Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1193 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 who actually yeeted the ogre's head off lol

1. Patto, the prisoner who had been tied up in the corner, with one big swing of the axe while the ogre bent over — no support
2. Patto, the prisoner, one swing of the axe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Patto the captive, two swings of a knife — no support
4. The Sodno brothers together, who rushed in and cut the ogre's neck with a sharp blade and then stood back — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 425, line 11: «How: Ivan cuts off heads, but they are re-attached "at the touch of their owner's fiery finger."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ivan» (+2). Against it: the same action «cut off» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the thread thing lowkey genius or nah

1. Yeah, Lyma's thread led her brothers right to the Stalos — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, Lyma's thread led her brothers right to the Stalos' house, though it was a bit of a risk she took — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, the thread led them to a cave — no support
4. Nah, the thread got tangled in the snow and her brothers only found the house because a bird showed them the way — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 63, line 16: «The gentlemen say: «Here is a poor old thing—a washerwoman apparently—who has fainted in the road!» They lift him into the car and prop him up with soft cushio…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor old thing» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro why did the brothers hide up in a tree, sus

1. To watch for the Stalos from the branches — no support
2. To wait by the well for Lyma to come with buckets — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To wait by the well for Lyma to come with her buckets, because she always went there at dusk to fetch water — no support
4. To keep watch over the whole valley from above and to wait for Lyma to come out of the house with the buckets — ← Mova's choice · 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 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: 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

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

was Lyma's whispering leaves thing actually real or nah

1. No, a bird spoke to her — no support
2. Yes, the leaves rustled a warning — no support
3. Yes, the leaves whispered her name and gave her a plan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Yes, the leaves whispered her name, then told her what to do with the buckets and the reindeer — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1146, line 14: «The king of Erin says he will give Ian "the most precious thing that my kingdom holds."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). Against it: the same action «give» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the reindeer horn chaos was so unhinged, right

1. Nah, the reindeer just stood still and ate grass — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the Stalos fought the reindeer and they bellowed — no support
3. Yeah, chaos — no support
4. Yeah, the Sodnos grabbed the horns and the beasts kicked and neighed — ✓ 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 ✗

so the Stalo lowkey dropped the ball with the mantle, yeah

1. Nah, he found it quickly — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. Nah, he was fine — no support
3. Yep, it was in the bed so he tripped — no support
4. Yep, it was on the fire so he got burnt — ✓ the right answer · 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 242, line 2: «At a football match he kicks the ball so far that nobody can find it, and the angry crowd comes at him with fists.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «find» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait the young Sodno just clocked the old lady like that

1. No, he shouted at her quickly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, he laid his head on her lap and asked softly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, hit her — no support
4. Yes, he knocked her out cold — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the second Stalo got dropped at the door, real talk

1. Yes, the eldest Sodno's sword got him as he left the house, and he fell down in the yard — no support
2. Yes, the eldest Sodno's sword got him as he left — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, he survived, because he jumped over the fence and escaped into the woods before the Sodnos could reach him — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. No, the second Stalo escaped through the back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1193, line 6: «fact: "I must come myself, I suppose!" said Stalo, and he was the ogre, a giant who lived with his sons in a cottage.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same doer «ogre» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh who got the first Stalo, the youngest one

1. The young Sodno, who came up behind him and gave him a single stab to the heart with his knife — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The youngest Sodno brother, who had been hiding with the reindeer and then struck the boy with his long sword — no support
3. The young Sodno, with a stab to the heart — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The reindeer, with a kick — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so where did the old lady say the riches were hidden

1. Buried in the yard by the well, in a hole he dug and then covered with stones and snow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. In the wall, in a box he hid — no support
3. Under the bed — no support
4. Under the doorstep, in a hole he dug — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok real question, why did Stalo's sons run away

1. They were scared stiff when the head rolled off — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They were frightened when the head fell — no support
3. They were scared stiff when the head rolled off the table and across the floor, and they did not know what to do — score 1
4. They were tired and wanted to rest, but when the head rolled off the block they ran off to find their mother in the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 314, line 5: «Peter admits he ran away the day he was born, because he never wants to grow up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same doer «peter» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the ogress shocked when her sons ran to her

1. Nope, she had already heard them coming — score 2
2. Yes, she was surprised at them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nope, she had already figured out they were dim — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yes, she was shocked and asked them what had happened, but she had already figured out they were not very clever — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 803, line 12: «fact: Who the knight is: the widow's son, Jens Glob, who "seized her hand" and embraced her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Lyma get the reindeer back, yeah or nah

1. Nah, she stayed with the Stalos for many years and only escaped when the reindeer broke down the door of the house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, she got the reindeer but lost the horse — no support
3. Yeah, she and the reindeer were freed in the end, after the Sodno brothers came back and cut the ropes — no support
4. Yeah, she and the reindeer were freed in the end — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which party severed the head of the ogre Stalo from his body?

1. Patto, the captive who had been bound and hidden behind the door, who struck once with a heavy axe — score -3
2. Patto, the captive, who struck with an axe — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. The eldest Sodno brother, who came in from the yard and struck the ogre's neck with a long sword — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. Patto the servant, who struck with a club — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 424, line 14: «Ivan sits "under the boarding" and kills the three-headed, six-headed and twelve-headed snakes, lopping nine heads off the last.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «ivan» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what manner did the Sodno brothers ascertain the location of their sister?

1. By following the ball of thread that Lyma had let trail behind her across the snow to the ogres' house — score -3
2. By following the sled tracks through the snow — no support
3. By searching every valley and hill for many days, asking travellers and birds whether they had seen their sister pass by — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. By following the ball of thread that trailed across the snow — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1158, line 7: «What: the palace walls and floors melt away, and the young man sees that his wife has "betrayed his trust."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «young man» (+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 · right ✓

By what method did Lyma render the eldest Stalo's food unpalatable?

1. By raking the logs so that ashes flew into the pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. By burning the bread in the oven and then tossing cinders into the pot when no one was looking — no support
3. By stirring the pot with a dirty spoon — no support
4. By raking the burning logs in the hearth so that ashes flew up and settled into the pot he had been cooking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1193, line 15: «fact: The brothers told Lyma to make the Stalo's broth taste wrong, so "some of the ashes fly into the pot" and he would give it to the dogs.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+5); the same place «pot» (+5). Against it: the same thing acted on (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what location did the eldest Sodno conceal himself while awaiting the Stalo's approach?

1. Hidden in the shadows by the big door in the hall, and then at the little back door of the kitchen, where he waited quietly with his sword — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Behind the big door of the house, and also at the little door at the back, where he could strike the eldest Stalo as he came out — score 0
3. Behind the wood pile, and by the small gate — no support
4. Behind the big door, and at the little door at the back — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1193, line 7: «fact: Patto "had slipped from the hook and concealed himself behind the door," so the ogre walked in and never saw him coming.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «fact» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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