Norse Tales, The Blue Bull, part 45: the princess and the Bull flee, and she tears leaves in three magic woods

Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1548 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, who was spying on the stepsis in the woods, fr?

1. the waiting-maid — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the nurse — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. the queen's spy hiding in the wood — score 1
4. the stepmother — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1195, line 21: «Old word: "varnish" was a clear, shiny coat for wood or leather, and we still use the word for furniture today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, why did the queen fake being sick?

1. to trick the King's men — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. to stay home — no support
3. to get the Bull's meat — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to get the Bull's meat for her own dinner — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 397, line 5: «Last, a thief fakes being a wolf to steal an innkeeper's coat, and a monkey's lies cost him his life.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, how did the Bull react when the princess cried?

1. he got sad too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he kept walking — no support
3. he wept — no support
4. he ran — 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 ✗

bro, how does she get out of the yard at night?

1. through a gate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. by climbing onto the Bull's back from the stable roof — score -2
3. on the Bull's back, past the sleeping guards — score 3
4. on the Bull's back — ✓ the right answer · 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 1247, line 14: «The second wife says her husband gave the hens poison, and "when I visit the yard next I find them all dead."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «second wife» (+4); the same thing acted on «yard» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what's the copper wood made of?

1. iron, mostly bronze — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. gold — no support
3. tin — no support
4. copper, all of it — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

sus, how many heads does the copper-wood troll got?

1. two — no support
2. one — score -3
3. three — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nine — ← 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 -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1511, line 12: «The second Troll has six heads, and the third has nine; the last head is "the toughest of them all."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+4). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «nine» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

bet, what did the princess mess up in the copper wood?

1. she touched the bark — score 0
2. she grabbed a leaf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. she grabbed a leaf and tore it off — score 1
4. she broke a twig — 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 1081, line 2: «In a tower room she finds a kind old woman spinning, and she grabs the spindle to have a go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, how long did the troll fight go down?

1. half a day — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a whole day and a whole night — score 0
3. from morning until the sun went down — score -1
4. a whole day — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1548, line 4: «In a copper wood she accidentally tears a leaf, and the three-headed Troll fights the Bull for a whole day before he wins.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

mid, what got the Bull back on his feet?

1. a drink from the river — score 0
2. ointment from the troll's belt and a long rest — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. herbs from the old wise woman — score 0
4. ointment from the troll's belt — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1548, line 18: «Why: the ointment from the Troll's belt heals the Bull, who was "so full of wounds" that he could hardly move.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bull» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lit, what's the silver wood made of?

1. silver — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. iron — no support
3. tin — no support
4. silver leaves on silver branches — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1548, line 5: «In a silver wood she tears another leaf, the six-headed Troll is beaten after three days, and then they reach a gold wood with a nine-headed Troll.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «leaf» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

cringe, how many heads does the silver troll have?

1. 0 — no support
2. four — no support
3. six — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. 1 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1511, line 12: «The second Troll has six heads, and the third has nine; the last head is "the toughest of them all."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); the number the lesson gave for it (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

ghosted? what did the Bull do to the silver troll's eyes?

1. clawed out eyes — no support
2. bit them off — no support
3. gored them out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. gored them out with his horns — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 136, line 17: «The Bull "merely raised his eyes" and said "It's all one to me".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bull» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, what's the gold wood's big deal?

1. it's shiny — no support
2. the gold drips off it onto the ground below — score -1
3. the gold drips off it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. gold falls on the path — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 843, line 18: «Old word: "Bushels of salt" means a great deal of salt was eaten, since a bushel was an old measure for dry goods.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «great deal» (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok, how many heads does the gold troll have?

1. one — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. nine — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. seven — score 1
4. nine heads, each one golden — score 1

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 1416, line 12: «The mice quarrel because each one claims the credit: the blind one for watching the boat, the cropped-ear one for the sneeze, the lame one for the theft.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); the number the lesson gave for it (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what material was the first wood through which the princess and the Bull passed composed?

1. Brass mixed with copper ore — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tin — no support
3. Copper — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Iron — 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 ✗

How many heads did the Troll inhabiting the silver wood possess?

1. 1 — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. 2 — score 2
3. Four — score 2
4. Six — ✓ the right answer · 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 1534, line 15: «Old word "steed": it means a horse, often a fine or strong one, and no one says it in everyday talk now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); the number the lesson gave for it (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What did the Bull instruct the princess to do with the detached leaf?

1. Keep it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. Hide — no support
3. Eat it — score -3
4. Keep it safe in her pocket — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 919, line 13: «While he was sick and hungry in "the woods of a neighboring country," he kept only "a written leaf from 'Fiesco'" as a treasure.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «written leaf» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

For what reason did the princess offer to walk rather than ride upon the Bull?

1. She wished to spare the Bull's legs — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She wished to spare the weakened Bull, who had asked her to walk beside him — score 3
3. She wished to spare the weakened Bull from carrying her weight across the wood — score 3
4. She wished to spare the weakened Bull — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1421, line 7: «WHO: Her mother, the Queen, spoiled her, because "since the death of the King, her father," she had nothing she cared for so much.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «care» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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