Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, part 1: Jack traps and slays two giants, frees three ladies, and walks on to a Welsh giant's house
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1500 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, how tall was that giant, like proper huge?
- 1. Like a tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Eighteen feet high — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Pretty tall — no support
- 4. About twelve feet high — 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 ✗
Did Jack just stand there gawping at the giant, or what?
- 1. Yeah, he just stared at it — score 1
- 2. No, he fought with a stick — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Yeah, he gawped — no support
- 4. No, he dug a pit and blew his horn — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1290, line 10: «The king says "I cannot fight that giant" when his heart fails him, so he is afraid at first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same action «fight» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the nasty giant who wanted revenge, like, proper bad?
- 1. Blunderbore — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The giant who lived in the wood and wanted revenge for his brother — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. The nasty giant Blunderbore, brother of the one Jack slew — no support
- 4. Bloodmaw — 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 709, line 9: «Why not go on at night: they feared they "might lose their way or fall into the hands of robbers."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giants» (+2); the same place «hands» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
What was the giant lugging on his back, like a load of grub?
- 1. Oxen, sheep and hogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Bread and cheese — no support
- 3. Oxen, sheep, hogs and a whole cart of grain — no support
- 4. Oxen, sheep and hogs, plus a sack of cabbages and fruit — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Was Jack wide awake when he got nabbed, or did he nod off?
- 1. Yeah, he dozed off in a wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he dozed off in a wood, weary from the long walk — no support
- 3. No, he stayed up all night — no support
- 4. Yeah, he was snoring loud — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did the ladies get a proper thank-you from Jack, bruv?
- 1. Nah, he gave them nothing but a quick nod and walked away from the castle — score 3
- 2. Yeah, he gave them coins — score 3
- 3. Yeah, Jack gave them the castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Yeah, Jack gave them the castle and everything inside it, mate — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1500, line 17: «Jack gives the castle to the ladies "to make some amends" for their dreadful pains, which is why he gives them the keys.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same receiver «ladies» (+2); the same doer «jack» (+1); the same thing acted on «castle» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
How did Jack actually kill the two giants, mate?
- 1. He choked them with a rope — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. He stabbed them with a knife — score 5
- 3. He stabbed them — score 3
- 4. He choked them with a rope he found in a corner, mate — 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 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «hard words» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What was the vibe in that room with all the bones?
- 1. Creepy, full of bodies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Cold and very quiet — no support
- 3. Bright and very warm — no support
- 4. Creepy, full of bodies and the smell of death and rot — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did Jack find the rope, then?
- 1. Hidden in a chest under a pile of old bones in the room — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Hanging on the far wall — no support
- 3. In a corner of the room, hanging from a hook by the window — score 4
- 4. In a corner of the room — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the Welsh giant give Jack, like a proper welcome?
- 1. A warm meal and a sofa — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. A hot supper and a soft bed to sleep in after his long journey — score -3
- 3. A good bed to sleep in, with a warm meal and a fire — no support
- 4. A good bed to sleep in — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 742, line 20: «Old word: a "dowry" is the money or land a bride's family gives to her husband, and "armour-bearer" meant the servant who carried a warrior's armour.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Why couldn't Jack get any kip at the Welsh house, then?
- 1. He could not sleep though weary, because the bed was hard and cold — score 3
- 2. He could not sleep though weary — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. The bed was far too hard — no support
- 4. He was too worried about the giant to sleep, though he was very weary — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1500, line 5: «Jack chokes both giants with a rope, frees three ladies, gives them the castle, and walks on to Wales, where a giant lets him sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+2); the same doer «jack» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Was Jack a city boy from London, or what?
- 1. Yeah, from London — no support
- 2. No, he was from Cornwall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. No, he was from Kent — no support
- 4. Yes, born in London — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1500, line 6: «Who: Jack is a boy in Cornwall, "in the reign of the famous King Arthur", who loves hearing of "conjurers, giants, and fairies".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cornwall» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «jack» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what county does the narrative of Jack the Giant-Killer principally refer?
- 1. Kent — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. Yorkshire — score -1
- 3. Cornwall — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. Wales — 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 333, line 4: «Hook has the boys brought up from the hold and offers two of them a place as cabin boys.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring up» (+2). Against it: the same doer «boys» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what method did Jack dispatch the first giant?
- 1. By a rope and a sword — score -4
- 2. By a pit and a pickaxe blow — ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 3. By a deep pit and then a sharp pickaxe blow to the head — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 4. By a horn and a spear — score -4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1500, line 2: «Jack digs a deep pit, covers it with something that looks like solid ground, and blows his horn to wake the giant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «deep pit» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Upon what grounds did Blunderbore pursue Jack?
- 1. Vengeance for Cormoran's death — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Vengeance for Cormoran's death and the loss of his cave — score 1
- 3. Anger at his brother's wife — no support
- 4. Vengeance for the death of his brother Cormoran, the giant of Cornwall — 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 1500, line 13: «Blunderbore "vowed to be revenged on Jack" after Cormoran's death, and he keeps an enchanted castle "in the midst of a lonely wood".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+2). Against it: the same doer «cormoran» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What did Jack bestow upon the three ladies?
- 1. The castle and all its riches — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 2. A sack of gold and a horse — score -3
- 3. Gold coins — score -3
- 4. The giant's wealth and lands — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1500, line 16: «Jack finds three ladies "tied up by the hair of their heads, and almost starved to death", whose husbands the giants had killed.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «three ladies» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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