Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1559 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, did the first girl really get gold coming out of her mouth?

1. Yeah, every single word she said made gold drop out of her mouth, mate, no lie — score 1
2. Yeah, she said something and gold came out, mate — score 1
3. Yeah, every word she said made gold drop, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Nah, it was just a story, nobody really did — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1521, line 14: «The goose-girl: she says "I only look after the Governor's geese", and she calls the geese "the little fiends".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «goose girl» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, why was the stepsister so salty about the dwarfs?

1. She was mad and wanted the same gift — no support
2. She was jealous and wanted the same deal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. She felt left out and wanted a deal — no support
4. Dunno, she was cranky — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1559, line 3: «Her jealous stepsister goes to the wood, refuses to share her food, and rudely refuses to sweep, so toads jump out of her mouth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be real, was the stepsister mint or what when she got toads?

1. Nah, she was fine, not a fail — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she was the worst, total fail — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she was mint, totally cool — no support
4. Nah, a fail — 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 ✗

Wait, who came up with the barrel idea for the bad ladies?

1. The King, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The King, after the stepmother judged herself — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The King, when the stepmother judged herself — score 0
4. The Queen, lol — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 53, line 19: «On the way out the warders «chaff» him (tease him) with jokes; the book's jokes about men and a «widow woman» come from old ideas about men and women. Toad kee…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same action «come» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, how did the King figure out the Queen wasn't real?

1. The duck talked — no support
2. The scullion told him, and the duck flew off — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The toad came out, and the duck talked in the gutter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The duck talked in the gutter, and the toad jumped out — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1548, line 1: «The waiting-maid spies on the stepdaughter, who feasts on fine dishes from the Bull's ear, and runs to tell the Queen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1); the same receiver «queen» (+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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah, why did the duck keep swimming up the gutter?

1. To check on the Queen and the baby — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. To see if the King was home — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. To find food — score -2
4. To watch over the stolen baby — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 722, line 7: «fact: WHAT: The king poisons the friend because he thinks the friend will keep the prince from going home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+6); the same doer «friend» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the stepmother get what she deserved in the end?

1. Yeah, she got rolled down the hill in nails — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. Nah, she got off and walked free home — score -3
3. Nah, she escaped — no support
4. Yeah, she was thrown in a pit of snakes — ← 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 759, line 13: «fact: The stepmother tells her, "I will throw this dishful of peas into the ash-heap".», 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 right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what made the girl leave with the King so fast?

1. She was done with her nasty stepmother and sister — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. She was sick of her mean stepmother and sister — score 2
3. She was done with her nasty stepmother and sister and wanted a better life with the King — score 3
4. She was totally done with her nasty stepmother and her sister, so she just went with him — 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 1559, line 13: «Why the stepmother sends the girl to the river: she makes her break ice and rinse yarn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «girl» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the scullion say to the duck about the baby?

1. Oh, it sleeps well, don't worry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Oh, it sleeps soundly in its cradle, never fear, so don't you worry at all — no support
3. Oh, it sleeps soundly, never fear — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Oh, the baby is awake and crying all night long, so go back to the gutter — 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 ✗

Dude, what's the deal with the broom in the wood?

1. The dwarfs wanted the snow swept from the back door so they could get in and warm themselves by the fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The dwarfs wanted the mud swept from the kitchen floor — no support
3. The dwarfs wanted the snow swept from the back door — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The dwarfs asked her to sweep the snow from the yard — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, why did the stepmother pick the yarn job for the girl?

1. So she would fall into the cold water — no support
2. To make her drown in the river — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. To get rid of her in the cold river — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. To keep her busy with the yarn — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1547, line 15: «The stepmother: she "hungered and beat the King's daughter" and "set her to work to look after the cattle."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stepmother» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what was the Queen's stepsister's big mistake?

1. Being greedy with the gold coins — no support
2. Being cruel to her own sister — no support
3. Being rude and greedy to the little men who had given her a kind chance — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. Being rude and greedy to the little men — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1315, line 10: «what: the sea-king gives the fiddle "such a 'puff'" that it sends the old woman up "like a sky-rocket".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the reward conferred upon the first girl by the three dwarfs in consequence of her hospitality?

1. Gold falling from her lips and ripe berries found in the frost — no support
2. Silver issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe cherries in the frost — no support
3. Strawberries in the snow — no support
4. Gold issuing from her mouth upon each utterance, together with the discovery of ripe strawberries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1559, line 2: «The dwarfs reward her: she finds ripe strawberries under the snow, and gold falls from her mouth whenever she speaks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the agent by whom the Queen was restored to her husband after her removal from the bed?

1. A toad which assumed the Queen's shape, discovered by the cook — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. A duck which assumed the Queen's shape after the stepmother's plot failed, reported by the scullion, the cook, and the youngest servant to the King — score -2
3. A duck which assumed the Queen's shape and swam up the gutter every night, reported by the scullion to the King at dawn — no support
4. A duck which assumed the Queen's shape, reported by the scullion — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 276, line 12: «The Queen-mother says not a word of her plan, and quietly goes into the bedroom to take all the bed-clothes off the bed.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «queen mother» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following correctly states the sentence imposed by the King upon the wicked stepmother and her daughter for their crimes?

1. Confinement in a barrel lined with sharp nails and iron bands, which was rolled down the hill into the river while the whole court watched in silence and horror — score 1
2. Confinement in a barrel lined with sharp nails, which was rolled down the hill into the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Confinement in a barrel lined with sharp nails, which was rolled down the steep hill into the cold river at dawn before the entire kingdom and all its nobles — score 1
4. Banishment to a distant forest, where she was left to wander alone in the snow for ever — 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 1559, line 5: «At the end the wicked stepmother and her daughter are rolled down the hill in a barrel of nails, and a new tale about twelve sons begins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same action «roll down» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best characterises the second girl's conduct towards the dwarfs and its consequence for her person?

1. Discourteous refusal of their requests, resulting in toads issuing from her mouth and a gradual deterioration of her appearance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Discourteous refusal of their requests, resulting in toads issuing from her mouth, a gradual deterioration of her appearance, and her eventual banishment from the court of the King — score -2
3. Discourteous and greedy refusal of their requests, resulting in toads issuing from her mouth, a gradual deterioration of her appearance, and public shame before the whole household — score -2
4. Rude refusal of the dwarfs' requests, producing toads from her mouth and steady loss of her beauty over time — 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 107, line 16: «"Off is off" means the thing is gone for good, and Catherine accepts this and turns back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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