Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1245 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, wait, was the cat actually Ingibjorg's sister?

1. Yeah, she said she used to sleep in her cot — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, just a cat — no support
3. Nah, she was just some random stray cat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, she reckons she slept in her cot — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1245, line 1: «Kisa the cat calls out to Ingibjorg in the forest and says she is her lost sister.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «lost sister» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, the giant chopped her feet off, right? Like, actually?

1. Yeah, with a big sharp sword — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, with an axe — no support
3. Nah, he used a rusty old saw — no support
4. Yeah, with an axe from his belt — ✓ 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 ✗

So how'd Kisa get the feet back, innit?

1. She sneaked in and nicked them from under some grass — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She sneaked in and took them from the bushes — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. She sneaked into the cave at night and nicked them from under some grass while the giant snored — score 4
4. She sneaked in when the giant was out, nicked them from under some grass, and ran straight home — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1245, line 14: «Where are the feet? The giant had hidden them under some grass, and Kisa finds them and takes them home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); the same doer «kisa» (+3); the same thing acted on «feet» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the salt thing was genius, wasn't it?

1. Yeah, she chucked some herbs in his bowl — no support
2. Yeah, she tipped a whole bag in his pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Yeah, she tipped a whole bag of salt into his pot while he was out fishing — score 0
4. Yeah, she put a bag in his soup — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1152, line 10: «The old woman judges the girl: "she that is useless in one thing is useless in another."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the princess properly gutted when the cat dipped?

1. Yeah, she cried and wouldn't eat her dinner — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yeah, she wouldn't eat or drink or even look at her dresses — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nah, she was cheerful and ate loads and tried on all her dresses every single day — score 0
4. Yeah, she just sat there sulking all day — 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 1151, line 12: «What: the girl is rewarded with a casket, and the cats cry "Take the black! take the black!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the king give up on her or what?

1. Nah, he tried everything, so he chucked a marriage at her — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, he sent her off to a convent — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, he got her a new cat instead — score 5
4. Yeah, he gave up totally and just let her sit in her room for ages with her dresses — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1188, line 13: «The city swallow lived "in a palace," and says a king married a tailor's daughter "as good and gentle as she was beautiful."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, the prince had gold hair, yeah?

1. Nah, he had black hair and eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, and a silver horse too — no support
3. Yeah, and eyes like the pools in the forest — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, and blue eyes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 784, line 13: «The cage: the king has him "put in an iron cage in his courtyard" and forbids the door to be opened "on pain of death".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «hair» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

So what was Kisa, really, deep down?

1. A princess who was enchanted with her mum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -8
2. A cursed human girl whose mum had been turned into a cat by the king's guard — no support
3. A girl who was cursed by a witch — score -8
4. A fairy who was cursed by a king — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -8, tied with another option at -8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1245, line 10: «Why does he do it? Ingibjorg began to cry, and he said "I don't like girls who make horrid noises."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same thing acted on «girls» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the mum never get free, bruv?

1. She was stuck in her cat form — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She never got to do something new and kindly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nobody gave her a chance — no support
4. She never got the chance to do something new and kindly before the fairy's curse trapped her forever — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did the cat want for her big reward?

1. Just a spot at the foot of the bed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. A huge castle, a sack of gold and a warm spot at the foot of the bed — score 3
3. Just a warm spot by the fire — score 3
4. A sack of gold and a new cloak — 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 1114, line 14: «Why the old man lets them go: he gets what he wants, and each time he says "see that you do it!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «want» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

So the princess grew up and got married, yeah?

1. Yeah, and she went off to govern her own place with her new husband and her loyal cat — score 2
2. Yeah, she went off to her new castle — score -1
3. Yeah, and she ruled a faraway kingdom — score 0
4. Yeah, and she went off to govern her own place — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1230, line 15: «The princess holds back the lion and orders it to become a man again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad story, but what was the actual lesson, innit?

1. Stay away from the forest always — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Be kind and you get rewarded in the end — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Be kind to strangers and you will always be rewarded in the end by the king — no support
4. Be kind and you get rewarded in the end, but never go into the forest alone — 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 part of Ingibjorg's body was removed by the giant during her ordeal in the forest?

1. Her right arm — ← Mova's choice · score -5
2. Both of her feet — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Both of her feet along with her ankles — no support
4. Her left ear — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 561, line 14: «The weapons: Telemachus had already removed the arms "in obedience to the instructions of Odysseus".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «remove» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same thing acted on «arms» (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the item used by Kisa to convey the princess from the cave to her dwelling?

1. A golden carriage with white horses that the king had sent for her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A large wooden cart drawn by a fine grey horse from the palace stables — score 3
3. A cart drawn by a horse — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A carriage with a driver — 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 223, line 4: «She dresses in her grandest jewels, then sends word that she wants to see the prince.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did Kisa render the giant and his wife so thirsty that they required water?

1. She poured a bag of salt into their pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. She tipped sugar into their soup pot — score -3
3. She sold them bread — no support
4. She put some herbs into their broth bowl — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 981, line 12: «The narcissus says "I can see myself, I can see myself," and tells of a girl pouring water from a tea-pot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pour» (+1). Against it: the same place «tea pot» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What penalty did the giant state he would impose upon Ingibjorg, in the event that she should return to the forest?

1. He would take her back — no support
2. He would kill her there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He would kill her there in the forest and bury her body under the old oak tree — score 3
4. He would cut off her hands and then leave her to die in the cold forest — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «giant» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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