Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1262 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 fish like actually talked to the cobbler, right?

1. yeah, but only after the cobbler had been fishing all day long in the cold river — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yep, the fish talked in a deep voice and then sang a song to the cobbler — score 4
3. yes, but only the head spoke — no support
4. yep, in a small squeaky voice — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1262, line 9: «Why: the cobbler goes fishing because they can hardly buy bread, and he swears he will hang himself if he fails.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «fish» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro why did the cobbler even go fishing, was he broke or what?

1. yeah, they had no money for bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, they were starving at home — no support
3. yes, times were hard and nobody in the village had money to buy anything at all — no support
4. yeah, his whole family had no food and the landlord was threatening to take the house — ← 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 444, line 8: «Where: The fishing takes place on a river, and the witch waits at the bank with a hoarse voice.», 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 (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «take» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, how many babies came out of the buried fish bits?

1. two, looking exactly the same — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. four, all dressed in red — no support
3. one, a boy — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. none at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1212, line 15: «The gold runs all over the world, and the bridge is buried in a very small but very deep hole so no one can cross seas easily.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the number the lesson gave for it (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the eastern brother got to the city, what was the vibe there?

1. people were gathered around the palace gate waiting for a sign from the king — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. everyone was crying and wringing their hands — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the market was busy with trade and music — no support
4. everyone had gone to the fields to work — 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 1088, line 20: «Little Thumb is called that because at birth he was "no bigger than one's thumb", and he is cleverer than his brothers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what was the veil even for?

1. it was a sacred cloth that protected her from the dragon's fire and his breath — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. to make the dragon think she was a bride — no support
3. to keep the sun out of her eyes — no support
4. tear it off so the dragon sees the mirror — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1257, line 19: «Old word: "howdah" is the seat, often with a canopy, carried on an elephant's back; it is still a real word for that seat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «real word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

dude, did the mirror actually kill the dragon?

1. sort of, it blinded the beast completely — score 0
2. nope, the dragon hit the mirror and then fought the knight in a long battle of shadows — score 1
3. nope, he kinda fought his own reflection — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. yes, the dragon died when the mirror broke into a thousand pieces on its head — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1262, line 16: «The dragon fights its own reflection, thinks it is smashed, and the knight's lance is "down his throat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fight» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did the knight do after the dragon fell?

1. he waited for it to wake up and then struck it again in the back — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. lanced it right through the throat — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. he put his sword away and walked away from the great beast in silence — score 2
4. he rode home and told the king — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 655, line 7: «Where: the hunt goes over the field, the wold and the downs, and the dragon waits in a hollow by the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «wait» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok lol, what did the king say when the knight got back?

1. he knighted him and offered him half the kingdom and a feast — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. he made him a lord of the land — score -1
3. he gave the knight the princess — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. he promised him a large reward — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1262, line 10: «The fish says: "Take me back to your hut and cook me; then cut me up."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

fr, what's the deal with that black castle?

1. it's a ruin, and bandits live there — no support
2. it's lonely, with no road to it — no support
3. it's enchanted, and nobody came back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. it's haunted, no — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1262, line 20: «The castle is "enchanted", meaning it is held under a magic spell, and "no one that has tried to enter it has ever come back."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «enchant» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the knight just, like, went there?

1. yeah, he grabbed his spear and blew his horn — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. yes, he rode off on his horse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. yeah, he took his sword and rode out — score 4
4. nah, he stayed home — score 2

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 1262, line 4: «Two identical boys grow up from the buried pieces, and they leave home, and the one going east finds a city in tears.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «two identical boys» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the monkey from the first bit get married?

1. no, he married the cook's daughter — score 2
2. yes, he married a princess after the shepherd gave him the milk and the king's blessing — score 2
3. yes, he married a puma one day — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yes, after he drank all the milk — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1260, line 6: «Who: a tiresome monkey, who has "many enemies in the forest," and the puma, who hated him "so much" more than anyone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «many enemies» (+2); the same doer «tiresome monkey» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

was the cobbler cool with obeying the fish?

1. yep, he thought it was wise to obey — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. yes, but he kept some for himself — no support
3. yep, because the fish had spoken, he thought it was wise to obey every word it said — score 4
4. nah, he thought it was a trick — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1262, line 11: «The cobbler obeys, because "when he did not understand, he thought it was well to obey."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+5); the same doer «cobbler» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the cobbler's first action upon receiving the fish's instructions?

1. He asked the fish for more advice before deciding anything — no support
2. He immediately went home and carefully began preparing the fish exactly as it had instructed him to do, without questioning anything at all — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He obeyed the instructions and prepared the fish as directed — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He ignored the fish entirely — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 934, line 4: «That night they feast on roast stag, and the prince learns the garden of paradise sank into the earth after Adam and Eve.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+3); the same action «learn» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Why did the eastern youth decline to remain and hear the citizens' full account of the dragon?

1. He resolved to rescue the princess at once — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He had already heard enough of the tale and was too impatient to wait while the citizens described every detail of the beast to him — score 4
3. He thought the citizens' tale was exaggerated and wished to ride out to the dragon's lair before nightfall — score 3
4. He preferred to hunt for the dragon alone — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 655, line 12: «Elfin says the dragon "should be hunted at night," because it shrinks small after dark.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the purpose of the mirror employed by the Knight of the Fish against the dragon?

1. To blind the dragon with light — no support
2. To trick the dragon into seeing a second beast that could challenge it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. To make the dragon fight its own image and tire itself out — score 1
4. To cause the dragon to perceive a rival of equal size and strength — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1123, line 11: «The Prince tricks the Dragon with the words "Come forth, and I'll give thee both at once!"», 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 (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «trick» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What was the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle?

1. He resolved to approach the castle the following morning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He was determined to ride to the enchanted castle at once, that very night, and face whatever awaited him inside its walls alone — no support
3. Hearing the warnings, he resolved to set off immediately for the enchanted castle, ignoring the advice of all the villagers who begged him to stay away — no support
4. He intended to ride to the castle with a troop of men — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1262, line 20: «The castle is "enchanted", meaning it is held under a magic spell, and "no one that has tried to enter it has ever come back."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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