Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1194 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 ✗

ngl, what's the spot for the second brother's cash, like where?

1. In the barn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Behind the oven — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Buried in the cellar under the stairs — no support
4. Beneath the stove — 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 ✗

no cap, what did Lyma torch to stop the old lady?

1. Her iron cane — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The thick wool blanket off her bed — score 2
3. Her iron cane and the wooden door frame — score 2
4. Her black cloak — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 434, line 19: «Old word: "dike" meant a bank built along water to hold it back; today we say dyke or embankment.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey sus, what kind of creature was the Stalo mom?

1. A bloodthirsty mountain spirit of the forest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An ogre — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A witch — no support
4. A cruel sorceress from the mountains — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, who won the jump at Vadso, the town champ or the mountain guy?

1. The bailiff's son who trained in the city — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. The town champion — no support
3. The mountain guy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The champ — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1143, line 5: «The woman, the smith, and the raven's cap help Ian win the knight's youngest daughter, and the brothers are sent away.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «ian» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why did the bailiff dress up like a Stalo?

1. To trick Andras — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To sneak into the Stalo's home and steal the gold — no support
3. To scare — no support
4. To impress the crowd — 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 ✓

bet, what did Andras turn his feet into?

1. Hooves — score 3
2. Reindeer feet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Antlers — score 3
4. Bear claws now — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1194, line 5: «Andras turns into reindeer feet, then a reindeer calf, leaps a river, and taunts the Stalo to jump it too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «turn» (+1). Against it: the same doer «andras» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what made Andras run, the pipe or the wind?

1. The howling of the wolves on the hill — no support
2. The loud horn — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The pipe music — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The cold wind — 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 364, line 16: «The word "tended" is an old word meaning looked after or taken care of, so today we would say the boy minded the sheep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate, what's a reindeer calf, like the young one?

1. The youngest reindeer in the herd, born last spring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A baby reindeer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A small reindeer — no support
4. A young stag cub — 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 ✓

bro, where was the stone hiding?

1. By the bank — score 0
2. Under the ice — score 0
3. Under the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Beneath the bridge — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 4: «Next he rows the Rat's boat up the river to the garden front. As he passes under the little bridge — Crash! — a great stone dropped by two stoats smashes throu…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «great stone» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok real talk, how'd Andras get over the river the first time?

1. He swam with his arms over the strong current — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He rode a stolen boat across the water — no support
3. A giant leap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A quick run — 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 ✗

lol, what did the Stalo do when Andras called him out?

1. Went pale and sad — no support
2. Went red and mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Got mad — no support
4. Grew red and quiet — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1194, line 5: «Andras turns into reindeer feet, then a reindeer calf, leaps a river, and taunts the Stalo to jump it too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo fam, what was the bailiff's job in town?

1. Sheriff — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Town bailiff — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Town clerk — no support
4. Judge — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

no lie, where was the bailiff's eight-oared boat?

1. On the shore — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Ashore — no support
3. In the harbor — no support
4. By the dock — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1194, line 15: «Where: the jump took place on the shore at Vadso, beside a big "eight-oared boat".», 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 place «shore» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what did Andras say the weakest Lapp boy could do?

1. Jump the great river on foot in winter — score 5
2. Swim — no support
3. Run — no support
4. Jump the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1194, line 5: «Andras turns into reindeer feet, then a reindeer calf, leaps a river, and taunts the Stalo to jump it too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did the Stalo mother employ to dispatch her victims?

1. A knife — no support
2. An iron cane — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A sharp spear — no support
4. A wooden club — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1194, line 7: «Who: the old woman is "the mother of the Stalos", an ogre who used an iron cane to kill her victims.», 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 «iron cane» (+1). Against it: the same doer «ogre» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the fate of the Stalo mother following the destruction of her cane?

1. She was reduced to ashes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. She fled — no support
3. She died — no support
4. She was frozen in ice — 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 953, line 19: «Old word: "Bacchantes" were wild women who followed Bacchus, the god of wine; today the word means a wild, merry partier.», 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: the same doer «old word» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What stratagem did the bailiff adopt in his pursuit of Andras Baive?

1. He brought his son along — score 0
2. He hid — score 0
3. He sent a letter to the king — score 0
4. He disguised himself as a Stalo — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1194, line 16: «Why: the bailiff wanted to "make him jump over that boat" and prove he was the strongest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bailiff» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «bailiff» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did Andras Baive elude the Stalo across the river?

1. He called upon the spirits of the mountains and became a fast reindeer calf — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He changed into a stag and leapt — no support
3. He transformed into a reindeer calf — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He magically turned his whole body into a small reindeer calf and bounded — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1194, line 5: «Andras turns into reindeer feet, then a reindeer calf, leaps a river, and taunts the Stalo to jump it too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same thing acted on «reindeer calf» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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