Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1546 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 ✗
yo, so what's the man's big wish, fam?
- 1. to get mad rich so he never had to work again, fam — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. to be mega wealthy — no support
- 3. to get mad rich — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. to get loaded, fam — 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 ✗
why'd he bounce off to find a land with no death, like, seriously?
- 1. cos he was dead scared of wars — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. cos he didn't wanna die and lose his stuff, so he went off on a trek — no support
- 3. cos he didn't wanna die and lose his stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. cos he didn't wanna get sick — 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 ✗
what'd he ask every new country, bruv?
- 1. is it safe? — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. do people die here — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. any deaths? — no support
- 4. is there gold here — 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 ✗
what happened when peeps heard the voice, be honest?
- 1. they ran off — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. they got up and wandered off, sadly — no support
- 3. they got up and dipped, never came back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. they stood up and left town — 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 was the wife yelling, like, mid-run?
- 1. I am coming, I am coming, I am running as fast as I can to you — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. I am coming, I am coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. I come now, I come now — no support
- 4. I am coming, I am coming, please keep calling me, I am on my way — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
so where was the husband when the voice got him again?
- 1. buying bread at the baker's — score 2
- 2. at the barber's — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. getting a trim at the tailor's — score 5
- 4. getting a shave at the barber's — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 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 4, line 16: «She says "Où est ma chatte?", the first sentence in her French book, which means "Where is my cat?"; the Mouse leaps out of the water in fright.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); the same doer «cat» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
what was all over his face, lol?
- 1. a big pile of soap lather — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a thick white soap foam — no support
- 3. a big blob of shaving cream — no support
- 4. shaving soap — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
what was the wife's coat, was it proper posh?
- 1. a fur coat she left behind on the hook by the door of the house — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. a wool shawl — no support
- 3. a fur coat she left behind — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. a grey wool coat she wore — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 344, line 2: «The next day the young man comes by again, but he is no longer happy. He has left his red coat at home and keeps sighing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
did he actually chill out and stop worrying for years?
- 1. yeah, years went by, all peaceful — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yeah, months went by, all quiet — no support
- 3. yeah, years went by, all peaceful, until one day he heard it again — no support
- 4. yeah, years went by, all peaceful, and he forgot the voice completely — 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 barber lot think of him yelling?
- 1. they stared at him in fear — no support
- 2. they gawped at him in amazement and then threw him out of the shop — score -7
- 3. they gawped at him in amazement — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. they gawped at him in amazement and asked him what the voice had said to him — ← Mova's choice · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 17: «The Caliph laughs and says "Well were you called `the Silent'", then orders the barber to leave Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same receiver «barber» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
what did he tell the voice to do, innit?
- 1. go away, or it'll be the worse for you, you stupid voice in the wall — score -1
- 2. go away, or it'll be the worse for you, and I'll make sure of it — score -1
- 3. go away, or it'll be the worse for you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. stop, or I'll call the guard — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1546, line 3: «At last he meets people who do not know the word death, but they tell him that a voice calls people away, and they never come back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «voice» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the family stay put the first time?
- 1. yes, they stayed put quietly — score 1
- 2. no, the wife ran, he stopped her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. the wife tried to bolt, he grabbed her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. no, the wife tried to bolt for the door, and he grabbed her by the arm — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1297, line 6: «Who is the heroine? She is the prince's wife, who walks through the wood after he forgets her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wife» (+2); the same doer «family» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
why'd the husband take her by the hand?
- 1. to lead her to bed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. to stop her running off — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. to stop her running off to the door and out into the street — score 3
- 4. to comfort her in fear — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1334, line 12: «The young husband answers, "Well, but it didn't fall," and leaves them to cry as long as they like.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «young husband» (+2); the same action «leave» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
who did the wife say she was going to see first?
- 1. the one calling for her, and then she would come back to him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. the barber in the shop — no support
- 3. the one calling for her — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. the one calling for her, who she had never met before in her life — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 675, line 5: «He wakes up, finds a laughing little girl among pink roses, carries her home in a pail, and shouts to his wife that he has a daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
In the tale, what is the principal wish of the protagonist?
- 1. To gain a fine house — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To obtain large riches — no support
- 3. To acquire great wealth — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To acquire great wealth so that he might live as a lord for ever — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what location does the man relocate his household, and for what reason?
- 1. To a land of plenty, to flee hunger — no support
- 2. To a land without death, to escape mortality — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To a land without death, to escape mortality and the grave altogether — no support
- 4. To a land without death, to escape mortality, after the whole village had fallen ill — ← Mova's choice · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 711, line 19: «Old word: a "steward" was a person who ran a lord's household, and today it can mean a person who looks after passengers on a ship.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «old word» (-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 · right ✓
Which phrase best characterises the wife's response to the summons?
- 1. Feigned compliance, then renewed flight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Fake agreement, then new escape — no support
- 3. Sincere obedience, then sudden rest — no support
- 4. Feigned compliance, then renewed flight, and finally a bitter silence — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
What is the husband's final utterance in this passage?
- 1. Go away, or it will be the worse for you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. Go away, or it will be the worse for you, you wretched thing of the night — score -2
- 3. Leave now, or you will regret it — no support
- 4. Begone, or you will be sorry — no support
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 1334, line 16: «The second wife tells her husband, "You are not my husband!", so he goes away and sleeps in the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1546-pg540-part43/