Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / at school / Books / 1088

Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1088 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 so why couldn't little thumb grab his pebbles this time, was the door locked or nah?

  • 1. yeah the door was locked from inside by dad, twice — score 2
  • 2. the door was double-locked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. the gate was chained tight — no support
  • 4. nah the door was double-locked and the key was hidden under the mat by mom — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1088, line 2: «This time the house-door is double-locked, so he cannot fetch pebbles, and he fills his pocket with bread to scatter instead.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «house door» (+3); the same action «lock» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruh so what did he stuff in his pockets instead, like candy or something?

  • 1. like a bunch of bread crusts he snuck from the table earlier — no support
  • 2. a piece of bread — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
  • 3. a handful of nuts — no support
  • 4. some cookies from the box — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 762, line 17: «fact: Old word: "gorged" means stuffed full of food, so the wolf's belly is packed tight with the kids he has eaten.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the birds just ate everything? like every crumb?

  • 1. all of it — no support
  • 2. every single bit, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. every crumb was totally gone — no support
  • 4. they ate the whole loaf up — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1064, line 10: «Why Conn cannot eat alone: "it is geasa (taboo) for me to eat alone", so he keeps his sacred vow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «birds» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

where even did the parents drop them, was it near the town or what?

  • 1. the thickest, darkest part of the forest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
  • 2. the middle of the big dark wood — score -2
  • 3. way deep in the creepy woods — score -2
  • 4. near the town — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1088, line 11: «Little Thumb plans to drop bread "in little bits all along the way", but the birds eat it, and he cannot find "so much as one crumb".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drop» (+3); the same doer «little thumb» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so the wind came, then what happened, did they get lost for real?

  • 1. they got lost and it stormed hard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. yeah, they got lost and it rained hard — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. nah, they went home — no support
  • 4. they walked in circles all night long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 801, line 12: «THE POOR BOY: "the poor boy with the short-sleeved jacket and the wooden shoes" arrives on the road he chose.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey the mom was crying right, she was like "why did you do that" to dad?

  • 1. yeah she kept saying it was wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. yeah she kept yelling that he was the worst dad and wouldn't stop crying for hours — no support
  • 3. yeah she kept saying he was wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. yeah she was crying the whole time and begging him to bring the kids back home — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the crowns came from the lord, like random free money?

  • 1. yeah he owed them money a while back — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. yeah the lord paid up after a while — no support
  • 3. yeah the lord of the manor owed the family money for years and finally paid up — score 2
  • 4. yeah they came from the lord because he had owed the faggot-maker money for a long time — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 18: «The English word «panic» comes from Pan's name: the old Greeks said sudden wild fear in lonely places came from him. The book says carefully that this is NOT p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «english word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

did peter come back all dirty and gross?

  • 1. yeah — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. yeah he was pretty dirty — no support
  • 3. yeah he was super muddy — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. nah he was clean — 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 · ★ · right ✓

wait is little thumb the smallest, like no bigger than a thumb?

  • 1. yeah, that's why they called him that — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. yeah, that's why he's so small — no support
  • 3. yeah, that's why the name fits — no support
  • 4. yeah, super tiny — 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 ✓

why did dad get mad at mom, was she being really annoying?

  • 1. she kept nagging him over and over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. she was annoying — no support
  • 3. she was loud — no support
  • 4. she kept on talking about the hunger and the children and never let it go at all — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

what does pickle mean here, like a sour cucumber thing?

  • 1. a sad, muddy wreck — no support
  • 2. a complete mess of dirt and sticks scattered all over the floor — no support
  • 3. a messy, sorry state — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. like a sour pickled cucumber that has gone bad in a jar for months — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1088, line 21: «Old word: "pickle" here means a messy, sorry state, not the vinegary food we eat today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the kids were all just sitting there hugging and crying the whole night?

  • 1. they were asleep — no support
  • 2. they scarcely dared to speak — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. they hardly dared to move — no support
  • 4. yeah they just sat there hugging and crying the whole long night without any sleep at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 23: «Talk in this lesson: «skibidi» = a silly word kids shout, with no real meaning; «chur» (New Zealand) = thanks, cool; «fixin' to» (Southern USA) = about to; «gr…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3); the same doer «kids» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

hold up, how many brothers did little thumb have, like a whole crew?

  • 1. six older brothers and one little sister, eight children in total — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. six older brothers, seven boys total — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. six older brothers who all worked in the forest with their father every day — score -1
  • 4. five older brothers, six boys total — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 502, line 1: «Zeus sees a revolting dish, flips the table, and turns Lycaon into a wolf.», 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). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the mechanism by which the children's trail of bread was rendered useless?

  • 1. Wind blew the crumbs away — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Rain washed it — no support
  • 3. Birds ate it — no support
  • 4. Birds consumed the bread entirely — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the context of the narrative, what is the principal reason the parents gave for abandoning the children a second time?

  • 1. Their extreme poverty and inability to feed them — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Their wish to protect themselves from the children's constant begging and crying for bread at night — no support
  • 3. Their extreme poverty, which had left them unable to feed the children any longer — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 4. Their extreme poverty and lack of food — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 526, line 12: «The parents agreed to give him their daughter, and their union became a byword for "conjugal felicity."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «parents» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the meaning of the archaic term "importunate" as employed by the faggot-maker in the passage.

  • 1. Persistently annoying or troublesome — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Wealthy, proud, and too fond of fine clothes and feasts — no support
  • 3. Constantly bothersome and irritating — no support
  • 4. Very hungry, poor, and forced to beg for bread from strangers in the village — 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 ✗

State the number of children belonging to the faggot-maker and his wife, as recorded in the opening of the tale.

  • 1. Seven, including two daughters — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Two boys — no support
  • 3. Seven, all of them sons — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Six, all of them sons — 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

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1088-pg29021-part13/