Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1445 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 bailiff really hang on to a calf all night?

1. Yeah, he went round the field — no support
2. Nah, not really, he just stood there holding the tail for ages and it was dead boring — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, he got dragged all over hill and dale and came back proper knackered — no support
4. Yeah, he got proper dragged round — ✓ the right answer · 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 1445, line 2: «She says she has forgotten the calf, so the big bailiff runs out to fetch it and grabs its tail.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «big bailiff» (+2); the same thing acted on «tail» (+2). Against it: 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, why kept the coach snapping every time?

1. Cause the wood was rubbish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cause the trace-pins kept breaking and nobody fixed the thing properly — no support
3. Cause the horses were far too tired and the wheels were stuck in mud — no support
4. Cause the horses were lazy — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Was the Master-maid well sharp or what?

1. Totally, she sorted the whole lot out with a clever trick and the King was well impressed — score 1
2. Totally, she was dead clever — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, she was dead clever and the bailiff was a right muppet about it — score 3
4. Yeah, she was proper smart — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1442, line 3: «In the fourth room he finds the Master-maid, a beautiful king's daughter, who teaches him clever tricks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «master maid» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the bailiff's dance with the calf dead funny?

1. Nah, he looked well cool — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he looked proper gutted — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he looked dead happy — no support
4. Nah, kinda boring — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's a byre anyway, like a bedroom?

1. A barn for hay — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A bedroom — no support
3. A shed — no support
4. A cowshed, bruv — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the bailiff run off quick when he got the calf?

1. Yeah, he ran like a little boy — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he stayed put and waved at the calf for ages before going — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, he tore off across the field like a fox chasing a hen in the night — no support
4. Yeah, he sprinted like a racehorse — 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 1194, line 16: «Why: the bailiff wanted to "make him jump over that boat" and prove he was the strongest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bailiff» (+2); the same thing acted on «bailiff» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the apple fight the sickest bit of the whole story?

1. Nah, the cock and hen were calm but the bailiff went mental over the apple — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the cock and hen went mental and the whole palace got a right shock — no support
3. Nah, the hen just sat there calm — no support
4. Yeah, the cock and hen went mental — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did they actually have the wedding in the end, like for real?

1. Nah, the King said no, so they had a small do in the garden instead — score 2
2. Nah, the King called it off — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, they kept it going all day — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Nah, it got cancelled — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1181, line 3: «The king weeps, cancels his second wedding, and the frog proves her fairy magic to the angry ambassadors by making them vanish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «second wedding» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the troll-witch get, like the worst ever?

1. Burned at the stake — no support
2. Sent away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Torn apart by horses — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Locked up in a tower, and the horses were sent back to the stable — score 1

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 1189, line 4: «The water turns the witch's captives back into people, and the witch flies away on her broomstick.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hold on, who lent the calf in the end?

1. The sheriff, I think — no support
2. The Master-maid, obviously, she lent it to the bailiff for the night — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The Master-maid, obviously — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The attorney, bruv, he sorted the calf out with the sheriff — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 111, line 9: «How does the Wolf trick the grandmother? He says, "Only Little Red-Cap, bringing you some meat and wine; please open the door."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2); the same thing acted on «meat» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the King went to fetch her himself, yeah?

1. Nah, he sent the messengers back and stayed home in bed all day — score 3
2. Nope, he sent a man — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yep, he had to, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, he had to go himself, no one else would do it, innit — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 742, line 5: «The king gives in and marries him to his daughter, but when the queen overhears him talking in his sleep, the men sent to kill him run away in fear.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same doer «men» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the sheriff's shovel-handle idea actually work, bruv?

1. Yeah, it worked fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, it broke — no support
3. Yeah, it did — no support
4. Yeah, it held fast — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Who was the proper eejit at the wedding, then?

1. The bailiff, for sure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The attorney, mate — no support
3. The sheriff — no support
4. The Master-maid's little brother, who kept shouting at the calf — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the bailiff went out to retrieve the calf?

1. He went out as briskly as a boy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He went out as slowly as a man — score 2
3. He went out as briskly as a boy, straight to the byre with a lantern in his hand — score 2
4. He went out the back door quickly — score 0

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 1445, line 6: «Who: the bailiff, big and fat, went out "as briskly as a boy" to fetch the calf.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go out» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the object that the Master-maid instructed the bailiff to hold?

1. The calf's tail — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The calf's tail and the sack of money together — no support
3. The shovel-handle, held firmly by both hands in the byre — no support
4. The calf's horn — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 174, line 20: «Old word: a "talisman" is a magic object that holds power, and a "hatchet" is a small axe, not a hammer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «magic object» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately states the reason the coach failed to move before the calf was harnessed?

1. The wood was too rotten and the horses were far too tired to pull — no support
2. The wheels were stuck fast — no support
3. The horses could not draw it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. The horses could not draw it until the calf was harnessed in the front — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1150, line 18: «OLD WORD: a pretext is an excuse, so "for some pretext for beating her" means a made-up reason; today we would say "an excuse".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «made reason» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the fate of the troll-witch at the conclusion of the episode?

1. She was torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses in the palace yard before the King and his whole court — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She was torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She was torn in pieces by four-and-twenty horses after the wedding, and her gilded cottage was burned down to the ground — no support
4. She was shut away in the gilded cottage for ever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1296, line 9: «Why: the princess burns the bear's skin because the egg-wife says "the enchantment would be at an end," but she is tricked, since the egg-wife is the witch her…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «witch» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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