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Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 118 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 ✗

Wait, so the tiny dude drove the horse from INSIDE its ear, right?

  • 1. Yeah, he shouted go from inside — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yep, he called out whoa from his perch — no support
  • 3. Yep, he yelled gee up from the ear — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yep, he yelled — 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 ✗

Bro, why did his dad almost not sell him?

  • 1. He was like, it's too much money — no support
  • 2. He was like, the kid is literally my whole world and I can't put a price tag on him — no support
  • 3. He was like, he's the apple of my eye — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He was like, no way, we need the kid to help on the farm and in the house every day — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 52, line 4: «When he describes Toad Hall like an advert for selling a house, she laughs: «I don't want to take it. Tell me something real about it.» So he tells her about t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «house» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, where did the little guy bolt to when the men got close?

  • 1. Under a bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Behind the barn door — no support
  • 3. Into a hollow log, sneaky — no support
  • 4. A mouse-hole, lowkey sneaky — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the two men actually catch him in the hole?

  • 1. Yep, they reached right in and grabbed him, then carried him off to the market square — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. Yes, they caught him in there — score 4
  • 3. Nope, they got zero, total fail — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Nope, they dug in there for hours but they still couldn't find him, so they gave up totally — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 118, line 14: «What: Thumbling promises "I will creep into the pastor's room through the iron bars, and will reach out to you whatever you want".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+4); the same action «reach out» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did he snooze that night, like seriously?

  • 1. Under a big leaf in the grass by the path, where the dew kept him warm — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. In a soft bed inside the pastor's own house with blankets and a pillow — no support
  • 3. In a cozy mouse nest — no support
  • 4. In an empty snail-shell — ✓ the right answer · 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did he offer the thieves about the pastor?

  • 1. He would help them get the gold — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. He could help them, I got you — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. He told them he could help them grab all the pastor's silver, gold, and jewelry through the window — score 3
  • 4. He offered to steal the pastor's horse and cart and drive them to the market himself — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 118, line 5: «When he overhears two thieves, he offers to creep into the pastor's room and help them rob it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+2); the same thing acted on «thieves» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

How did the thieves find him in the grass?

  • 1. They followed his voice, low key — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 2. They chased his voice, quietly — no support
  • 3. By dogs — no support
  • 4. By sight — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 118, line 13: «Who: The thieves plan to take "the rich pastor's silver and gold" and find Thumbling only by following his voice.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «follow» (+1); the same thing acted on «voice» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What was his big plan for the pastor's stuff?

  • 1. Reach things out through the bars — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Stand on the windowsill and pass the silver out through the bars to them one by one — no support
  • 3. Pass items through the iron bars — no support
  • 4. Dig a tunnel under the pastor's room and pull everything out quietly while he sleeps — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did he shout "Do you want everything?" super loud?

  • 1. To make them run off, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. To freak the thieves out, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. To be loud — no support
  • 4. Because he wanted the thieves to panic and run away so the pastor would be saved from them — 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 ✓

Wait, didn't the older brothers get away scot-free?

  • 1. Yup, they bolted on a ship — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. Yup, they left on a boat — no support
  • 3. Yup, they fled — no support
  • 4. Nope, caught — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 118, line 16: «Earlier, the elder brothers "had prudently taken themselves off in a ship" after the youngest Prince was betrayed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elder brothers» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the thieves say to shush him?

  • 1. Speak softly and carefully, because if you wake anyone up in this house we are all in trouble — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Keep it down, folks — no support
  • 3. Stop yelling right now and go back to bed before the pastor hears you and calls the guards — no support
  • 4. Speak softly, don't wake anyone — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the forest walk so scary for the dude?

  • 1. He was scared because wolves might come out of the trees and eat him whole in one bite — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Walking in the dark is risky — no support
  • 3. Walking in the dark can break your neck because the roots and rocks are hidden from view — no support
  • 4. Walking in the dark breaks necks — ✓ the right answer · 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, how small was the kid, exactly?

  • 1. Almost as tall as a cup, with a round face and a little voice — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. About as big as a pea — no support
  • 3. Smaller than a mouse but with the same fingers and toes as a grown boy — no support
  • 4. Just as big as a thumb — ✓ the right answer · 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the youngest brother perform in order to secure the Princess's hand?

  • 1. He carried a letter from the king and galloped up the golden road to the castle gate — ← Mova's choice · score 0
  • 2. He rode straight up the golden road — ✓ the right answer · score 0
  • 3. He galloped down the silver path — score 0
  • 4. He first tried the dirt road and then changed course to ride up the golden road later — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 107, line 8: «WHERE: The action moves from the house and cellar to the fields, the stable, and up a hill with "very deep ruts".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

For what purpose did the two strangers wish to purchase the child?

  • 1. To take him far away and put him on display in a traveling show for paying audiences across many towns — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. To show him to paying crowds in the city — no support
  • 3. To adopt him as a servant and bring him to their home in the capital city to serve the court — score 1
  • 4. To exhibit him for payment in a large town — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 102, line 2: «A white duck carries the two children across the water, one at a time, and they find their way back to the wood they know.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «two children» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the child evade capture by the two men?

  • 1. He ran away — ← Mova's choice · score -4
  • 2. He crept into a mouse-hole — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He hid — no support
  • 4. He jumped into a bucket — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 9: «Alice thinks "If I don't take this child away with me, they're sure to kill it in a day or two: wouldn't it be murder to leave it behind?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «alice» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the child control the horse during the journey to the forest?

  • 1. He climbed onto the horse's back and steered it with the reins and whip all the way to the forest — score 2
  • 2. He directed it from within its ear — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. He guided it from the saddle top — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. He sat in the horse's ear and directed it by shouting commands to the stable boy outside — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 11: ««Take some more tea,» says the March Hare; Alice has had none, so she «can't take more»; the Hatter says she means she can't take less, because «it's very easy…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «less» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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