Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king for a cow and they break Sunday rest
Tests: 5 of 15 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1313 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 ✗
bro, who even lives on that tiny red rock?
- 1. Matte, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Just Maie — score 5
- 3. Matte and Maie, lol — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Some sailors, honestly — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1313, line 1: «Matte and Maie live on a tiny red rock far out at sea, with their dog Prince.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same place «tiny red rock» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «matte» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
ok so what's the dog's name, be so for real
- 1. Rover — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Buddy — no support
- 3. Max — no support
- 4. Prince — ✓ 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 ✗
what did Maie want so bad, no cap?
- 1. A goat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Pig — score 4
- 3. A cow — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Hen — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1313, line 10: «Why she wants it: she dreams of "sweet cream and fresh butter", but the buttermilk is all they have.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maie» (+4); the same action «want» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
wait, what did the students want to eat?
- 1. Fresh cod — score 3
- 2. Salt herring — score -1
- 3. Smoked herring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Smoked herring and some fresh bread — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 842, line 2: «Next morning the young divinity student borrows the goloshes to smoke his pipe in the garden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young divinity student» (+4); the same action «smoke» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the students say milk had to be skim or nah?
- 1. Nah, not skim — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes — no support
- 3. Nah — no support
- 4. Yes, it was skim — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1313, line 12: «What they wanted: "a can of fresh milk", "but it must not be skim".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «milk» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
who's the sea king in the tale, dude?
- 1. Ati — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Antti — no support
- 3. Ahti, the sea king, bro — no support
- 4. Ahti — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
which sea queen, bruh?
- 1. Wellamos — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Wellamo — no support
- 3. Velamos — no support
- 4. Ilma — 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 · ★ · right ✓
what did the students pay with?
- 1. Silver coin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. A shiny silver coin from the purse — score 5
- 3. Two silver coins and a copper button — score 5
- 4. Silver ring — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 874, line 9: «Why: The student told Ida the flowers were tired after dancing all night, so she gave them Sophy's bed to rest in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «student» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did Prince do when the boat left, so sad?
- 1. Whined on the shore — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Howled at the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. Ran off the rock — score 1
- 4. Barked — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1299, line 4: «The sound he thought was frying was only the waves on the stones, since the wind had moved the boat while he slept.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wind» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
what day did they set the net, like which day?
- 1. Saturday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Monday — no support
- 3. Tuesday — no support
- 4. Friday — 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 ✗
what was Maie humming, like the song?
- 1. A hymn — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A magic rhyme — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A sad ballad — no support
- 4. A song — 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 ✗
what do the maidens do when the music plays?
- 1. Sing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sing their songs — no support
- 3. Dance — no support
- 4. Comb their locks — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did Matte think about the book, fr?
- 1. Not true — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He thinks it's a lie — no support
- 3. He thinks so — no support
- 4. Not so sure it's true — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
why did Matte not wanna go out?
- 1. Because it was the Saturday night and the church bells rang — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cause it was Saturday night and he had promised Maie — no support
- 3. Cause it was Saturday night — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Because it was Sunday morning — 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 15 · ★ · right ✓
what did Maie offer Ahti back for the cow, like what?
- 1. A pearl from the sea — no support
- 2. The moon — no support
- 3. A slice of the moon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. A cup of sea salt — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1313, line 5: «She sings to Ahti for a cow, and that night neither of them can sleep, he for breaking Sunday, she for the cow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «maie» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which figure is described as the ruler of the submarine dominion?
- 1. Ilo — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Aho — score 1
- 3. Antti — score 1
- 4. Ahti — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 398, line 11: «The Man sends his Wife home to her father's house to test whether she is hated there too, and she reports that the herdsmen cast "looks of aversion" on her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «report» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
On which day of the week did the couple's transgression take place?
- 1. The Sunday of the big storm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Saturday evening after the church bells — no support
- 3. Monday — no support
- 4. Sunday — ✓ 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 ✗
What is the approximate number of herring prepared for the students' meal?
- 1. Around fifty herring from the barrel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ten — no support
- 3. Fifty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Twenty — 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 · right ✓
Which object did the students offer to the old man as payment for the meal?
- 1. A shining silver coin from the captain's purse — no support
- 2. Two shining silver coins and a small brass key — no support
- 3. Shining silver coin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -9
- 4. Shining brass button — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», 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 «hard words» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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