Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1287 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 ✓

Oi, how old's Walter, like, really?

1. Six — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 5 — no support
3. 7 — no support
4. Seven — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, which house is Caro sleeping in, mate?

1. The hen house — no support
2. The little wooden dog house by the gate — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The dog house — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The kennel behind the kitchen door — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 709, line 20: «Old word: a "kennel" is the small wooden house where a dog sleeps; we still use the word for a dog's shelter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); the same property (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, what's Walter banging on as he goes through the wood?

1. His drum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. A pan lid — no support
3. Pot — no support
4. Stick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1287, line 12: «Why: Walter beats the drum because Jonas says "Of course they are" when Walter asks if wolves are afraid of a drum.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walter» (+5). Against it: the same thing acted on «drum» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did the miller say got his fattest ram?

1. A pack of wolves from the hills — score 3
2. Thieves — score 2
3. Badgers — no support
4. Wolves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1287, line 2: «At the mill the miller says wolves ate his fattest ram by the kiln, and Walter asks how many there were.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fattest ram» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «wolves» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's Walter sticking in his cap to look hard?

1. A bright red rooster tail feather — ← Mova's choice · score -6
2. A red feather from the hen house door — score -6
3. A red cock's feather — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A blue jay's plume — no support

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 834, line 14: «The goblin saves "the wonderful book" by popping it into his red cap, which he holds tightly with both hands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how many wolves reckons Walter he can take on alone?

1. Three full-grown wolves at once — no support
2. As many as three or four wolves — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Three — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Four — 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 362, line 6: «Who: a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what does Jonas reckon wolves are scared of?

1. Loud banging on a tin drum — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Noises — no support
3. Big noisy drums and tin pans — no support
4. Drums — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, what's Jonas calling Walter by the end, like a chicken?

1. A chicken — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A thief — no support
3. A coward — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A traitor — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the miller's little girl Walter won't take with him?

1. Ann — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Eve — no support
3. Hanna — no support
4. Lisa — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's Walter promising Jonas if he comes, the skin or the tail?

1. The tail — ← Mova's choice · score -9
2. Tail — score -9
3. Fur — no support
4. The skin — ✓ the right answer · score -9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -9, tied with another option at -9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 352, line 5: «Then come two short tales: Caesar's proud village and his storm at sea, and the tyrant Dionysius, whose friend Damocles learns about the sword hanging over him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same thing acted on «two short tales» (-4). The right option, 4, scored -9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What time of year's it, like, when he goes out?

1. Winter — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Spring, before Midsummer — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Early spring in April — score 7
4. Early summer, after the harvest — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 91, line 11: «Pau Amma: «I did not know I was so important. Henceforward I will go out seven times a day.» (Henceforward = from now on.)», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «go out» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Wicked, what's Walter hearing move in the ditch?

1. Something — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Somebody — no support
3. Something large in the ditch — no support
4. A creature — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mad! What does Walter cut the wolves' ears off with?

1. Hunting knife — no support
2. Sword — no support
3. Clasp knife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Carving tool — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1287, line 1: «Walter rides to the mill on Jonas's cart, and he beats his drum all the way through the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walter» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Walter carry in order to cut off the ears of the wolves?

1. A long knife with a wooden grip — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A small saw from the shed — score 3
3. A clasp knife with a bone handle and a hook — score 3
4. A clasp knife with a bone handle — ✓ 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 1287, line 8: «What: Walter takes his drum, tin sabre, bow, pop-gun, air-pistol, burnt cork, red cock's feather and clasp knife.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walter» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what grounds did Jonas decline to accompany Walter into the wood?

1. He felt there were only wolves nearby — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He thought one wolf was enough — score 3
3. He judged there would be not more than one wolf — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He judged there would be no more than one wolf, and he had work to do at the mill — score 3

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 1287, line 12: «Why: Walter beats the drum because Jonas says "Of course they are" when Walter asks if wolves are afraid of a drum.», 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 doer «walter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the intention behind Walter's decision to proceed alone?

1. To get the wolf skin — no support
2. To win the miller's praise and reward — no support
3. To refute the charge that he was a coward — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. To prove he was not afraid of the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1287, line 1: «Walter rides to the mill on Jonas's cart, and he beats his drum all the way through the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walter» (+5). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

At what season did the events of this part take place?

1. In early summer, after the harvest — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. In spring, shortly before Midsummer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In autumn, after harvest — no support
4. During the cold winter months — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1242, line 12: «His wife "came running" and "brought her rope with her," so he was pulled safely to the shore.», 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 doer «wife» (+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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