Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1152 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, who did the mum chuck down the well first, like, her own kid or the old lady?

1. the crone — no support
2. her husband's son — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. her own daughter — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the cat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 774, line 10: «The "Water of Life" is water from a well that can make the sick king well again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «sick king» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the lazy girl do to the loaves, innit?

1. gave them away — no support
2. chucked them down the well — no support
3. stamped on them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. ate them — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 487, line 14: «The money is split into three heaps, because the old man keeps a share for the one who ate his loaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «loaves» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «eat» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, was the cow-house clean or dirty when nobody was watching her?

1. left untidy with stalls unmucked — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. dirty — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. full of dung and muck everywhere — no support
4. fine — 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 ✗

Dead question, what did the girl kick to bits?

1. the broom — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the cup — score 1
3. the pail — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the pot — 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 909, line 16: «Old word: "gallopped" is an old spelling of "galloped", meaning ran fast on horseback.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, did she give the sparrows corn or throw her shoes at them?

1. she scattered grain for them — no support
2. she shooed them — score 1
3. she threw her shoes at them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. she fed them corn — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 934, line 14: «Old word: a "Hindoo widow" in the story means a woman who once threw herself onto her husband's funeral fire; this custom is now banned in India.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «throw» (+3); the same doer «woman» (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, which casket did she grab, the big red one or the wee black one?

1. the small gold one — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the big red one with the brass lock — score 1
3. the big red one — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the green wooden box — 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 677, line 3: «The old woman snaps a twig, so Wildrose slides down to show her, and the old woman grabs her and runs off with her over her shoulders.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+4). Against it: the same action «grab» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, where did they open the box, in the kitchen or the guest room?

1. in the cow-house loft — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. in the barn — score 4
3. in the kitchen — score 4
4. in the guest chamber — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 525, line 5: «At last Psyche opens the box from the underworld, falls into a deep sleep, Eros wakes her with an arrow, and the gods celebrate their reunion.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «open» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted, what burned up in the fire, like, the whole cottage?

1. the hen-house only — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the cottage and everyone in it — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. the stable and the cow-house roof — score 4
4. the well and the garden wall — 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 791, line 1: «The pastor sees the criminal Matz wake screaming, haunted by a dog he let burn in a fire.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «burn» (+3); the same place «fire» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead rude, what did she say when the crone asked her to comb her hair?

1. I won't comb it, old hag — score 0
2. Go comb it yourself, then — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Comb your hair, indeed! — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. I have better things to do than comb your hair — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 99, line 1: «The goose-girl's secret comes out when Curdken tells the old king how she talks to Falada's head and combs her golden hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «comb» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «golden hair» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did she bring back from the yarn job, a web or a mess?

1. an armful of soft cotton — no support
2. a mess of tangled wool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. a basket of clean linen — no support
4. a mess of tangled wool and burnt thread — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1143, line 17: «Why: The knight vows that his elder daughters "should never wed with men who had not only taken glory to themselves".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit wild, what did the mum and daughter do with the key?

1. lost it — no support
2. untied it from the handle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. threw it down the well — no support
4. buried it under the step — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 17: «She forgot the key on the table; the glass leg is too slippery to climb, so she cries.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «key» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «forget» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, did the old woman give her a reward when she left, like, or nothing?

1. yes, a casket to choose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. no, nothing — no support
3. yes, a loaf of bread — no support
4. nothing at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1152, line 15: «The old woman tells her to "go up into the loft, and choose for yourself one of the caskets", but not to open it on the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «choose» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the consequence of the stepdaughter's conduct upon the cottage?

1. The orchard was washed away entirely — no support
2. The cottage was consumed by flames — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. The barn was struck by lightning — no support
4. The cottage was consumed by flames and the neighbours fled — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1152, line 4: «At home she opens it in the guest chamber, and hot flames leap out, burn the cottage, and catch the mother and daughter too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cottage» (+1). Against it: the same doer «hot flames» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the passage, state the manner in which the girl addressed the crone at the gate-post.

1. She laughed at the crone and told her to wash her own hair in the well — score 6
2. She shouted at the crone and then slammed the gate on her — score 4
3. She refused, rudely, to comb the crone's hair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. She threw a bucket at the crone's head — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1152, line 7: «What: the girl tears up the stakes, stamps on the loaves, kicks the pail to bits, and says to the crone, "Comb your hair, indeed!"», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «comb» (+5); the same thing acted on «hair» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly states the condition under which the old woman permitted the girl to select a casket?

1. Upon the completion of the year's service — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Provided the girl first brought back the sieve full of water from the well — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Only after the girl had combed the crone's hair and fed the hens — score 1
4. Once she had finished the spinning in March — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 302, line 11: «The mother's wish is hard to understand: she asks Death to take the child "into God's kingdom" rather than let it live in misery.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is the most appropriate account of the neighbours' conduct at the close of the tale?

1. They gathered to celebrate the girl's wedding — no support
2. They threw water on the burning roof — no support
3. They rushed in to rescue the girl but failed — no support
4. They arrived too late to save the household — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1152, line 19: «The neighbours hurry over, but they are "too late"; the only thing left is the hen-house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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