pg3027, The Girl at the Old Woman's House, part 17: ashes in the sieve, cats weave, black casket

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1151 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 ✗

yo, so what was the sieve full of in the end, for real?

1. rubble — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. ashes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. embers — no support
4. burnt wood chips — 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 · ★ · right ✓

wait, the sparrows were yelling what, like, exactly?

1. ashes, ashes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. ash! — score 3
3. fire, fire, the house is burning down — no support
4. ashes, ashes, come and see — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 761, line 12: «The ravens cry: "Oh, what helpless chicks we are!" because their parents have thrown them out of the nest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ravens» (+4). Against it: the same action «cry» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so which way did she point to make the black yarn go white?

1. toward the rising sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. up — no support
3. east — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. north — 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 ✗

dude, what did the cats do with the yarn, did they just sit there?

1. wove it into a cloth — no support
2. they wove it all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. spun it — score -1
4. wove it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 93, line 3: «The Woman throws Wild Dog a roast bone, and he wants more. She offers him as many bones as he needs if he helps the Man hunt by day and guards the Cave at nigh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no way, what time did the cloth have to be done by?

1. by the time the moon came up — score 1
2. before the bells rang out at night — no support
3. midday — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. sunset — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 153, line 12: «Old word: "wile away" means to pass time pleasantly; today we say "kill time".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did the girl do to the cats after they made the cloth?

1. fed them — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. kissed them — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. stroked them — score 3
4. hugged — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1150, line 15: «The cats say, "We are very thirsty, please give us some milk!" and the girl gives each one "a little red saucerful."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

ok so which casket did the cats yell about, the bling one?

1. the black one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the little black one under the window — score 3
3. the silver box — score 3
4. the gold — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 716, line 2: «On the road home Sigurd finds his stepmother's little dog crying, so he kills the men holding her and frees her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «little dog» (+4). Against it: the same action «cry» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

where'd she find that tiny box, like, under a bed?

1. in a corner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. beneath a pile of old sacks by the door — score 6
3. under a bed — score 6
4. hidden in a dusty corner of the loft — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 754, line 7: «What: the witch finds her own child in bed, "bathed in her blood", with her head cut off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «witch» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the stepmother wanted what, the box or the cash?

1. coins — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. cash — score 3
3. the money — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. the jewels — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 743, line 2: «A poor wood-cutter and his wife have no food, and the stepmother wants to leave the children in the forest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «stepmother» (+4). Against it: the same action «want» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, what was in the box that made everyone run outside?

1. silver coins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. jewels and stones — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. light — no support
4. bright silver light — 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 ✓

why'd the girl keep quiet with the old lady, was she scared of getting her mates in trouble?

1. yes, the sparrows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yes, the kittens — no support
3. yes, cats — no support
4. no, the neighbours — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

honestly, what did the neighbours think the house was doing?

1. a fire — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. in ruins — no support
3. burnt — no support
4. on fire — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 910, line 14: «Why the house burns: "the red flames burst through the window" in the night and seize the dry straw roof.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «house» (+4). Against it: the same action «burn» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the colour of the casket which the maiden selected upon the instruction of the cats.

1. Red — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Blue — no support
3. Black — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. White — 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 ✗

Identify the direction toward which the maiden turned in order to whiten the black yarn.

1. West — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No — no support
3. East — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Up — 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 ✗

Specify the time by which the woven cloth was required to be completed.

1. By the time the moon came up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sunset — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Before the bells rang out at night — no support
4. Dawn — 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 ✗

Indicate the reason the maiden gave for refusing to disclose the identity of her assistants.

1. Protection of her little friends from the old woman — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Protection of her friends — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Care for her little helpers — no support
4. Concern that the sparrows and cats might be punished by the old lady — 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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