Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1517 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 ✗

Ye reckon the knight's wee steed wis dead quiet, eh?

1. Naw, it neighed like mad an' shook the bells so the whole palace woke up — no support
2. Naw, it stood still an' didnae move — no support
3. Naw, it neighed like mad and shook the bells — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Aye, it cried a wee bit an' stopped — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1400, line 20: «OLD WORDS: A "steed" is an old word for a horse, a "coop" is a small pen for birds, and "relish" means eating with enjoyment.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+3); the same doer «steed» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the wee thief dae when the witches turned intae a hare?

1. He chased the hare roon the tree — no support
2. He kept his cool and didnae attack — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He kept his cool an' didnae attack, but hid in the tree an' waited — no support
4. He panicked, dropped his bag o gold, an' ran hame tae his mammy doon the road — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1474, line 18: «"Span" is an old word for "spun," so the girls were turning thread on their spinning wheels by the fire.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit wis the knight's big plan fer the lads?

1. Let them go, but first mak them pay for the gold they stole fae the palace — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Boil them, one efter the other, startin wi the eldest in the pot — no support
3. Boil them, one efter the other — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Haud them in the cells — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who wis the captain wi the black cap, mate?

1. The bishop — score -1
2. The man wi the broon hat — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. The guard — score 1
4. The old champion — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 468, line 19: «Old word "Sotniks" meant Cossack captains of a hundred men, and "Desyatniks" leaders of ten men.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the Thief pit under the witches' heids?

1. Bits o cloth fae the bag — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pieces o turf — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Dry leaves an' bark — no support
4. Stanes — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the Thief get oot o the tree, like?

1. A bell rang an' he ran — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He climbed doon — score 3
3. The sun came up an' they left — no support
4. The cock crew and the witches vanished — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 150, line 9: «Why: the Thief wants the new coat, so he uses a made-up story to scare the Innkeeper into running inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «thief» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit wis the black man in the vault reely?

1. A clergyman, no the bishop, wha'd come tae rob the grave first — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A monk fae the abbey — no support
3. A clergyman, no the bishop — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Just a dead beggar — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1517, line 15: «In the vault: the Thief robs a rich bishop's grave, but a tall black man in the entrance turns out to be a clergyman.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «grave» (+3); the same action «rob» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Whit did the Thief dae wi the bundle, then?

1. Left it by the door — no support
2. Left it — no support
3. Took it fer himsel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Gied it back — 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 1517, line 8: «Where: the thieves are taken to "that dismal part of the palace" where the furnace is always boiling.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «thieves» (+3); the same action «take» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wis the corpse already rifled when he got there?

1. Aye, somebody had been there first an' the gold wis gone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aye, somebody had been there first — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Naw, the corpse wis still wrapped in its shroud an' the seal wis intact, but the lamp wis oot — no support
4. Aye, the guards had been there — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit's the wee lesson fae the tale, bruv?

1. Ye cannae rely on pure luck, an' the bishop's men will always catch a thief in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Ye cannae rely on pure luck, so aye be ready fer the worst — no support
3. Ye cannae rely on pure luck — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Greed always gets punished — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «new tale» (+1); the same place «end» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the Thief fool the guards at the vault?

1. He carried the corpse oot — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He held the dead man up — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He hid behind him — score 3
4. He lay doon — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 192, line 2: «Scared that he has killed a man, he carries the body into the street and leans it against a shop wall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same doer «thief» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the Thief fear most in the vault?

1. Losin the gold tae thieves — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Losin his life tae the guards who might come doon the stair — no support
3. Losin his life tae the guards — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Bein caught wi the gold an' hung in the square by the bishop's men — 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 ✓

Whit did the Thief first spot in the vault?

1. A grey old priest by the stair — no support
2. A tall black figure at the vault entrance, the bishop's servant, wi a long cloak — no support
3. A tall black man standing in the entrance wi a lamp in his hand — no support
4. A tall black man in the entrance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1517, line 15: «In the vault: the Thief robs a rich bishop's grave, but a tall black man in the entrance turns out to be a clergyman.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «tall black man» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which part of the palace did the knight use to punish the intruders?

1. the furnace chamber, kept always boiling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. the dungeon — no support
3. the tower, always locked — score -2
4. the kitchen oven, always hot — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 372, line 5: «The part also holds short fables about a Dog, a Lion, a Frog, a Crab, and a Wolf, each ending with a moral.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+1). Against it: the same doer «part» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What did the Thief place beneath the sleeping witches' heads?

1. pieces of turf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. moss — no support
3. stones — no support
4. scraps of cloth — no support

Why: It could not read the question into a frame, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Why did the knight pardon the young man after the first tale?

1. because the young man had proven his innocence after the first tale was told — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. because the Thief's adventure seemed extraordinary, and the knight wanted to hear more of it — score 3
3. because the tale seemed very odd — score 4
4. because the Thief's adventure seemed extraordinary — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1517, line 10: «Why again: the knight pardons the young man because the Thief's first story is "as wonderful" as can be.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «first story» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Where was the Thief concealed when the guards entered the vault?

1. in a dark corner by the entrance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. behind the iron door — no support
3. under a pile of old straw — no support
4. in a dark corner by the entrance, pressed flat against the cold stone wall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1517, line 16: «The guards: the Thief stands the dead man up, and the guards shoot him, so the Thief hides in a corner.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «corner» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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