Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses

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

Lesson 1306 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 ✗

Oi, did the son get chucked out by his dad or what?

1. Yeah, he got told to sod off — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, his dad kicked him out proper — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he just went for a walk — no support
4. Nah, his dad told him to get lost but he still came back round for dinner after a bit — 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, who's the posh one who got the massive house?

1. The elder brother, the poor one — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The eldest, mate — no support
3. The one who got the farm, innit — no support
4. The younger brother, the rich one — ✓ 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 1306, line 13: «What the elder brother asks for: "those unfinished houses of yours in the city, and I will make them watertight."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «elder brother» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how did the horse get home all by itself?

1. The horse knew the road so well and was so sure-footed that the rider could sleep in the saddle the whole way — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. It had been ridden there many times — no support
3. It knew the road and was sure-footed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Somebody else led it home on a rope, then let it wander off along the lane towards the stable — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 773, line 3: «He drops his ring into the maiden's golden goblet, she knows he is near, and they kiss and plan their wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+4); the same doer «horse» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what was the dodgy plan with the houses?

1. Sue his brother for the houses — no support
2. Trick his brother into signing them back — no support
3. Get them back off his brother in court — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Get them back off his brother in court by proving the gift was never properly made and the papers were false — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 136, line 8: «What: he breaks his halter and goes "frisking into the house" like a clown.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «master» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Was the wife proper greedy or just skint?

1. Mostly kind but a bit skint — no support
2. Proper greedy, always wanting more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Just skint — no support
4. Just poor and struggling hard — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 763, line 9: «Why: the wife wants to thank the elves, because "they have nothing upon their backs to keep off the cold."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the elder bro get loads of cash in the end?

1. No, he got a small share — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, no cash — no support
3. No, just the farm and a few sheep — no support
4. No, he only got the unfinished houses — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the landlady so keen to gossip, innit?

1. Because the whole village knew everything and she had to keep up with all the latest gossip — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She liked spilling the tea on folk — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She just liked to chat a lot — no support
4. She liked spilling the tea on folk, sharing every rumour she heard with the guests at the inn — 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 ✗

Was the dad still mad at the end, like?

1. Nah, he forgave him in the end — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he never wanted to see him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he was still raging and refused to see or speak to his son for the rest of his life — no support
4. Nah, he calmed down after a while, sent a letter, and even asked to see him once before he died — 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 ✗

Was the younger bro buzzing about the farm, or gutted?

1. Gutted, because he had always been desperate for a life in town and hated the endless farm chores — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gutted, he wanted town life — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Buzzing about the farm at first, but then gutted when he realised he would never leave it alone — no support
4. Buzzing, he loved the farm — 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 ✓

Who had the last word on the houses, like the actual boss?

1. The lawyer for the family — score 2
2. The brother who had the papers — score 3
3. The judge in the court of law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The judge — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1055, line 7: «Goll's anger "fled at the word" when Fionn says "It is true," but it flares again at the word "jealous."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the couple manage to keep the kids fed when they were skint?

1. They had little, just some soup — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were struggling, barely any bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They lived off scraps every day — no support
4. The family was skint and barely ate at all, sharing one loaf between all of them every single day — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the bride dead nice to her sister-in-law at first?

1. Yeah, she was sweet to him at first — no support
2. Nah, she was not nice to anyone at all, but she pretended to be warm to her sister-in-law at first — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, she was dead nice at first — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, not really — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 472, line 1: «The Princess pretends to fetch a light and splashes boiling liquid on the witch, who drops dead.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «pretend» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Did the wife just let it go when she didn't get her way?

1. Nah, she cried all day and all night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nah, she made a huge fuss, threw things, and then went on sulking for weeks until the gift was returned — score 5
3. Nah, she cried all day and all night and kept nagging her husband until he took the matter to court — score 5
4. Yeah, she accepted it and moved on — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1306, line 4: «The rich brother's wife sees the houses, decides they would make a palace, and cries and sobs until her husband agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which action did the farmer take upon learning of his son's marriage?

1. He ordered his son to leave his sight at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He forbade his son from ever coming near again — score 2
3. He flew into a rage and ordered his son out of the house immediately, whipping him with his cane at the door — score 5
4. He disowned his son on the spot, declaring that he would never forgive him for marrying without consent — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1281, line 6: «Who: the prince, the newly found son, tells the king "how he had sworn before a priest to marry her".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «king» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the younger brother respond to his inheritance?

1. He worked it without any real pleasure — no support
2. He accepted the inheritance but worked the land with reluctant diligence, always dreaming of the city life beyond — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. He accepted it with reluctant diligence — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was disappointed by the inheritance and accepted it with a sullen reluctance that showed in all his daily work — score -9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 551, line 20: «Old word: "patrimony" meant the land a son inherits from his father, which Hyllus claims in the Peloponnesus.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal motive for the wife's litigation?

1. Her wish to possess the unfinished houses — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Her determination to win back the houses that her husband had given away, regardless of the cost to his brother — score 2
3. Her anger at her husband's brother — score 0
4. Her wish to possess the unfinished houses so that she could make them into a palace and outshine everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1306, line 4: «The rich brother's wife sees the houses, decides they would make a palace, and cries and sobs until her husband agrees.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «palace» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which description most accurately characterises the wife?

1. Avaricious and never content with her possessions — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Avaricious and never content with her possessions, always scheming for more land, houses, and wealth — no support
3. Proud but generous to her friends — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Greedy and always wanting more — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1303, line 7: «fact: What: the messengers say he is "so dirty and ugly" that he cannot be the winner they seek, and the king orders him hanged.», 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 «king» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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