Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 128 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, did the Miller's girl actually spin the straw herself or was she blagging?

1. The Dwarf did the spinning, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She cheated with a Dwarf, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Nah, the King did all the spinning himself, and then he blagged it to everyone, innit — no support
4. Course she spun it herself, she's proper clever, innit, no help from nobody at all — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 127, line 5: «In the forest the girl shares her bread with three dwarfs, who reward her with gold and a King, while the spiteful stepsister's rudeness brings her toads and a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, why did the King lock her in a room full of straw, like, what's his deal?

1. He's dead keen on stuff — no support
2. He just wants more money — score 3
3. Dunno, bruv — no support
4. He's proper greedy for gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 128, line 9: «Why: the King is "very fond of gold", so he wants her to make him rich.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did she give the little Man first, her necklace or her phone?

1. Her necklace, obviously — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Necklace — score 0
3. She gave him her phone and her gold necklace and the crown too, obviously — score 0
4. Her golden bracelet, mate — no support

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 128, line 10: «The Dwarf asks "What will you give me if I spin it for you?", and she offers her necklace.», 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 «necklace» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Dwarf just wanted her firstborn for nothing, that's well out of order?

1. Yeah, but the King made her promise it first and then he took it back anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she only promised him a bit of gold and her ring, not her kid at all — no support
3. Yeah, she promised him that — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she did that, bruv — 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 ✗

Did the Queen just forget about the promise, like completely forget?

1. Yeah, she got lost in the gay times — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she remembered perfectly but pretended she didn't because the King told her to lie — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Nah, she just ignored it all — no support
4. Yeah, she was busy with parties — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 19: «The King says to the Queen: «you must cross-examine the next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Miss, how many days did she get to guess his name, was it a week?

1. Two days — no support
2. Four days, I think — no support
3. Three days, it was three days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Five days, I reckon, Miss — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 75, line 4: «The Djinn explains that the hump lets him work three days without eating, to make up for the three days he missed; the Camel joins the Three but has never caug…», 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); 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what names did she try first, like proper random ones?

1. Caspar, Melchior, Balthassar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Gold, Silver, Bronze — score 2
3. Caspar, Melchior, Balthassar, Gaspar, Christopher and Bartholomew — score 2
4. Shanks, Cabbage, Pork-Chop — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 34, line 13: ««he knew it at last, in all its fullness ... that thing which the Rat had vainly tried to shield him from—the Terror of the Wild Wood!» (vainly = without succe…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the messenger find his name, or did he just get lost in the woods?

1. He never found him, he just got lost in the woods for three days and nights — score 3
2. He spotted him near a tree — no support
3. He found the Dwarf sleeping in a cave, snoring loudly beside a dying fire — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He saw him dancing by a fire — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 128, line 16: «The messenger finds a little house near a forest where "foxes and hares say good night to each other".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «messenger» (+4); the same action «find» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the little Man doing when the messenger spotted him, lol?

1. Running round the big oak tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dancing on one leg, shouting rhymes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hopping about, singing songs — no support
4. Sleeping, 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 ✗

Did the wicked stepmother get off scot-free or what?

1. Nah, she got put in a barrel full of nails and rolled down a hill into the river — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she got rolled down a hill — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, they got banished to the north — no support
4. Yeah, they got put in a cask — 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 ✗

Did the Duck actually turn back into the Queen, like, for real?

1. Yeah, sort of — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, after the first night — no support
3. Yeah, after three nights with the sword — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she stayed a duck 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

Why was the King so chuffed about the gold, was it the shine or the money?

1. He was greedy, he wanted more gold even though he already had loads of riches stored away — score 7
2. He was greedy, he wanted more gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. It was the money and the shine both, plus the pride of having the richest kingdom in the land — no support
4. Because gold is really pretty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 128, line 9: «Why: the King is "very fond of gold", so he wants her to make him rich.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Dwarf say something human is dearer than gold, yeah?

1. Yep, he wanted her first child — no support
2. Yep, and then he laughed at her and danced off into the dark forest with his prize — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yep, he said something human — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he said life — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 128, line 14: «The Queen offers "all the riches of the kingdom", but the Dwarf says "something human is dearer to me".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «something human» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the behaviour of the Dwarf when he demands the first-born child of the Queen?

1. He laughs loudly — no support
2. He declares that something human is dearer to him than all the wealth of the world — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He announces that the child must be given to him at once, because a promise is a promise and a dwarf never breaks his word once spoken in the castle — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. He asks for the child at once — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 128, line 10: «The Dwarf asks "What will you give me if I spin it for you?", and she offers her necklace.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same receiver «dwarf» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to the text, what is the sentence the King passes upon the old woman and her daughter?

1. They will be hanged — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They are to be bound in iron chains and dragged through the town until their deaths — no support
3. They are to be placed in a cask stuck round with nails and rolled down the hill — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They are to be carried to the river and drowned in a sack with stones inside — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the spinning chamber?

1. Necklace, then ring, then the promised first-born child — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Ring, then the gold, then the necklace, then the child — no support
3. Straw, then gold, then the necklace, then the ring, and finally the first-born child promised to the Dwarf — no support
4. Necklace, ring, a nail-studded cask, then the first-born child, all in the spinning chamber over three nights — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What does the messenger report to the Queen on the third day regarding the little Man?

1. That he had followed the little Man for three long days through the woods and up a high mountain until he finally found him — score 0
2. That he was dancing on one leg and shouting a rhyme about his name — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That he found the Dwarf deep in the forest and could not find his name at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. That he spotted the Dwarf near a mountain and heard him singing a silly song — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 128, line 16: «The messenger finds a little house near a forest where "foxes and hares say good night to each other".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «forest» (+3); the same action «find» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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