Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him

Tests: 0 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1232 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 so the dude gets ditched on an island by his mate, right?

1. he goes off and makes a bow out of a tree, then shoots loads of birds and cooks them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he makes a bow and then shoots seabirds to eat — no support
3. he cuts wood and shoots birds for food — no support
4. he builds a bow and shoots birds to survive — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait his mate just sends him back for a knife and jets??

1. nah, he forgot it at the hut — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. nope, by accident — no support
3. no, the knife just slipped away — no support
4. yep, dropped the knife on purpose — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 437, line 15: «The hen dove refuses: "No I won't... else you'd forget me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «forget» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok and the girl pricks him with a pin, dead?

1. yeah, he pricks her hand, blood shows, so they marry — no support
2. nope, it's his hand that gets pricked, then she runs off home — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. her hand gets pricked, blood comes, so she's his wife — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. yeah, he gets stabbed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 237, line 5: «In the last tale, a Norroway girl asks her mother for food and goes off to an old washerwife to seek her fortune.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go off» (+2); the same doer «norroway girl» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so they build a whole house overnight?? that's wicked

1. yeah, they put up the frame — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, just walls — no support
3. yeah, they did it fast — no support
4. yeah, doors and windows all done — ✓ 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 ✗

bro what's a cow house for if they got no cows lol

1. he likes cows — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. she wanted it, he just did it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no cows, just vibes — no support
4. it's for the cows her dad sent — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 727, line 8: «Hans says he likes the cow "a great deal better than this smart beast," so he swaps the horse for the cow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

and then her dad throws a hammer at him?? mental

1. he dodges and it hits the wall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he steps aside, hammer lands — no support
3. he jumps the doorstep so it misses — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he leaps over the doorstep at the last second and the hammer flies past into the yard — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

what's a threshold anyway, is it like a door mat

1. a heavy piece of stone placed under the doorway that people must step over when entering a house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the wood bar at the bottom of a door — no support
3. the floor board in front of the entrance — no support
4. the bit of wood you step over at a door — ✓ 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 ✗

was the girl the boss of the whole thing?

1. no, her father ran everything here — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, she knew a lot more about the island and the house than he did, so she gave the orders — score 4
3. yeah, she just followed her dad — score 4
4. yeah she knew loads more than him — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1092, line 19: «Old words: "gendarmes" were armed police and "musketeers" were soldiers with muskets, both sent out by the King to hunt for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

why's the youth so scared to ask her stuff?

1. cos he's a bit dumb and she's clever — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he's a bit scared of her, she knows heaps — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he's nervous since she's older than him — no support
4. he's just shy lol — 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 ✗

was it spring when they left the island?

1. nah, it was winter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the sun was brighter and the wind softer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, the sun was out and the grass was green — no support
4. no, the leaves were falling and the wind was cold — 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 ✗

where did the girls' stuff come from?

1. they carried heavy baskets of food and tools all the way up from the far shore on foot — score 2
2. they carried baskets of food — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. from the boat — no support
4. they brought it from the farm — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1169, line 4: «The girl pretends to be ill, takes the buffalo's head to the shed, and secretly tries to bring him back to life.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «girl» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did they know where to build the house?

1. they looked for the best flat ground — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they walked the whole valley until they found a flat spot near a stream with good soil — no support
3. they guessed — no support
4. they found a spot near a stream — ✓ 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 of the following best describes the means by which the youth was separated from his comrade?

1. He was tricked into going ashore for a tool, after which the boat left without him — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. He was dispatched on a pretext to recover an implement, whereupon the vessel departed — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. He was deliberately dispatched on a fabricated pretext to retrieve a misplaced implement from the hut, whereupon the vessel promptly departed without him — score -1
4. He was sent off for a tool — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 721, line 17: «Old word: "by-and-by" meant "after a little while," so the sentence means the youths arrived soon after leaving.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «leave» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the agency by which the young woman first came into contact with the youth.

1. Her father approached and struck him with a pin, causing a wound to bleed — score 2
2. She came to him and pricked his arm — score 4
3. She approached him and administered a pinch, whereby a pin drew blood — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. She walked over and gave him a sharp prick, so that blood was drawn — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 747, line 7: «What: the miller says "I will give her to the first suitable man who comes and asks for her hand."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «miller» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the principal reason the husband refrained from investigating the nocturnal disturbances.

1. He remembered the strict instruction his wife had given him before she left the room, and therefore he chose to remain completely motionless in the bed all night — score 4
2. He remembered his wife's warning and stayed still — score 4
3. He recollected the injunction of his spouse and remained motionless — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He recalled what his wife had told him and so lay quite still in bed — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 254, line 6: «The fool's wife is called "Lass," and she tells her husband "I'll wager I'll help thee read the riddles."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+2); the same receiver «husband» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Specify the means by which the youth escaped harm upon departing his in-laws' residence.

1. He dodged the thrown axe by hiding behind the wooden door frame — score 4
2. He jumped aside as a chair was thrown — score 4
3. He leapt across the threshold, avoiding the hammer hurled by his father-in-law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He sprang over the wooden threshold at the last moment, so the hammer hurled by his father-in-law flew harmlessly past and struck the wall of the house behind him — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1228, line 2: «The king agrees, and years later the prince grows up while his parents live in fear of losing him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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