Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 22: he keeps watch in the haunted castle, fights the animals, and survives the runaway bed

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1435 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 ✗

bruh, the dude in the castle actually fought those cats, no cap?

1. Yes, he fled — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he just sat there — no support
3. Yep, he slashed them all — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, he ran — 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 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, what did he want to learn in that castle, fr?

1. How to be afraid — no support
2. How to shudder and feel afraid of the dark — no support
3. How to shudder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. To learn to be scared — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1435, line 1: «The youth walks on, muttering that he wants to learn to shudder, and a carrier takes him along.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «learn» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «shudder» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, what did the King offer as a prize, like what?

1. His daughter for a wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. His daughter for a wife and half of his kingdom — score 8
3. A big bag of gold and his daughter for a wife — score 8
4. Half the kingdom in gold — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 637, line 3: «Tom politely offers help, runs to shake the bun tree, and brings back an armful of currant buns and Bath buns.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

yo, the bed went wild, what happened to him?

1. It ran off and flipped over on him in the hall — score 3
2. It flipped over on him and pinned him to the ground — score 3
3. It threw him to the floor — score 3
4. It flipped over on him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 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 1435, line 4: «He cuts the claws of two black cats and kills them, then drives off a crowd of black cats and dogs, and finally the bed runs wild and tips over on him.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bed» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how many cats did he cut the claws of?

1. 0 — score 3
2. 1 — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Two — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Four — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1233, line 5: «A boy warns the bear, the wolf, the fox, the horse and the cow, and each one ignores him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ignore» (+5); the number the lesson gave for it (+3). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, who came tumbling down the chimney?

1. A cat — score -3
2. Half a man and a bunch of bones — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Half a man covered in soot — no support
4. Half a man — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1427, line 9: «Her sleep: "a profound sleep, which shall last a hundred years", ending when a king's son comes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what game did he play with the skulls?

1. Ninepins using the bones and skulls — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ninepins with the skulls — no support
3. Ninepins — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Dice game — 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 ✗

lol, did he finally get scared by the end?

1. Nope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he was cool — no support
3. Yes, he was scared — no support
4. Nope, still not — ✓ the right answer · 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

how'd he feel after the bed flipped, chill or scared?

1. Chill, he said it was fine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Scared, he said it was bad — no support
3. Chill — no support
4. Scared — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

real talk, what did the carrier tell him?

1. Nonsense, you must stay here — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Stop being silly, follow me — no support
3. Come with me — no support
4. Stuff and nonsense, come with me — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

ya know the landlord's wife, what did she say?

1. Hush, go home — no support
2. Stop talking, it's dangerous — no support
3. Keep quiet, it is too risky now — no support
4. Hold your tongue, it's dangerous — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 16: ««Hold your tongue!» — «I won't!» — «Off with her head!» — «Nobody moved.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «tongue» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what was the lathe used for?

1. Turning skulls round to play ninepins with — score 3
2. Shaping table legs — no support
3. Turning the skulls and bones round for the game — score 3
4. Turning skulls round — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 782, line 5: «The youth turns the skulls round in his lathe, joins the game, loses some money, and then everything vanishes at twelve.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «skulls» (+2); the same action «turn» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did he call the cats and dogs when they came swarming?

1. Wild beasts — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rabble rout, the beasts of the castle — no support
3. Rabble rout — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A rabble rout of hounds and cats — 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 of the following objects did the youth request from the King prior to his nightly vigil?

1. A fire, a turning lathe, a workbench and a stool — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A large fire, a lathe, a carving bench, and a bed — no support
3. A fire, a lathe, and a stool — score -4
4. A fire, a turning lathe, and a carving bench — ✓ 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 782, line 5: «The youth turns the skulls round in his lathe, joins the game, loses some money, and then everything vanishes at twelve.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What did the King promise to the man who remained three nights in the haunted castle?

1. The hand of his daughter in marriage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Gold and land — score 2
3. A royal feast for the whole town — score 2
4. The hand of his son in marriage — 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 128, line 5: «The Queen forgets her promise to the Dwarf, but when her child is born he comes to claim it, and she has three days to find his name.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «promise» (+5). Against it: the same doer «queen» (-1); the same receiver (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

How did the youth respond when the bed overturned upon him?

1. He emerged and lay down to sleep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He climbed out and lay down again — score 5
3. He cried out — score 5
4. He crawled out and went to bed — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 767, line 3: «Next morning he comes out safe and tells the lord that the dogs are bewitched and guard a chest of gold, and he knows how to free them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+3); the same action «come out» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the youth's reply when the King asked whether he had learned to shudder?

1. He declared it a hopeless matter — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. He declared it a hopeless matter and asked to leave the castle — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He said it was a hard matter — score 1
4. He declared it a hopeless matter, since no one can learn it — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1432, line 1: «The Sultan keeps putting Aladdin off, asking for forty golden basins full of jewels.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+5). Against it: the same doer «sultan» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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