Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1299 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 ✓

Dude, what colour was the dream-boy's hair?

1. fair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. blond — no support
3. golden and curly like the summer wheat — no support
4. very light brown and wavy like sand — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what was Lasse even tied with?

1. a string of beads — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a heavy iron chain bound tightly around him — no support
3. thick ropes tied to the anchored boat — no support
4. a chain of flowers — ✓ 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 ✗

Wait, which bird was chilling at the top of the tree?

1. the old crow — ✓ the right answer · score -5
2. a red robin — no support
3. the grey gull — score -7
4. a black raven perched on the highest branch — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 942, line 16: «What the drake says: he thinks the bird is a sparrow and calls him "only a plaything."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sparrow» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same doer «bird» (-3). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what was Fylax doing on the steps?

1. wagging its tail and barking at the boy — score 4
2. growling softly at the stranger on the path — no support
3. sleeping — score 3
4. barking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1299, line 8: «What Lasse sees at home: "Fylax was barking on the steps", and "Old Stina was milking the cows in the farmyard".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «bark» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, what was Lasse's sound-effect at the shore?

1. crackling — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. hum — no support
3. frizzling — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. bang — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, so what did the wind actually do to the boat?

1. turned the boat slowly and carried it far out to sea — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. carried it away — score 3
3. tossed the little boat up on the shore and left it there — no support
4. moved it around — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1238, line 20: «Old word "chips" means small splinters of wood, and in the story they turn into a magic boat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «words» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, who carried Lasse back to his boat?

1. the old fisherman from the village — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Matti — no support
3. Erik — no support
4. Nukku Matti — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 10: «Two explains: «this here ought to have been a red rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake»; «afore she comes» is old country talk for before she comes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old country talk» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the frizzling end up being?

1. his mother calling him back from the farmhouse window — no support
2. waves on the stones — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the sea on the rocks — no support
4. the wind in the reeds — ← 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 1230, line 1: «The prince carries the sword to the king, and the war ends with cheers.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was Moti's problem with the milk bowls?

1. he kept breaking the bowls his father had bought — score -5
2. he drank it — no support
3. he knocked over every bowl in the house each morning — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. he smashed them — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 1: ««Here!» cries Alice, and jumps up so fast — forgetting how big she has grown — that her skirt knocks over the jury-box and all the jurors tumble onto the crowd…», 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 thing acted on «goldfish bowl» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, what was Moti's dad's gift?

1. a bag — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. fifty silver pieces — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a horse — no support
4. twenty gold coins — 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 ✗

Bro, where did Moti crash for the night?

1. the village stable — no support
2. an inn — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. a travellers' serai — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a tent — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1299, line 5: «Then the story turns to Moti, a clumsy giant who is sent off with fifty silver pieces, and at an inn he finds that his money has been stolen.», 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 place «inn» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, who nicked Moti's money?

1. two Afghan horsedealers — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. two bearded merchants — score -4
3. some thieves — score -4
4. two Persian camel drivers — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1298, line 18: «old word "Land of Nod" is a dream-place, a name taken from the Bible, where people go to sleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which means did the narrative employ to restrain Little Lasse from disembarking upon the shore?

1. a heavy iron chain bound tightly around his body — no support
2. a chain of flowers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a string of beads — no support
4. thick ropes tied firmly to the anchored boat — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1036, line 21: «Old word: "marge" is an old word for a shore or edge of water, like a river bank today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+2); 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animal did the text describe as wagging its tail upon perceiving Little Lasse?

1. Hektor — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bo — no support
3. Rex — no support
4. Fylax — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sum of money did the father of Moti bestow upon his son at the moment of departure?

1. twenty gold coins — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a horse — score 2
3. fifty silver pieces wrapped in a cloth bag — no support
4. fifty silver pieces — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 544, line 15: «Why does Helios help him? The sun-god is struck with admiration at his daring and "lent to him the golden boat".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lend» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the thieves conceal their identity upon being discovered by Moti?

1. they disguised themselves as traders at dawn — score 2
2. they swore an oath on the holy book and left the serai in haste before dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. they dressed as serai servants and slipped out before the morning call to prayer — no support
4. they were not discovered, since he went back to bed — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 155, line 6: «Who: the Butcher, who is robbed of his meat by two thieves, and each thief swears he did not take it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thief» (+3). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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