Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it
Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1214 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 ✗
Bro, did the basket really spew fish all over the road like a total flood?
- 1. Yeah, it was mental. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, rolls and fishes everywhere, mate, it was proper mental — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, rolls and fish everywhere, mate, proper wild. — no support
- 4. Yeah, fish all over the road, bro, it was mad. — 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 ✗
So the innkeepers just swapped the basket while he was eating?
- 1. Nah, not really. — no support
- 2. Yeah, they had a proper sneaky plan, bro, dead clever — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, they swapped it, bro, sneaky. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Yeah, they had a plan, mate, pretty clever. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1214, line 3: «The innkeepers grab the food, then secretly swap his basket for a copy that looks the same.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «innkeepers» (+2); the same action «swap» (+1); the same thing acted on «basket» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, why did his kids get a bowl of thin soup?
- 1. Cos their dad had been out all day wasting his time chasing a basket that was never magic, innit, so there was no dinner. — no support
- 2. Cos their dad had been out wasting his time, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Cos their dad never got any money, mate. — no support
- 4. Cos the soup was all the family could afford, mate, and their dad had spent the coins on wine at the tavern, innit. — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 13: «The Mole asks «But isn't it a bit dull at times? Just you and the river, and no one else to pass a word with?», and the Rat answers that the bank is too crowde…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «pass» (-1); 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the dad just start shouting when the basket went dead?
- 1. Nah, he just sat down quietly. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he shouted. — no support
- 3. Yeah, he went mad, mate. — no support
- 4. Yeah, he went off his head, swearing and that, mate — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the innkeeper's wife actually being nice to him at the door?
- 1. Nah, bro, she was dead sweet and smiled and fussed over him at the door, cos she wanted that magic basket for herself. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nah, she was grumpy, mate, honestly. — no support
- 3. Yeah, she was sweet, bro, to get it. — no support
- 4. Nah, she was dead sweet cos she wanted the magic, bro — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 193, line 1: «The narrator and his wife carry the dead hunchback to the Jewish doctor's door and send a servant up with a coin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «door» (+4); the same doer «narrator» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Why did the Holy Man give him a cock, of all things?
- 1. To make money, cos it crows out gold and diamonds, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Cos he asked for a pet, bro. — no support
- 3. For his dinner. — no support
- 4. To make cash, cos it's magic, mate. — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 94, line 12: «That busy morning the Woman carried the crying Baby outside and gave him a handful of pebbles to play with, but he went on crying.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the cock actually work when he tried it?
- 1. Yeah, it crowed loud and dropped gold and diamonds, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, mate, it crowed a bit and then went quiet, so he got nothing and had to walk all the way back home. — no support
- 3. Yeah, it crowed and dropped gold, bro. — no support
- 4. Yeah, bro, it crowed really loud and dropped gold and diamonds all over the table, just like the Holy Man had said it would. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1214, line 8: «What: The magic basket, which works when he says "Little basket, little basket, do your duty."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the innkeepers look chuffed when they saw the gold?
- 1. Yeah, they grinned, mate, they loved it. — no support
- 2. Nah, they pretended they hadn't even noticed, sneaky lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, mate, they pretended they hadn't even noticed the gold at all, the sneaky lot, and kept on smiling like nothing had happened. — score 2
- 4. Yeah, mate, they looked dead chuffed and started counting the gold straight away, right in front of him, the greedy lot. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1214, line 5: «The Holy Man gives him a red cock that makes gold and diamonds, and the innkeepers start to covet it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «innkeepers» (+2); the same action «start» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did Father Grumbler even get back to the tavern so fast?
- 1. He just said the magic words again, mate, and the road shrank right down so he got back in no time, it was dead weird. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. The cock carried him back on its back over the hills, bro, flapping all the way, which was dead funny to see from the road. — score 5
- 3. He just ran really fast, bro. — score 4
- 4. The road shrank, mate, it was like magic, dead weird — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1094, line 13: «The father receives the first invitation but "was not told the name of the bride".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «name» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «father» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did he say thanks to the Holy Man or anything?
- 1. Yeah, he said ta, bro. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nah, not really. — no support
- 3. Nah, he didn't say thanks, mate, he was dead rude — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Nah, he just walked off, mate. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1166, line 15: «Why do the brothers beat Jack? He tells them he "ate them myself", the bread and cheese they had left in the castle.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+3); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
So is he gonna get his basket back in the end?
- 1. Yeah, mate, he gets it back at the end, after the innkeepers get what's coming to them, so keep reading. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dunno yet, bro, read on then. — no support
- 3. Yeah, he gets it, mate. — no support
- 4. Dunno yet, bro, you'll have to read on, mate — ✓ 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 action did Father Grumbler perform immediately upon receiving the second magic object from the Holy Man?
- 1. He hurried home and asked for bread. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. He hastened to the tavern and requested wine for the company — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. He rested by the cave. — score 1
- 4. He rode to the inn and asked for beer. — 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 1141, line 13: «What the giants do: they wait on the hunting hill and come home only when the iron chain is shaken.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following accurately describes the reaction of the innkeeper and his wife upon observing the golden drops?
- 1. They pretended to be entirely indifferent to the gold and diamonds and warmly invited the weary guest to sit down and take some refreshment. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They feigned indifference and invited the guest to take refreshment — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They gasped in amazement, grabbed the gold at once, and demanded that the stranger hand over the cock and leave the inn immediately. — no support
- 4. They pretended not to care and offered him a drink. — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which statement correctly accounts for the failure of the children's attempt to operate the basket?
- 1. The basket was broken. — no support
- 2. The children used the wrong words. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. The innkeeper's wife had earlier removed the original basket to market — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. The wife had hidden the real basket away. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1020, line 2: «He builds a flying ship covered in gun-barrel eyes and tries to conquer God, but an angel's one bloody drop drags it down.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same thing acted on «god» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which phrase from the passage most clearly indicates that Father Grumbler lacked courtesy towards the Holy Man?
- 1. He took the basket and the cock from the Holy Man without even bothering to say either 'Thank you' or 'Goodbye' at the door. — score -2
- 2. He took the basket without being polite enough to say either "Thank you" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. He never said thank you, mate. — score -2
- 4. He walked off without a word. — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1173, line 5: «The prince shoots at the doe in a clearing and misses, and the next morning he searches the wrong part of the forest because she has gone the other way.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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