Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1511 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 ✗

Oi, how many heads did the first Troll have, mate?

1. Three — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Twelve — no support
3. Thirteen heads, mate, all counted — no support
4. Three heads and a tail — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1479, line 13: «The people cut off the heads of four courtiers because "it was their bad counsels which had so changed the Prince."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «heads» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did Halvor have to drink to lift that sword?

1. A draught from a bottle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Some strong red wine — score -2
3. Three sips from a silver flask his mum gave him — no support
4. A big draught of the Troll's bitter brew from a bottle — 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 812, line 9: «Why: the boys put the bird in a cage and then forgot to give it anything to drink.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drink» (+2). Against it: the same doer «boys» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Was Halvor proper scared of the castles or nah?

1. Yeah, dead scared, he ran off screaming from every castle door — no support
2. Yeah, he was terrified — no support
3. Not really, he was brave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Not really, he was brave and walked right in — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 783, line 1: «A brave youth sleeps in a haunted castle and wins pennies at nine-pins while the king wonders if he has been scared yet.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brave youth» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Did the Troll say it smelled of Christian blood, innit?

1. Yeah, he whispered it — no support
2. Nah, he didn't — no support
3. Yeah, he said it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he said nothing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1070, line 14: «Old word: "enmity" means hatred between enemies, so we might say "bad blood" today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bad blood» (+3); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which sister did Halvor like best, like, who was the favourite?

1. Middle — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Her — score 7
3. The youngest one — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The eldest one — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 823, line 5: «The seventh daughter tells stories, and the goblin takes her as his wife; at dawn the hill shuts, and the lizards and the earth-worm argue about who they liked…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «like» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what's the ring actually for?

1. Going home by wishing, as long as nobody names them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Wishing for gold and silver — no support
3. Going home by wishing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Making wishes come true — 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 ✗

So what's the big rule with the ring, yeah?

1. Never wish for gold in it — no support
2. Don't chuck it or say their names — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Don't sell it or wear it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Don't lose it — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1423, line 11: «The Dwarf calls the King's bride "that faithless Princess", and says she wears a ring made of his hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «ring» (+3); the same action «wear» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Why did Halvor wanna go home, like, honestly?

1. To see his mum and dad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. To see mum — score 4
3. To eat — no support
4. To visit his brother's farm — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1511, line 1: «Halvor walks all day, is starving, and enters a grand castle where no people are to be seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «halvor» (+2); the same action «see» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did he wish for, exactly?

1. To be home or home here — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To be home right now, in his mum and dad's cottage — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. To be back at the castle — no support
4. To be with his sisters — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 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 1511, line 16: «He wishes "If I were but at home again," and at once stands outside his parents' cottage.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Where was he when the wish worked, fam?

1. Outside his parents' cottage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Next to the river bridge — no support
3. At the castle — no support
4. Beside the old church — 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 ✗

How did his mum and dad react, lol?

1. They cried — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They bowed and curtsied — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They shouted in surprise — no support
4. They 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the last Troll's head easy to chop off, or nah?

1. Yeah, it fell off quick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, it was — no support
3. Nah, it was the softest — no support
4. Nah, it was the toughest — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what grounds did Halvor refuse to depart from the first castle?

1. He had committed no wrong — ✓ the right answer · score -6
2. He had a duty to stay — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. He was not told — no support
4. He was too tired — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1511, line 9: «Why: Halvor stays because "I have done no harm," so he has no reason to be afraid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+1). Against it: the same doer «halvor» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the Princesses bestow upon Halvor to facilitate his return home?

1. A horse — score -2
2. A ring granting passage by wish — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A golden cloak of silver — score -2
4. A ring for wishing home — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1511, line 5: «The freed sisters are reunited, and Halvor wishes himself home with a magic ring, startling his parents.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wish» (+1); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what did the Princesses warn Halvor regarding the use of the ring?

1. To keep it safe — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. That throwing it would end his splendour — no support
3. That naming them would end his splendour — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Not to lose it — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1461, line 4: «The Princess keeps praising Charming, so the jealous courtiers persuade the King to jail him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+4); the same action «keep» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the three sisters loved Halvor most sincerely?

1. Middle — score -1
2. The middle sister — score -1
3. The youngest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Eldest — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1506, line 6: «Who: Michael is the gardener's boy who secretly becomes the Star Gazer, and he loves the youngest Princess.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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