Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1420 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 ✗
yo did the girl actually ride a wind all the way there or nah?
- 1. Yeah, totally — no support
- 2. Nah, walked — no support
- 3. Yeah, on the South Wind and then the North Wind, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, she caught a ride on a cloud, straight up, no cap — ← 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 1247, line 2: «The ball rolls into the Big Water, floats across to two girls, and they catch it in their pail and lock it in a cupboard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+1); the same doer «girls» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
wait, why was the North Wind so wiped out after that flight?
- 1. He was totally gassed, fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He was super tired, no lie — no support
- 3. He was tired — no support
- 4. Yeah, tired — 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 ✗
so the long-nose princess really traded three golden things for one night?
- 1. Yeah, the ring, the comb, the spindle — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yep, the apple, the comb, the wheel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yep, all three — no support
- 4. Yep, the apple and the comb — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
ngl, how did the prince not wake up when she was shaking him?
- 1. Cause the princess spiked his drink — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Cause the troll put a spell on him — score 3
- 3. Cause he was tired — score 6
- 4. Cause his ears were stuffed with wax — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1322, line 4: «Each time the girl makes him sleep and the work gets done, and at the wedding she shows him which bride is hers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
bruh, who actually tipped the prince off about the drink?
- 1. The Christian folks in the next room — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. The guard standing by the old door — score -1
- 3. Some soldiers down at the gate — score 2
- 4. The servants — 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 1204, line 8: «What happens on the leaps: "Eight times he leaped over the wall and eight times found himself where he had started from".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «prince» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
was the prince lowkey trying to bail on the long-nose girl?
- 1. Yeah, he was trying hard to get out of the whole marriage deal he had been stuck with — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he was not about that marriage — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he was sneaking around hoping to dodge that marriage and maybe get free of the whole mess — no support
- 4. Yeah, he was trying to escape the match — 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 ✓
why did the prince make the shirt thing a test?
- 1. To find out the true bride's skill — score -3
- 2. To see if the real girl could do it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. To check who the real bride was — no support
- 4. To trick her — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1361, line 1: «The dying mother makes her daughter promise to care for her father and to be good.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
how many tallow drops got on that shirt?
- 1. Three, like exactly three — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Like five, I think they said — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. Three, like exactly three, right on the front of the shirt — no support
- 4. Two or three, roughly speaking — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 925, line 14: «Why the old woman longs for a light: she says "I can almost imagine I am seeing it all" while her husband reads.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «drop» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the long-nose princess get the shirt clean?
- 1. Nope, she scrubbed for hours and the tallow spots only grew larger across the whole shirt — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Nope, it stayed dirty too — no support
- 3. Nope, the spots actually got bigger and bigger the more she scrubbed at them — score 2
- 4. Nope, the spots got bigger — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 654, line 1: «The little white Princess wakes early, greets the sun and the woods from her tower, then scrubs the whole house herself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scrub» (+1); the same doer «little white princess» (+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 ✗
what did the troll mom say when she tried washing it?
- 1. Give it here — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. You can't wash at all, give it here — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Just leave it, I'll handle it now — no support
- 4. Ugh, this shirt is too dirty now — 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 ✗
so the girl is basically the only one who can save the day, right?
- 1. Pretty much, she saves it — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. Yep, she's the real MVP here — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. Yep, the hero — score -1
- 4. Yep, she's the real MVP here, the only one who can actually fix it all — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1374, line 16: «Old word: "condolence" means words of sympathy for someone's death; today we say "I'm so sorry for your loss".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
honestly, was the whole trip worth it for the girl?
- 1. Yeah, all that flying and freezing was worth it since she finally got her chance to save him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, after all that wind-riding she finally got her chance to win him back — no support
- 3. Yeah, she finally got her chance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, she got what she wanted — 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 ✗
Which wind did the girl ride in order to reach the North Wind's dwelling?
- 1. The West Wind — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. The East — score 0
- 3. The South Wind — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. The warm wind that blew from the south sea — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1420, line 1: «The girl rides on the South Wind to his brother, the North Wind, who is the oldest and strongest of them all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+1). Against it: the same doer «girl» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which obstacle prevented the girl from waking the Prince on the first night?
- 1. A sleeping spell — score 1
- 2. The troll's sleeping potion made earlier — no support
- 3. The sleeping-drink administered by the Princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. The wine that the Princess poured out — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1207, line 1: «At a feast the prince drinks the king's wine and sings so sweetly that everyone is charmed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wine» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What was the Prince's condition for the marriage, as stated in the text?
- 1. The bride must wash the shirt with the tallow drops — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The bride had to scrub the spotted shirt white — no support
- 3. She had to wash the stained shirt clean again — no support
- 4. The bride must cook him a meal first — 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 ✗
Which party was the first to discover the Princess's deception concerning the sleeping-drink?
- 1. The troll-hag — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Christian folk held captive in the adjacent chamber — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The kitchen maids who were working below — no support
- 4. The guards who stood outside the door — 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
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