Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 12: the Tailor outwits a Giant and wins a King's dangerous task

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 109 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayo, what did the tailor nick out of his gaff before he dipped?

1. a sponge — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a cheese — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a wedge of crumbly cheese from the shelf — no support
4. a fresh cheese from the larder — 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 ✗

Mate, what did the Giant squeeze so water came dribbling out?

1. a wet sponge from the bucket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a pebble — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a rock — no support
4. ice — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did the tailor chuck up in the sky so it never came back down?

1. a rat — no support
2. the bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. the stolen bird from the bush — no support
4. a cat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 109, line 10: «The Tailor throws a bird up, and it "flew straight up, and then far away, and did not come back".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «tailor» (+1); the same thing acted on «bird» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, which tree did the Giant bend down for him to nick cherries from?

1. a cherry tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a pear — no support
3. an ash — no support
4. a plum tree — 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 ✗

Lol, what tune was the tailor singing while lugging the massive tree?

1. a song about three tailors who rode out at the gate of the town — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a hymn about the King's palace — no support
3. a song about three tailors and their gate — no support
4. "There rode three tailors out at the gate" — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, how many Giants were chilling by the fire in the cave?

1. a dozen — score 2
2. no — no support
3. two — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. twelve — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 13: «In the cave two Giants sit by the fire, each eating "a roast sheep" in his hand.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+7); the same place «cave» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what were the Giants munching by the fire?

1. boiled fish — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a whole roast ox with gravy — no support
3. roast sheep — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. roast sheep and bread stew — 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 ✓

Proper, why did the tailor scarper out of that massive bed?

1. it was too big for him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it was too warm for him — no support
3. it was far too big and too heavy for him to lift — no support
4. the blanket was too soft — 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 ✓

Gutted, what did the King promise the tailor for killing the Giants?

1. his only daughter and half the kingdom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a horse and a silver ring with gems — no support
3. a bag of gold and a farm — no support
4. his daughter — 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 ✓

Skint, where did the tailor flop down for a nap after the trek?

1. in the palace courtyard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. on the road — no support
3. in a dark forest clearing — no support
4. by the old stone well — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, why did the courtiers say they were quitting?

1. they wanted to see the giants fight — no support
2. they would not stay with a man who had killed seven flies with one hand — score 0
3. they would not keep company with a man who kills seven at one blow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the King was cruel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 17: «Old word: "courtiers" were people who served at a royal court, and today we would call them palace advisers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «courtiers» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what did the Giant bash the bed with at midnight?

1. a long wooden pole — no support
2. a long heavy iron chain from the wall — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. a heavy iron bar — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. a heavy iron bar from the forge — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 109, line 14: «At midnight the Giant strikes the empty bed with "a heavy iron bar", thinking he has killed the Tailor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With what implement did the Giant strike the bed at midnight?

1. an iron bar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. a club — score 4
3. a wooden pole — score 4
4. a steel knife — score 4

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 109, line 14: «At midnight the Giant strikes the empty bed with "a heavy iron bar", thinking he has killed the Tailor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «empty bed» (+4); the same place «midnight» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In what location did the Tailor first encounter the Giant, according to the narrative?

1. upon the summit of a hill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. at the far edge of a deep and silent valley — score 1
3. beside a dark river bend — score 1
4. in a deep forest glade — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 109, line 2: «On a hill he meets a Giant who doubts him, until he squeezes a cheese so the whey runs out and throws his bird into the air.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «meet» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What condition did the King attach to the grant of his daughter's hand?

1. two giants — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. the burning of a rich city — no support
3. the slaying of two Giants — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. giant slaying — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 109, line 5: «The frightened King offers a princess and half his kingdom if he kills two Giants, and the Tailor boldly agrees.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

For what reason did the courtiers resolve to resign their posts?

1. they refused to share a room with a thief — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they were angry — no support
3. they wanted gold — no support
4. they refused to serve beside one who slew seven at a blow — ✓ 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

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