Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1512 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 ✗

bro, what did the girls ditch when Halvor walked in?

1. their shawls, bro — no support
2. their kirtles and shawls and stuff, lol, they were so fast — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. their kirtles, lol — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. all their kirtles and their petticoats and shoes, lol, they bolted out the door — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 941, line 1: «The blind girl sets out into the wide world, holding fast to her invisible thread.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «blind girl» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, so who is the old lady actually?

1. a random lady, no cap — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his nan, lol — no support
3. Halvor's mum, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. some witch, lol — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why did the Princesses wanna chill by the pond?

1. cause the grass was soft and it was a pretty spot near the pond, like, obvi, bro — no support
2. cause it was a pretty spot, like, obvi — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause the pond was kinda chill, like, obvi — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. cause they wanted to sit by the pond and talk about the castle and Halvor, like, obvi, lol — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1476, line 4: «Each morning the princess speaks to Falada's head at the gate, and each day she makes the wind blow Curdken's hat away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the youngest one combed his hair, right?

1. yeah, she swapped the ring, lowkey — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. nah, she didn't — no support
3. yeah, she left him a ring, lowkey — no support
4. yeah, then she dipped with the ring, lowkey — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1215, line 1: «While Father Grumbler sleeps off his wine, a clever woman swaps his magic cock for an ordinary one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+1); the same doer «clever woman» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Halvor do after he woke up?

1. cried his eyes out for a really long time, bro, then he set off all over the world to find them — no support
2. cried his eyes out, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. went looking for food, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. cried his eyes out for ages and then wandered off, bro — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1512, line 5: «Halvor weeps, buys a tired horse with his three hundred dollars, and rides off to search the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «halvor» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

how much dough did he have when he left?

1. two hundred dollars, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. three hundred dollars and a ring, fr, that's it — no support
3. four hundred bucks, fr — no support
4. three hundred dollars, fr — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

what was the horse like, honestly?

1. kinda decent, bruh, good to ride, though it's a bit slow and kinda old and lame — score -1
2. kinda decent, bruh, good to ride — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. kinda decent, bruh, good to ride but useless for pulling stuff — score -1
4. pretty ok, bruh, fast enough — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1143, line 2: «Ian also nods off, so the horse kicks him awake, and he cuts off the grooms' heads before riding back to the raven.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+1). Against it: the same doer «horse» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the horse pull a cart?

1. nah, it can't pull a plough, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, bro — no support
3. yeah, it pulls carts fine, bro — score 5
4. nah, it's rubbish at drawing, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1512, line 16: «"Good for nothing at drawing" means it cannot pull a cart or a plough, though it can carry a rider.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cart» (+3); the same action «pull» (+1); the same doer «horse» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

how far was the cottage from anywhere?

1. way out, no Christians in a hundred years, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. way out past the big hill, bro — no support
3. super far, bro — no support
4. miles from the road, bro, lol — 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 ✗

what did the old woman use her nose for?

1. combing her hair, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. hanging the pot, lol — no support
3. stirring the fire, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. sniffing, lol — 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 ✗

did the Moon know the way to the castle?

1. nope, a huge cloud was in the way and she couldn't see anything for ages, bro, lol — score 2
2. nope, a cloud was in the way, so she couldn't see it at all, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. nah, the sky was too dark, bro — no support
4. nope, a cloud was in the way, bro — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1436, line 19: «the miller's daughter promises "my first child" because she "saw no other way out" of her trouble.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «other way» (+3); the same action «see» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

who's the last one they ask for help?

1. the North Wind, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the South Wind, he's cool, bro — no support
3. the West Wind, he knows everything, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the West Wind, he knows everything about the castle and the way there, bro — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what's the big deal with Soria Moria?

1. it's a castle where the girls live, bro — no support
2. it's a castle where the sisters went and got stuck, so Halvor has to find it, bro — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. it's where the sisters went after the pond, and Halvor needs a ring to get there, bro, that's the whole story — no support
4. it's where the sisters went, that's the whole thing, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1207, line 8: «The deal: the king says the prince must "submit yourself to death" once he has heard the answer, and the prince agrees.», 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 «deal» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the reaction of the young Halvor's parents upon recognising their son?

1. They were sorrowful, and the father ran out to fetch the neighbours from the farm to help him search the woods for the boy. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. They were overjoyed. — score 2
3. They wept at once. — score 0
4. They experienced profound joy, and the mother, upon recognising him by the firelight, went to inform the girls at the farm. — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1279, line 13: «Why: the twenty men all step forward, saying "I am the person you want", so the thief cannot be picked out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «twenty men» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the action by which the youngest Princess enabled the departure of the company from the pond, and state the words by which she effected it.

1. She tied the hair of the sleeping Halvor, slipped off a ring, put a different one in its place, and named the far castle in her wish. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. She braided the hair of the sleeping Halvor, took a ring, exchanged it for another, and wished for the sea. — score 4
3. She combed the hair of the sleeping Halvor, removed a ring, substituted another, and pronounced the wish concerning Soria Moria Castle. — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. She combed the hair of the sleeping Halvor, removed his ring, substituted another, and then pronounced the wish concerning Soria Moria Castle and her sisters, before leaving the pond at once. — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1282, line 9: «fact: Why: the jogi wants the princess dead, so he tricks the king into putting her in the chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «princess» (+3); the same action «put» (+1); the same doer «prince» (+1); the same place «chest» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Determine the reason why the narrator states that the Halvor's search was undertaken with diminished hope and with reluctance to continue living.

1. Because he was tired. — no support
2. Because Halvor believed he would not find the Princess again, and deemed it not worth while to live. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Because he had lost hope. — score 4
4. Because he was sure the castle was not real, and felt his life was of little worth. — score 2

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 1512, line 14: «Why Halvor is sad: he remembers the words the girls said, so he feels he must not face them again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «girls» (+3); the same doer «halvor» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the situation of the old woman's dwelling and the consequence of this situation for the travellers' prospects, as stated in the text.

1. The cottage was isolated, no Christian folk having come there for over a hundred years, so the travellers could expect no ready guidance. — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The cottage was isolated deep in the forest beyond the pond and the hills, no Christian folk having come there for over a hundred years, so the travellers, weary and lost, could expect no ready guidance whatsoever from anyone they met. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The house stood alone in the woods, and the old folk there had seen no visitors for many seasons, so the party had little hope of help. — no support
4. The cottage stood far from any road or village, no Christian folk having come there for over a hundred years, so the travellers could expect no ready guidance from anyone at all in that wild country. — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 989, line 5: «At a moonlit Maypole dance she meets tiny elves who borrow her sausage skewer and set it up as a maypole.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «meet» (+1); the same doer «traveller» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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