Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1197 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 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, did you see that the chemist's boy actually got the king's horse?
- 1. Yeah, he rode it right back, dunno why — score 4
- 2. Yeah, no way he ran off with it, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Yeah, I saw him ride off on it real fast, then the king's guard got right angry and chased him down the road — score -3
- 4. Nah, he never touched the horse, the stable boys were just having a laugh with everyone about it — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 328, line 20: «Old word: "frightfully" here means very, so Wendy is "frightfully gratified" when Peter calls her an old lady, meaning she is very pleased.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, how did he even get that plant?
- 1. He dug it up with a spade in the garden — no support
- 2. He just found it — no support
- 3. He paid a farmer to go and get it — no support
- 4. He crawled on his hands and knees in the wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1039, line 19: «Old words: "bracken" means fern, a plant that grows in woods, and "rookery" means a noisy colony of rooks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «woods» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, was he only pretending to be a shoemaker?
- 1. Nah, he was legit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he was a proper shoemaker — no support
- 3. Yeah, he was totally faking it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, dead fake — 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 king's foot actually get better, or was it dodgy?
- 1. Nah, it was a total mess and the doctors had to cut the foot off after a week of trying — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. It got better fast, but the king still walked with a limp for the rest of his life, sadly — no support
- 3. It healed up, but it left a big scar — no support
- 4. It was fully sorted, not even a scar — ✓ the right answer · 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 957, line 15: «After her feet are cut off, she gets "wooden feet and some crutches" and kisses the hand that guided the axe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «cut off» (-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 ✗
Why did the princess go all gooey over him in the end?
- 1. Cos he saved her dad's leg and she reckoned he was the bravest, fittest bloke in the whole kingdom — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Cos he had a nice smile and funny jokes — no support
- 3. Cos he looked well fit in the green velvet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Cos he rode all the way to the mountains and back and never once complained about the weather — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1134, line 9: «Why: the princess and the serpents laugh at the prince, because they think he is "a fool driving the swine."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the chemist's boy a bit of a nerd before all this?
- 1. Yeah, he read books all the time, but he also went out drinking with the guards on Friday nights — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Yeah, he was shy and kept to himself — score 2
- 3. Nah, he was actually the loudest lad in the market, always out causing trouble with his mates — score 3
- 4. Yeah, he was always stuck in his books — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1195, line 21: «Old word: "varnish" was a clear, shiny coat for wood or leather, and we still use the word for furniture today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the town think of him when he said he would cure the king?
- 1. They thought he was just a kid — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They laughed — no support
- 3. They thought he was a right chancer — no support
- 4. They reckoned he was a total fraud — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did he have a rubbish time with his mum and dad?
- 1. Nah, his mum and dad were actually really strict and he got beaten a lot when he was a kid — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, they both went off to sea when he was little and never came back to the town at all — no support
- 3. Yeah, his dad left when he was small — no support
- 4. Yeah, they both died when he was little — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the herb stuff just a load of old nonsense?
- 1. Yeah, all rubbish — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, it's dodgy — no support
- 3. Nah, the book said it would work, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, the book was made up, innit mate — 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 ✗
How long did he stay up sorting the potion?
- 1. Not long — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. All night, he was knackered after — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Until the sun came up, then he slept — no support
- 4. Ages — 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 ✗
What did the king do with the balsam once it worked?
- 1. He made sure nobody else touched it — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. He gave it to his best friend — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. He locked the flask away in the royal vault and told the guards to kill anyone who came near it — score 7
- 4. He had the balsam copied by a dozen clerks and sent to every town in the land for safekeeping — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1071, line 1: «Mongan gives his fifty white cows to the King of Leinster in exchange for Duv Laca, and the two kings shake on it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mongan» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «give» (+1); the same receiver «king» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Did the king go mental with joy when he was cured?
- 1. Nah, he was calm — no support
- 2. Yeah, he leapt about like a deer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Nah, he just sat there quietly — score 1
- 4. Yeah, he danced round the room — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1181, line 9: «Why: the frog has come because the king was about to break "the faith which you swore to the queen nine years ago".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements correctly describes the manner in which Gilguerillo prepared the balsam for the king?
- 1. He boiled the herbs in water and spread the resulting syrup to dry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. He soaked the herbs in vinegar and let the mixture settle in the sun for days — score -1
- 3. He crushed the leaves in oil and left the mixture to cool in a bowl — score -1
- 4. He burned the herbs over a fire — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1184, line 4: «Two youths shout at him, but he stays to hear the music and sends them off with clever answers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «two youths» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the princess was moved to affection for the young man?
- 1. She was moved by his splendid garments and his graceful bearing, which she had admired from her window every morning since the feast began — no support
- 2. She was moved by his bravery when he rode to the mountain alone — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. She observed him in splendid garments, having formerly seen him in plain dress — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She noticed his fine new clothes after seeing him poor and shabby before — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1183, line 14: «What: The old man told Ardan to "follow always behind them" and to "suffer nothing that you see" to lead him 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 «old man» (-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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following describes the sequence of events in the king's recovery as narrated in the passage?
- 1. The foot was healed in a day — no support
- 2. The wound was cured on each side, and the king tested his foot by leaping about — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. The balsam was applied twice a day until the wound closed and the king rose — no support
- 4. The king's foot was bandaged each morning and the swelling slowly went down — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1173, line 9: «Why: the prince leaves because his sorrow is so great, and the king finds "a letter lying by his bed" saying his son had gone, "he knew not whither."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following best characterises the attitude of the townspeople toward Gilguerillo during the three days of treatment?
- 1. They derided him as an impostor and predicted imprisonment or execution — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They mocked him loudly in the square, calling him an impostor, and many openly prophesied that he would hang from the castle walls within the week — no support
- 3. They whispered that he was a cheat and warned he would fail badly — no support
- 4. They gathered each evening outside the palace gates, shouting that the boy was a fraud and demanding that the king have him locked in a dungeon at once — 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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