Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1513 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 ✗

Wait, so Halvor swapped his horse for like boots?

1. Yeah, he swapped it for boots — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yep, magic boots that go mad fast — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, just boots — no support
4. Nah, he got a sword instead — 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 1513, line 1: «Halvor swaps his horse for the old woman's magic boots, which take giant strides.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «horse» (+3); the same action «swap» (+1); the same doer «halvor» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, which wind was Halvor chasing?

1. The West Wind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The wind that blew from the frozen north — no support
3. The South Wind — no support
4. Some strong wind that blew over the sea — 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 ✗

Did the West Wind chill with Halvor for a bit?

1. Nah, it said it had no time — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, it just kept on going — no support
3. Nah, it said it was busy but would send him a message later — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, it chilled with him for ages and gave him a ride — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1098, line 11: «The Wind warns the man to "enter no tavern by the way," saying "I shall know it if thou dost."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «man» (+2); the same doer «wind» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was Halvor looking so janky at the feast?

1. He was wearing a borrowed old coat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He had been fighting trolls all night and had no time to wash or change his clothes — score 3
3. He was all ragged from the bushes and bogs — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He had torn clothes from the forest — 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 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 doer «halvor» (+2); the same thing acted on «words» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Halvor sneak into the glass?

1. His horse — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. The ring — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. The ring the Princess had given him — score -2
4. His old boots and a tiny stone — 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 174, line 6: «Who: the narrator, a young man who sneaks into the palace, and the princess of the Ebony Isle, whose "master the genius" is very jealous.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sneak» (+2). Against it: the same doer «young man» (-4). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who did the Princess say was most worthy?

1. The lad who fought the wicked King — score 4
2. The guy who saved them from the Trolls — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The man who had walked for days and then saved every one of them from the Trolls — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The guy who saved all three princesses from the Trolls in the north — score 4

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 1262, line 5: «The eastern brother saves the princess from a dragon with a mirror, and later he sees a black castle and rides off to it.», 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 «save» (+1); the same doer «eastern brother» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Halvor do once he heard that?

1. He stood up and walked to the front of the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Ditched the rags, washed up in the river, then dressed as the groom and sat beside the bride — score 1
3. He went to the river and washed his face — no support
4. Ditched the rags and dressed up as the groom — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the fake groom get kicked out?

1. Chased out by the guards — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sent home — no support
3. Thrown out — no support
4. Flung out of the window — ✓ 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 ✗

Which prince had three sisters, fam?

1. Halvor — score 2
2. Prince Ivan — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The old king — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Ivan — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1513, line 5: «A new tale starts at the end: three sisters are carried off by a Falcon, an Eagle and a Raven, and Koshchei breaks free.», 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 «new tale» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the bird dude that carried off Marya?

1. The Raven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Eagle — no support
3. The bird that flew off with the Princess — no support
4. The Falcon — ✓ the right answer · 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the scary Deathless guy in the closet?

1. Morevna — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Koshchei — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ivan — no support
4. Halvor — 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 ✗

Which army got wiped out, bruv?

1. The army that Koshchei sent over the hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The one slain by Princess Marya Morevna — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The soldiers the Falcon led across the plain — no support
4. The whole army of the Deathless king that had marched out to fight the princesses — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Why did Koshchei get his strength back?

1. He drank three buckets of water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Prince Ivan gave him three buckets of water to drink while he was chained — score 5
3. He was given three good meals — score 5
4. He stood in the river and drank water for three whole days without stopping — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 428, line 13: «WHAT: Koshchei drank three bucketfuls of water, "regained his former strength", and broke all twelve chains at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+2); the same doer «koshchei» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Halvor surrender to the old woman in exchange for the magic footwear?

1. His saddle — score -2
2. The horse — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. His horse and all his silver coins — no support
4. The brown horse he had ridden from home — ← Mova's choice · 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 1513, line 16: «The Princess asks "Who is most worthy to have one of us—he who has delivered us from the Trolls or he who is sitting here as bridegroom?"», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+1). Against it: the same doer «halvor» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did Halvor's ring come to be transferred to the cup-bearer's glass?

1. He dropped it into the glass himself — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. A servant dropped it in secretly — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The cup-bearer took it off him — score 0
4. It fell in by chance when the bride's sister knocked the cup over — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 498, line 19: «Old word: "Autochthony" comes from autos (self) and chthon (earth), meaning the belief that people came out of the ground itself; today it is an old idea nobod…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess select Halvor as her husband?

1. Because he had saved them from the wicked Trolls — no support
2. Because he had been the only guest brave enough to face the Trolls at the castle gate — score 0
3. Because he had delivered them from the Trolls — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Because he was the one who fought the Trolls — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1427, line 4: «She takes the spindle, pricks her hand, and faints, and soon the whole palace falls asleep with her.», 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 «princess» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which tale begins in this passage immediately after the conclusion of the Halvor narrative?

1. The Tale of Prince Ivan and the Army — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The Falcon's Tale — score 3
3. The Death of Koshchei the Deathless — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Koshchei — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1477, line 5: «A King's son finds the kind girl crying in the forest and marries her, then a second tale begins with a white rabbit and the Fairy Truth.», 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 «son» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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