Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lies in bed while his mules bring home gold

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1234 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 ✓

Mate, why did the wood-cutter stay in bed when he should've been up?

1. He figured the mules would bring the gold back to his stable by himself — no support
2. He wanted to rest more — no support
3. He reckoned Fortune would come to him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He thought the mules would wake him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1234, line 1: «A poor wood-cutter gives up work and stays in bed, sure that Fortune will come to him one day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «fortune» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the wife well chuffed when the mules came back?

1. Nah, she was stressed out about the mules missing — no support
2. Yeah, she was absolutely over the moon with joy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, she was buzzing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she was gutted — 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 688, line 10: «Why: Peter hides his gold under nails so that his scolding wife "would give him no peace if she once found out about it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «scolding wife» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who was the bloke who nicked the sultan's gold?

1. The bloke from the village who borrowed the mules — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The man from the city — no support
3. The man from the village — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The sultan's guard from the far city beyond the hills — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, how did the gold end up all over the yard?

1. The husband cut the sacks open quick — no support
2. The wife cut the cords and it poured out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. The sacks split open in the stable — no support
4. The mules tipped it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1234, line 14: «The gold: "out poured a rain of gold pieces, till the little court-yard shone like the sun."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pour» (+5); the same doer «gold» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the wood-cutter go to the forest that morning, like, at all?

1. Yeah, he went at five — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he didn't — no support
3. Yes, he went early — no support
4. No, he never got up — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the head do on the bridge that spooked the old woman?

1. It moved — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. It rolled off the bridge — no support
3. It bit her hand — no support
4. It talked to her — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 3, line 9: «Her head strikes the roof of the hall: she is now "more than nine feet high", so she takes the golden key and hurries to the garden door.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «head» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «strike» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, how many mules did the wood-cutter own?

1. Four — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. 1 — score 2
3. 9 — no support
4. Two — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 868, line 13: «Who is Little Claus? A poor man, and the owner of only one horse, while Big Claus has "four horses".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why were the girls and their mum totally skint at the end?

1. The mules were stolen away — no support
2. The veils were stolen by the soldiers on the road — no support
3. The veils didn't sell — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The sultan took the cash — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1092, line 16: «Why she works there: the farmer's wife needed a girl "to wash the dishes and to attend to the geese and the pigs".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, did the old woman run from the head or hug it?

1. She fled — no support
2. She ran away from it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. She hugged it tight — score 2
4. She ran — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1234, line 13: «He runs away because "if he was caught he would be condemned to death", meaning he would be put to death.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+3); the same property (+2); the same action «run away» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Safe, what did the wood-cutter's wife shout when she ran off?

1. Look at the gold! — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Get up, get up! — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Husband, come quick! — no support
4. Wake up, husband, the mules are back! — 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 ✗

Real talk, which animal said he was too strong to be caught?

1. The hare — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The cock — score 0
3. The wolf — score 0
4. The reindeer — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 303, line 19: «Old word: "ay" is an old way of saying "yes", and "din" means a loud, confused noise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the wife know it was late in the morning?

1. Her husband had not got up from his bed yet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The bread had gone stale — no support
3. The mules had come back — no support
4. The cock had crowed ages ago — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the bloke from the village want?

1. To hire the donkey — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To ask the wood-cutter for help carrying his heavy sacks home — no support
3. To borrow the mules for a trip to the city market — no support
4. To borrow the mules — ✓ 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 phrase best describes the wood-cutter's customary occupation before he resolved to remain abed?

1. He worked as a miller in town — score -1
2. He laboured daily as a timber-cutter in the forest — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He chopped wood — score 1
4. He was a farmer who tended sheep on the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 517, line 18: «Who is Ares? He is the son of Zeus and Hera, and he "gloried in strife for its own sake".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «phrase» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

To whom did the sacks of coin rightfully belong according to the narrative?

1. To the soldiers — no support
2. To the sultan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. To the sultan's treasury in the palace — no support
4. To the wood-cutter and his wife together — no support

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1234, line 12: «The theft: the man knew the money "belonged to the sultan", so taking it was wrong, however lucky he felt.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «belong» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same receiver (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

How did the wood-cutter's wife free the sacks from the backs of the animals?

1. She untied them with her hands — score 8
2. She cut the cords with a large knife she had brought from the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. She pulled the cords off roughly — score 3
4. She severed the cords with a large knife — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1234, line 4: «The mules walk home alone, the wife cuts the cords, and gold pours out across the yard until it shines like the sun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+5); the same doer «wife» (+3); the same thing acted on «cords» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the condition of the enchanted head when the old woman first encountered it upon the bridge?

1. It spoke to the old woman and asked her to carry it all the way to the sultan's palace — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. It sang softly to the old woman — no support
3. It had been cut off and placed upon the stones, and it spoke and begged to be taken home at once — score 4
4. It spoke and begged to be taken home — ✓ 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 40, line 15: «The Otter: «if there's a head that needs to be punched, you can confidently rely upon me to punch it.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same doer «head» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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