Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1490 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 · ★ · right ✓

ok so the old man's meadow got eaten every St. John's eve, right?

1. yep, two years straight, total mystery — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. no idea tbh — no support
3. nope, just once — no support
4. yep, three years running, nobody knows — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, which brother booked it first?

1. honestly the middle bro was the first one to run, then the eldest — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. the eldest, honestly, he ran off quick — no support
3. the eldest, no cap, he dipped like a rabbit right when the noise hit — score -2
4. the eldest, no cap, he dipped like a rabbit — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1246, line 1: «The two brothers hunt, and the wild cat's golden ball kills a bear and a snake for them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same doer «two brothers» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol the brothers called Cinderlad a what?

1. ash-sitter, like he just bakes himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a total ash-sitter, like he just bakes himself in the hearth all day long — no support
3. like a worthless ash-sitter who bakes himself and never works a single day — no support
4. like a fire-napper, a total ash-lump — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1378, line 2: «He names his sword Kusanagi and crosses to Idzu, while his wife Ototachibana follows him, unwanted.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+2). Against it: the same doer «wind» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the dude actually stay in the barn though?

1. yeah, he lay down and kept it real — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. yeah, he stayed the whole night, lay down and kept it real — no support
3. yeah, he lay down in the barn and kept it real, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. yeah, he sat by the door all night — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1490, line 17: «Cinderlad goes off to the "outlying field," the far-away field, and lies down in the barn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «barn» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

how many earthquakes did he survive, fam?

1. three, like straight up three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. three, I guess, somewhere around — no support
3. four, like straight up four — no support
4. three, like straight up three earthquakes, no joke at all — 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 ✗

ngl the second earthquake sounds nuts, what happened?

1. the hay flew everywhere round him and the whole barn shook hard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the hay flew everywhere round him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. it scattered hay all over the place — no support
4. the straw flew all round him — 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 Cinderlad panic like his bros?

1. yes, he panicked and hid under the hay — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he just said he could handle it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nope, he just said he'd cope fine — no support
4. nah, he just said he could handle it and kept on working all night — 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 ✗

when the third one hit, did the roof cave in?

1. yeah, it shook loads, then it went quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. it felt like it, then the barn was still — no support
3. it nearly did, then silence came — no support
4. it felt like it, but then it went dead quiet — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

after the quiet, what did he reckon?

1. it'll probably stop now, he figured — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he went to sleep — no support
3. it was over, he thought, probably — no support
4. it'll probably come back, he figured — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the bros said he never learned nothing?

1. nope, he sat in the ashes and sulked — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. yeah, mostly sitting in the ashes, lazy — score 1
3. yeah, just sitting in the ashes and baking bread all day long and nothing else — score 1
4. yeah, just sitting in the ashes and baking — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1490, line 14: «The brothers mock Cinderlad: "you who have never learned anything but how to sit among the ashes and bake yourself!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «ashes» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the old man want to stop?

1. the noise — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the thieves — no support
3. losing his meadow grass each summer — no support
4. losing his whole crop every year — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1488, line 17: «The war is about how to break eggs, and the rebels called Bigendians are the ones who want to break them at the larger end.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «ones» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

where is the field, like geographically?

1. far off, past the barn, on a distant hillside — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. out past the village, on a hill — score 5
3. far off, out past the barn, up the mountain — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. far off in the valley floor — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1468, line 10: «What: the mother cries "where are now my children, my poor children?" and the children answer from the gate.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

that St. John's night thing, is it like a holiday?

1. yeah, the midsummer night in June — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, the midsummer night in June, a big old church holiday across Europe — no support
3. yeah, the midsummer night in June, when the farmers celebrate their crops — no support
4. yeah, a spring feast in early May — 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 · ★ · right ✓

what do you think the sneaky thing eating the hay is?

1. a sneaky goblin, probably, it's a guess — score -2
2. probably a rat or a mouse — score -2
3. some kind of bird, maybe a crow — score -3
4. the story doesn't say yet, it's a mystery — ← 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, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 589, line 7: «The old man says "I don't wanter tell you no stories," so he is not sulking for no reason; he thinks the tale is muddled.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old man» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the brothers' response to the nightly disturbance in the barn?

1. The two elder sons fled in fear at its first manifestation. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The elder brothers ran from it at first. — no support
3. The elder sons panicked and ran at its first appearance. — no support
4. Both elder brothers ran in fright when it first showed itself. — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which statement most accurately characterises the youngest son's attitude toward the mockery of his brothers?

1. He remained entirely unperturbed by their derision and proceeded with his task, though he was secretly hurt. — score -5
2. He remained unperturbed by their derision and proceeded with his task. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -5
3. He shrugged off their jeers and continued with his watch. — score -5
4. He was unbothered by their taunts and carried on with his duty. — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 865, line 18: «Why she is mocked: the neighbors' boys tease her when she stands looking in through the open church door.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «child» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the barn on the youngest son's night of watch?

1. An earthquake, then a rumble. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A rumbling, then a quake, then a second quake, then silence. — no support
3. A loud noise, then hay flying, then a quake, then silence. — no support
4. A rumbling, then a creaking, then a violent earthquake, then silence. — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following terms, as used in the passage, most nearly denotes a wager in modern usage?

1. Oath — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ay — no support
3. Go — no support
4. Bet — ✓ 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

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