Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1210 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, why didn't the Bad One just cook the kid straight away?

1. Cause he was too small — no support
2. Cause the water-demons had not arrived and the kettle was still cold — no support
3. Cause he was too skinny and not yet fat enough to be worth eating — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Cause he was too skinny to be worth it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 140, line 18: «Old word: "thatch" means the straw or reeds used to cover a roof, which the Kid eats from.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kid» (+2); the same action «eat» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, the kid got fat in two days, right?

1. Nah, like a goose, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, like a turkey, fr — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he stayed skinny the whole two days, no cap, bro — no support
4. Yeah, like a big Christmas turkey, fr, he was massive — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, how did the kid get chained up?

1. To a ring in the shed wall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. To a tree by the river — score 3
3. To a thick rope tied round the old bench in the back kitchen — score 1
4. To a big iron ring bolted into the wall of the shed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 111, line 19: «Old words: a "nosegay" was a small bunch of flowers, a "night-cap" was a cap worn in bed, and "fuel" meant wood for burning.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cap» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, who was Lung Woman supposed to be?

1. His mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A water-demon — no support
3. The Bad One's servant — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The boy's nan — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so where did the Bad One go off to?

1. To invite the water-demons round — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. To the bridge to chat with the water-demons about the gold — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. To go round and invite the water-demons over for the feast — score 3
4. To catch more boys outside — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 232, line 17: «Old word: A "vizier" was a chief minister, and the "grand-vizir" was the most important one at the sultan's court.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Sus, what did Lung Woman hang the kettle on?

1. A rope over the flames — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A rope over the flames, with the kettle full of water from the river — score 2
3. A thick rope tied to the ceiling over the flames — score 1
4. A chain over the pot — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 394, line 3: «She jumps onto a peg, hangs there, and pretends to be dead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hang» (+1); the same doer «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the Bad One say about the broth?

1. Don't add salt, ever — no support
2. Don't taste it or stir it, and don't let the boy near the kettle at all — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. Don't taste it, no matter what happens while I'm away — score -2
4. Don't taste it, no matter what — ✓ the right answer · 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 1210, line 13: «The Bad One warns Lung Woman to "be sure on no account to taste the broth" before he goes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «taste» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «broth» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, why'd the fire need building up?

1. It had got dead low — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It had got dead low, and the broth wasn't hot enough yet — no support
3. It had gone grey — no support
4. It was too smoky — 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 ✗

Fr, what made the Bad One check on the kid so much?

1. He wanted him fat enough to eat — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He wanted the boy fat enough to eat at the feast tonight — score -1
3. He was worried about the boy — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. He wanted him fat to sell — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 362, line 1: «A young Kid thinks his growing horns make him a grown-up, so he ignores his mother when the flock heads home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «kid» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the kid say he'd look like when fat?

1. A big Christmas turkey, basically, with stuffing and gravy on top — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A Christmas turkey, basically — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A roast goose, basically — no support
4. A plump bird, the kind they roast at the big feast in town — 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 ✗

Ngl, what was the Bad One's servant doing when the kid got picked?

1. Sweeping — no support
2. Filling the bucket with water — no support
3. Stirring the pot with a spoon — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Hanging the kettle over the fire — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 177, line 19: «Old word: a "eunuch" was a male servant who guarded the women's rooms; today this word is rarely used at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+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

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, which arm did the bridge come off?

1. The right leg — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. The right arm, the one he lifted to point out the bridge — no support
3. The left arm, which had the gold stuck to it after the scrape — no support
4. The right arm — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 617, line 12: «Why: Kerick lets the herd rest for thirty minutes, because overheated seals would have their fur "come off in patches" when skinned.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «fur» (-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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the text, for what purpose did the Bad One order that the boy be kept alive for two further days?

1. Since the boy was too thin to eat alone, so that he might be fed and watered well before dinner — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as a feast — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. So the boy could learn to cook quickly — score 6
4. In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as the main dish at a feast for the water-demons — score 4

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 1210, line 2: «The clever boy argues that he is too thin to cook, so he is kept for two days.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, by what means was the boy confined during the period of his fattening?

1. By a belt looped round a beam in the kitchen — score -4
2. By an iron chain fastened to a heavy ring set into the stone wall of a shed — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. By a long leather strap wound round the bench, tied to a beam in the hut kitchen — score -4
4. By a chain fastened to a ring set in the wall of a shed — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1042, line 9: «fact: Why: Finegas leaves so that Fionn may eat the fish "if you felt you had to", to test whether the boy will keep his word.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the narrative, what instruction did the Bad One issue to Lung Woman before departing to fetch the water-demons?

1. To clean the hut and close the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That she should fill the kettle, hang it over the fire, and refrain from tasting the broth — no support
3. To feed the boy and sleep early — no support
4. That she should prepare the kettle and refrain from tasting the broth — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Lung Woman prepared the fire and kettle?

1. She scraped the Bad One's arm, rebuilt the fire, filled the kettle, and suspended it by a rope above the flames before the guests arrived — score 0
2. She rebuilt the fire, filled the kettle with water, and suspended it by a rope over the flames while the Bad One was away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. She rebuilt the fire, filled the kettle, and suspended it by a rope over the flames — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. She stoked the fire, emptied the kettle, and hung it from a hook — 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 1210, line 14: «She builds up the fire, "which had got very low", and fills the kettle with water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «kettle» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «woman» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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