Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Jack is hidden in the Giant's wardrobe and steals the golden-egg hen

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1536 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, how many peepers did that giantess have, like proper?

1. one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. two — no support
3. three — no support
4. a dozen — 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 ✗

Bruv, what did Jack blow at the gate to get in?

1. the bugle — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the horn — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. a bell — score 0
4. a flute — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1501, line 16: «Jack's first blows miss the giant's body, so he cuts off both his legs, then stabs him through the body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blow» (+1). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what's the big bloke always sniffing for?

1. his dinner — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a boy — no support
3. a farmer's son — no support
4. an Englishman — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was that steak off a cow or an elephant, innit?

1. an old sheep from the farm — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a kangaroo — no support
3. an elephant — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a cow — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What dead gross bone was the Giant chewing on?

1. a bone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a horse hoof — no support
3. a pig's bone — no support
4. a wolf's bone — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what colour was that hen that laid the gold eggs?

1. black — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. golden brown with spots — no support
3. brown — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a dark speckled brown — 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 ✓

How many gold eggs did the hen drop when he kept saying Lay, like?

1. four — no support
2. a whole dozen — no support
3. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. two — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1102, line 1: «First the huntsman confesses to the nobleman, who has threatened him, and reveals the three warnings given at the window.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the number the lesson gave for it (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was snoring louder than thunder, proper loud?

1. the big hungry Giant upstairs — no support
2. the Ogre — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. the Giantess snoring away — no support
4. the Giant — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1090, line 1: «Little Thumb tells his scared brothers to run home while the Ogre snores.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «snore» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «ogre» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What did Jack nick off the table, sick?

1. the gold cup — score -3
2. the brown hen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. the golden goose from the table — score -3
4. the brown hen and a bag of coins — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1536, line 5: «Jack creeps out, steals the hen and the Giant's money bags, and runs down the Beanstalk, then goes back up for more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «jack» (-1); the same thing acted on «hen» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which thing did Jack run down as quick as he could?

1. the tree — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the Beanstalk — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the bush — score 2
4. the bean pole — 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 1399, line 4: «The Farmer runs down with his gun, catches the Weasels, and praises Pinocchio for being honest, then frees him from the collar.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run down» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Jack dye his hair, like, before going back?

1. to disguise himself from the giant — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. so the Giantess wouldn't know him — score -1
3. to disguise himself — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. to appear as a man — 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 1166, line 5: «The brothers beat Jack and throw him out, so he goes back alone to the golden hall, and then a thunder shakes the castle.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Whose gold was in them money bags, actually?

1. the king's — score 4
2. his father's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the money of his poor father — score 4
4. Jack's — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 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 1484, line 18: «Old word: a "wallet" was a small bag for carrying food and things; today a wallet usually means a flat case for money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the lady saying she was off to do upstairs?

1. wash the dishes — score -8
2. finish her story — ✓ the right answer · score -8
3. finish the story she was reading — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. to finish her long story upstairs now — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1531, line 14: «The lady in the copper palace says she "bound up three of the wounds" the Prince gave her brother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «lady» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the giantess dodgy about letting Jack in second time?

1. she feared a burglary — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she feared a robbery — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. she was sure he had come to steal the hen — score 4
4. she feared another robbery by the same boy — 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 1536, line 2: «She grabs him and says she is weary of her work and wants him as her page to clean and fetch for her.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «giantess» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Jack sound at the gate of the castle in order to request admittance?

1. a bell — score -3
2. a drum — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. a flute — score -2
4. the horn — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 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. Against it: the same doer «brothers» (-1); the same thing acted on «hard words» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what purpose did the Giantess conceal Jack within the wardrobe during the Giant's return?

1. to save him from the Giant's dinner — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to hide him — no support
3. to keep him quiet — no support
4. to protect him from being eaten — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did Jack obtain the hen that laid golden eggs from the castle?

1. by trading his mother's cow for it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. by creeping out of the wardrobe while the Giant was asleep and snoring — score 1
3. by stealing it from the Giant's table while he dozed off in his chair — score 4
4. by creeping out while the Giant slept — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1420, line 7: «fact: Where: the castle that lies "east of the sun and west of the moon," with windows over the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «east» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). 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 · wrong ✗

Upon what basis did the Giantess refuse to admit Jack initially on his return?

1. he had been rude to her — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. she feared another robbery — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. she was cross — score 1
4. she was scared — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 714, line 13: «Ingiborg thanks the giantess's food and "the best lamb, the best can of beer," which shows the giantesses are rude and greedy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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