Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 124 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 ✗
Mate, what did the princess do when the frog got on her bed?
- 1. She tossed him out of the window — no support
- 2. She chucked him at the wall — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. She kissed him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 1: «A princess rides off to marry a prince far away, with her maid and her talking horse Falada.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what happened to the frog after he hit the wall?
- 1. He turned into a proper big brown toad and jumped off into the reeds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He flew up the wall and turned into a gold bird that sang loud songs all day long — no support
- 3. He got up and hopped off to the pond — no support
- 4. He turned into a proper handsome prince — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the king get well chuffed with his daughter?
- 1. Nah, he was mad at her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he gave her a sweet kiss and then sent her off to the garden — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Yeah, he was dead proud of her and gave her a big hug in the hall — score 1
- 4. Yeah, he was chuffed — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 98, line 7: «WHAT: The old queen gives her daughter a lock of her own hair, saying, "it is a charm that may be of use to you on the road."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «daughter» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Henry do to his heart when his master was a frog?
- 1. Wrapped it in a cloth of silver — no support
- 2. Tied it up with three rope cords — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Bound it with three iron bands — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Locked it up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 124, line 9: «Why: Henry had bound "three iron bands around his heart" because he feared it would break with grief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «bind» (+2); the same doer «henry» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
What was that crack the Prince heard on the road?
- 1. An iron band breaking from Henry's heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The lid of an old iron chest flying open and crashing onto the cold stone floor of the cellar — no support
- 3. A wooden axle snapping apart under the heavy carriage that was rolling over the bridge — no support
- 4. A wooden axle splitting in the frosty night — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Tom's dad gave him a sword, but what was it really?
- 1. A tiny silver sword with a jeweled hilt that his father had bought from a merchant — no support
- 2. A long needle tipped with red wax — score -2
- 3. A darning needle with sealing wax on top — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. A real steel blade in a leather scabbard with a brass guard and a red tassel — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 124, line 16: «Who: Tom's father is a tailor who gives him a darning needle as a "sword" for his journeys.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did Tom get up the chimney, innit?
- 1. He rode up on the smoke of the fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The steam from the dinner carried him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He climbed onto the sooty bricks and then waved at the cook who was asleep below — no support
- 4. A cook pulled him up with a string — 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 · ★ · right ✓
What did Tom chalk on the door about the grub?
- 1. Too many potatoes and not enough meat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Too few peas and far too much gravy — score 6
- 3. The soup was cold and the cook had burnt every loaf of bread in the oven — no support
- 4. Cold mutton and too many carrots — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 124, line 18: «Where: at his new job the food was "not so good as his mother's", so he chalks a complaint on the door.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chalk» (+3); the same place «door» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
What did the robbers want Tom to do?
- 1. Break open the iron door with a crowbar — no support
- 2. Hide inside a sack of flour and wait until the guards went to sleep at midnight — no support
- 3. Creep through a keyhole into the treasury — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Pretend to be a servant and walk in through the main gate with a large basket — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 124, line 19: «Why: the robbers want him to creep "through a keyhole" into the king's treasury, because he is so small.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was the sentinel going to crush?
- 1. The thief who had hidden inside the tall oak chest — no support
- 2. A fly — no support
- 3. An ugly spider — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A dusty mouse — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 124, line 20: «What: a sentinel wants to crush him, calling him "an ugly spider", but the other says to leave the poor creature alone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «poor creature» (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the maids plan to do to Tom?
- 1. Throw him in the river — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Leave him outside in the cold snow until the morning came round — no support
- 3. Turn him into a pudding and serve him at the royal banquet tonight — no support
- 4. Drown him or harm him — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 119, line 4: «He cries "Bring me no more fodder" until the pastor has the cow killed and her stomach thrown on the midden.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 · ★ · right ✓
Where did Tom end up at the very end?
- 1. Inside a black cow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Under a green oak — no support
- 3. On a farm wagon — no support
- 4. In a ditch — 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 response did the King make to his daughter's distress?
- 1. He ordered her to apologise to the servants of the court — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. He praised her for her courage and then ordered the frog be fed a feast of flies and cakes in the great hall — score 3
- 3. He banished the Frog from the palace grounds and forbade her from ever leaving her chamber again without a guard — no support
- 4. He rebuked her for disregarding the Frog, who had assisted her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
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 117, line 20: «At the end the King says, "Perhaps, after all, my Son was guiltless," and has him welcomed back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the immediate consequence of the daughter throwing the Frog against the wall?
- 1. He lay motionless on the carpet while the servants fetched a doctor and some healing herbs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was carried off by a flock of geese toward the distant northern mountains — no support
- 3. He was transformed into a handsome Prince — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He jumped back into the garden pond — 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 ✗
How did the Prince establish the cause of the noise behind the carriage?
- 1. He called out to a passing farmer in the road — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He inquired of his trusted servant Henry through the window — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He looked out the door — no support
- 4. He asked the driver — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 122, line 10: «What the prince does: he cries the same words, the hair falls, and he climbs up to meet Rapunzel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Where did Tom Thumb's travels finally deposit him at the close of this passage?
- 1. In a tailor's shop — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Within the cellar of a grand old house — no support
- 3. Within the stomach of a large black cow — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Inside the belly of a sleepy old horse — 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
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