Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1476 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 so who actually swapped places with the princess, like for real?

1. the old King's cousin — score 2
2. the waiting-maid — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. her dodgy mate, the goose — score 2
4. the bride — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1420, line 4: «The long-nosed Princess trades for the golden apple, the carding-comb and the spinning-wheel, but the Prince sleeps through each night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trade» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «nosed princess» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruv the horse Falada, is he a talking horse or nah?

1. nah, he don't — no support
2. he talks, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yeah, he's a horse — score 2
4. nah, he just trots — score 1

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 682, line 20: «The horse speaks: "It is no use your returning home just now, your father will only beat you."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+2); the same doer «horse» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why did the false bride want Falada dead, was it cos he's annoying?

1. she thought he was a bit dodgy — score 2
2. nah cos he's a fit horse and she fancied him something mad — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. she was scared he'd spill the tea — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. she was just dead jealous, innit — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1352, line 16: «why: Princess Terute hated her step-daughter, because she wanted her "own son" to have all the love of his father.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol Curdken got owned by the wind, right?

1. nah, the wind just dropped — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. nah, he chased the wind and caught his hat back in the end — score 1
3. yeah, his hat got blown away — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. yeah, his hat got blown away down the common and he chased it proper — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 961, line 5: «The wind drops for two months, then a storm blows up over the sea between Scotland and Jutland, and the ship is driven toward Denmark.», 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, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the princess had to be a goose-girl, that's well sad, mate, yeah?

1. yeah, sad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, she's chuffed mate — no support
3. yeah, she's proper upset — no support
4. yeah, she's gutted — ✓ 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 ✗

what's the vibe of the old King, is he sus or chill?

1. he's quite nosy, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he's dead chill, mate, sits in the throne room all day — no support
3. he's proper nosey and sharp — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he's dead chill and kind — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the princess actually spill her heart to the stove, like the whole thing?

1. yeah, she told the stove — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. nah, she only told the stove a bit and kept the rest — score 2
3. yeah, she spilled everything — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. yeah, she spilled everything to the stove, every bit of it — score 2

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 1476, line 18: «The princess tells the stove her story because she has sworn not to speak, and this is the only safe way for her to be heard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

bare dark, the false bride said what, for like the sentence?

1. rolled down the hill, spiked — no support
2. stuck in a spiky cart, yeah — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. put in a spiky barrel, dragged till dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. chucked in the moat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1476, line 11: «The false bride says the horse "behaved very badly on the journey," but the truth is that she is "afraid lest the horse should speak."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

sick, the real bride got her fit clothes back, yeah?

1. nah, she kept the goose-girl rags on and looked proper rough — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. yeah, royal gear, looked mint — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, royal gear back on, looked mint and proper fit for the banquet — no support
4. nah, still in her rags, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 4: «At the dance the bride falls dead-looking, John saves her, and the angry King throws him into prison; John tells his story and turns to stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bride» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

who got the biggest L in the whole banquet bit?

1. the waiting-maid — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the false bride — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Prince's mum who got shamed at the banquet — no support
4. the old King's cousin — 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 head on the gate kept it real, right?

1. yeah, it told the King — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yeah, it said the truth — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. yeah, it said the truth to everyone at the gate, proper honest — score 2
4. nah, it lied to the King and tricked the whole court — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1235, line 8: «What: the head tells her to call "Mahomet!" three times, and a negro appears, "still larger than the last".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «head» (+2); the same receiver «sultan» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

was the old King actually peeking behind the bush, like full-on spying?

1. yeah, a bit — no support
2. yeah, he was spying hard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. yeah, he was snooping — score 2
4. nah, he was chilling — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1476, line 5: «The King spies on her, hears her confess to the iron stove, and at the feast the false bride sentences herself without knowing it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the waiting-maid secure the silence of the real bride upon their arrival at the palace?

1. by an oath sworn upon heaven and the waiting-maid's own gold — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. by an oath sworn upon heaven — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. through a threat of death — no support
4. by a vow made to God — no support

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 1476, line 7: «What: the waiting-maid makes her take off her royal robes and swear "by heaven" that she will not speak, or she "would have been killed on the spot."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swear» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what conclusion did the old King come upon observing the girl standing in the courtyard below?

1. that she was merely a goose-girl of low birth who had been deceived — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. that she was of noble and gentle character and must be a true princess — score -1
3. that she was of noble and gentle character — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. that she was a stranger of gentle manner — no support

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 1449, line 16: «Felicia faints after the pink speaks, and the Queen of the Woods finds her in the garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «felicia» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what grounds did the false bride request the execution of the faithful horse Falada?

1. upon a claim that the horse had been stolen from the royal stable by the goose-girl — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. upon a claim of ill conduct on the journey — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. on a charge of stubbornness on the road — no support
4. for disobedience during the ride — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1325, line 20: «Old word "palfrey": it is a gentle riding horse that ladies used, not a battle horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «gentle riding horse» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «word» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What penalty did the false bride herself prescribe for the deceiver in the tale related by the old King?

1. hanging from the castle wall — no support
2. dragging in a nail-lined cart — no support
3. death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails through the streets of the town — score -1
4. death by dragging in a barrel lined with nails — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1474, line 18: «"Span" is an old word for "spun," so the girls were turning thread on their spinning wheels by the fire.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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