Portuguese Folk-Tales, The Two Brothers, part 32: the poor brother jumps from the wall onto a sick old man, and two sons drag him to court

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1307 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 ✗

Mate, did the rich lady give up after one judge, or what?

1. Yeah, she gave up after the first judge and went home to bed — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, she took the case home — score 3
3. Nah, she wanted every judge in the land to try it — score 4
4. Nah, she wanted every judge to try it — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1036, line 14: «Old word: "uncontrollable" means something you cannot hold back, a feeling too strong to stop.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+6); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who got the lovely supper at the farmhouse, bruv?

1. The rich lady, the farmer's wife — score -2
2. The poor man, the farmer's mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The rich brother, the farmer's mate — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. The rich brother, the farmer's mate, and his wife — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1299, line 21: «Old word: "reapers" were people who cut the rye by hand with sickles; today big machines called combine harvesters do the job.», 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 «people» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, why did the farmer's wife go mental and blame the onion?

1. She reckoned it was poisoned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. She was sick — score 1
3. She reckoned it was rotten — score 3
4. She was just tired — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1306, line 12: «Why the wife is unhappy with her house: "she always wanted more," and she thought other people's possessions "must be better than their own."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the poor man getting a proper hiding with the stick, or what?

1. Yeah, till the younger brother came and nicked it off him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, till the farmer dropped it — score 4
3. Nah, the muleteer nicked it — no support
4. Yeah, till the younger brother nicked it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1215, line 16: «Alonzo is a young man from another country who came to the city "because he could find no work."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «young man» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the muleteer say thanks for the rescue, innit?

1. Nah, he said nothing at all — no support
2. Nah, he went proper mental at him and called the law on him — no support
3. Nah, he went proper mental at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he said thanks but then went proper mental at him — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 927, line 12: «Hjalmar opens the door, and the stork flies off to warmer countries, nodding as if to say thanks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «thanks» (-2); a different doer (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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did the mule leave behind in the mud, like?

1. Its tail, in the poor man's hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Its saddle, in the poor man's hand — no support
3. Its tail, still stuck in the poor man's hand after all — no support
4. Its shoe — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1296, line 17: «Old word: "as fresh as a daisy" is an old saying meaning rested and cheerful, the way the ointment left the travellers feeling after their long walk.», 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 «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Was the poor brother planning to chuck himself off the wall, bruv?

1. Yeah, he was done with it all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he was off to Evora — no support
3. Yeah, he was done with it all and had nothing left to live for — no support
4. Nah, he was only climbing up to look at the view — 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 ✗

Who did he land on when he jumped, like, bang on?

1. An old sick man by the wall who had asked to lie there — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A sick farmer in the road — no support
3. An old sick man by the wall — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A cart — no support

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 1218, line 11: «The hare gets across the river by wishing himself over, and he tells his grandmother "Oh, I just jumped!"», 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 «hare» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What time of year is it? Was it boiling hot, or what?

1. Nah, it was winter, cold as anything, with frost on the ground — no support
2. Yeah, it was summer, boiling hot, the sun beating down all day long — score -7
3. Yeah, it was summer, boiling hot — ← Mova's choice · score -7
4. Nah, it was winter, cold as anything — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 592, line 9: «Mars Jeems is "a fighter" who leaves home when news comes that "times wuz gittin' putty hot."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the two young men just let him go, innit?

1. Yeah, they waved him off — no support
2. Nah, they marched him to court — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, they marched him straight off to court in chains — score 2
4. Yeah, they let him go but then followed him to the court-house — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1307, line 2: «The two brothers set off, the rich one riding and the poor one walking with only bread and onions, and a farmer lets the rich man in for supper but leaves the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+3); the same doer «farmer» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

What's the judge gonna do with them, like?

1. Hear them one at a time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hear them one at a time, after lunch tomorrow — no support
3. Sentence them straight away — no support
4. Hear them all at once — 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 ✗

Who's the real hero of this bit, mate?

1. The poor brother, who still helped the mule out of the swamp — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The poor brother, who still helped the mule — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The rich brother, who helped the mule — no support
4. The poor brother, who fed the farmer's wife and still helped the mule — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's the vibe at the end, is it calm?

1. Nah, everyone's shouting at once and nobody listens — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, everyone's laughing now — no support
3. Nah, everyone's gone home — no support
4. Nah, everyone's shouting at once — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which city is the dispute of the two brothers ultimately referred for judgement?

1. Lisbon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Beja — no support
3. Evora — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Coimbra — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

What is the cause of the farmer's wife's illness, as she herself asserts?

1. An onion that she had eaten — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A bad egg she had eaten — no support
3. A cup of sour milk — no support
4. An onion that she had eaten at supper that night — 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 ✗

From what height does the poor brother resolve to end his own life?

1. The city walls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The bridge — no support
3. The city battlements — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The town gate — 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 is the fate of the sick old man on whom the poor brother lands?

1. He lives — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He groans and walks away — score 2
3. He dies without a groan — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He gets up — 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 1282, line 15: «fact: Old word: a "jogi" is a holy man who lives apart from others, and today we would say yogi or ascetic.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «holy man» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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