pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1220 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 ✓

Wait, so Rosald actually fought the tourney in Geirald's clothes?

1. Yeah, he swapped with him, proper sneaky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, he nicked his kit, sly one — no support
3. Nah, he never swapped, he just wore his mate's bling all day long — score 2
4. Yeah, he swapped with him, proper sneaky, and nobody spotted it — 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 1220, line 5: «Geirald wants to run away, so Rosald swaps clothes and fights the tourney for him, and the queen demands one more test.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rosald» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same action «swap» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did Geirald want to bolt?

1. He reckoned the king was a div — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He was dead scared the knights would batter him senseless, bruv, no joke — no support
3. He was dead scared of the fight, fam — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He was dead scared of the fight and the whole crowd watching, fam — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1220, line 10: «Why: Rosald wants to stay because he thinks it will be "glorious" to kill the giant, and he will not run from a fight he has not tried.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «geirald» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the giant really have fifty knights' worth of kills?

1. Yeah, that's what the king reckoned, but nobody counted them proper — no support
2. Nah, the king just made that up to make the giant sound scary to all — score 1
3. Yeah, the king said so, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, that's what the king reckoned — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 741, line 4: «At a cherry-tree he gets tossed about, then tells the giants he leapt the tree, and the giants in their cave run away in fear when he appears at dawn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tailor» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

So what did Rosald use to whack the giant?

1. A massive iron club with a spike — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. A massive iron club with a spike and a long leather grip — score -4
3. A big wooden mace with nails — score -4
4. A rusty iron spear, blunt — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, tied with another option at -4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 672, line 16: «old word: a "trough" is a long open box that holds food or water for animals, so the youth uses three troughs to test the foals.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Was the queen dead sus of the new bloke?

1. Yeah, she clocked he was off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she thought he's bent — no support
3. Nah, she trusted the lad — no support
4. Nah, she was dead chuffed and welcomed him in properly, fam — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the queen's ministers get well vexed?

1. She wouldn't pick any of the men they put forward as her husband at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She wouldn't pick any of their choices for a husband, so they fumed — no support
3. She wouldn't pick any of their choices — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She refused every one they chose — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 697, line 14: «Who: the Prime Minister, who is sent at the head of an embassy to find a suitable princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prime minister» (+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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's a tourney, like in plain talk?

1. A proper jousting contest on horses with lances and armour, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A banquet with music and dancing — no support
3. A big feast where the king hands out gold to everyone — no support
4. A proper jousting contest on horses — ✓ 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 Rosald really try his best in the second fight?

1. Yeah, he fought his hardest but then went easy on purpose, cheeky — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he went easy on purpose — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he fought hard, mate — no support
4. Nah, he went easy on purpose so the other lad could win — 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 ✗

What did the king say about the giant's head?

1. The giant won't trouble you no more, so feast tonight — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The giant won't trouble you no more, and his lands are yours — no support
3. The giant won't trouble you no more — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The beast is now the king's prize — no support

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 1207, line 8: «The deal: the king says the prince must "submit yourself to death" once he has heard the answer, and the prince agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did Rosald end the first tourney?

1. He knocked his foe off his horse — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He cut his foe's reins clean — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. He stabbed his foe through the arm — no support
4. He lost his lance — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1220, line 7: «What: Rosald kills the giant with one blow to the forehead, then cuts off its head with his sword.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+5); the same doer «rosald» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Geirald reckon about the honour?

1. He didn't care, he'd rather be alive — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He'd sooner earn glory, not life — score 2
3. Honour first — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He reckoned honour was all that mattered — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1220, line 10: «Why: Rosald wants to stay because he thinks it will be "glorious" to kill the giant, and he will not run from a fight he has not tried.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «geirald» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the queen really, like, to the king?

1. His daughter by his brother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His niece, his dead brother's girl — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. His nephew, his sister's son — no support
4. His niece — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So was Geirald the one who killed the giant, then?

1. Yeah, he did — no support
2. Nah, the king's man struck it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nah, Rosald did it, not him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he slew the beast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 162, line 13: «What is the merchant's mistake? He threw date stones about while eating, and one struck the genius's son in the eye.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «one» (+2); the same action «strike» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the action of Rosald in relation to the giant as recounted in the passage?

1. Rosald hit the giant hard across the face and later cut its neck with a blade of iron — score -1
2. Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and then severed its head with his sword — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and afterwards took the giant's head away in a wallet — score 0
4. Rosald struck the giant on the forehead with his iron club, and then severed its head with his sword before carrying it back to the king as proof of victory and courage — 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 895, line 12: «Old word: "ineffable" means so great that it cannot be described in words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the passage, what was the principal reason for Geirald's wish to depart from the castle before the tourney?

1. He was worried that the tourney would bring his friend and himself to certain defeat before the court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He feared that the two young men would be defeated by well-proved knights — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He feared that the two young men would be defeated by well-proved knights and the court would mock them for ever after — no support
4. He feared that the two young men would be shamed by the king's household knights in the lists — 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 · right ✓

In the context of the passage, what does the term "tourney" most appropriately signify?

1. A royal court where knights swore their oaths to the king — score -1
2. A contest in which knights rode against one another on horseback — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. A jousting match — no support
4. A feast in which knights gathered to eat and drink together — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1050, line 19: «Old word: "Pulse" in "my little prince and pulse" was an old term of endearment, like calling a child your "heartbeat" today.», 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 «old word» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately states the purpose for which the queen required a further contest between the two young men?

1. She sought confirmation that the man who had won the victories was indeed the same man before her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. She wanted to be sure the winner of the first contests was the very man now before her — score 1
3. She sought confirmation from both men, in front of the whole court and the king's ministers, that the victor was indeed the man before her — score 0
4. She sought to verify that the earlier winner was indeed the man before her, the same one — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1215, line 16: «Alonzo is a young man from another country who came to the city "because he could find no work."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «young man» (+1). Against it: the same doer «alonzo» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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