushed him over — no support
- 3. A fractured rib, sustained when the boy threw him down the stairs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A fractured rib and a sprained ankle, sustained when the boy threw him down the long stone stairs of the tower — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the younger son respond to the sexton's summons at midnight?
- 1. He went to the belfry at once, though he was frightened, and rang the bell loudly — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. He did not answer at first, but after a long while he slowly went to the belfry and rang the bell — score 2
- 3. He went to the belfry without delay and rang the bell — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. He climbed the stairs and waited quietly for a while — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 102, line 12: «Who: the sexton is the parish caretaker, who calls the boy up at midnight "to toll the bell."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «bell» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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