Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegrim, part 2: the youth wins a huge dappled horse and rides to the King's palace
Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1560 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 ✓
Oi, what's the youth's mad horse called?
- 1. Dapplegrim — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dapplegrim the wild grey colt from the hills — no support
- 3. Grim — no support
- 4. Dapple — 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, why did the lad even bother with those foals?
- 1. So the colt could suck the mares dry before the brothers came to take them away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. To keep the mares happy all day — no support
- 3. So the colt could suck the mares while the brothers were away — score 0
- 4. So the colt could suck the mares — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1278, line 5: «At a gallows on a hill the Shifty Lad hangs the Black Rogue for fun, then tries to marry the widow and runs away when she refuses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper wicked, but who nicked the princess?
- 1. A Imp — no support
- 2. A Ghost — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 3. A Troll — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. A Dragon — 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 769, line 16: «Why: the south wind says the dove is at the Red Sea, where the dragon is "an enchanted princess".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «enchanted princess» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «dragon» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
No way, what did the King promise for her?
- 1. Her hand and half his kingdom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Her hand and some gold — score 3
- 3. Half his lands and crown — score 3
- 4. Her hand in marriage, half his kingdom and all his gold — 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 1507, line 10: «Who: five fairies come to the christening, and the third one promises that the Princess "should sing like a nightingale".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «promise» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, how did the brothers feel about his horse?
- 1. They crossed themselves in shock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They stared in wonder and awe at the horse before them — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. They knelt down in shock — no support
- 4. They gasped in sudden fear — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1501, line 14: «Jack gets a horse, a cap of knowledge, a sword of sharpness, shoes of swiftness and an invisible coat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit true the shoes were dead strong?
- 1. Mud and leaves blew up — no support
- 2. Sticks and stones flew up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sticks and stones flew up into the air above the whole stable yard — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. Sticks and stones flew high up into the air over the whole yard — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 477, line 17: «Old word: "liquor" once meant any strong drink; today the word usually means spirits like vodka or whisky.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «word» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, what did the mates tell the King about him?
- 1. He said he could rescue her from the Troll alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He said he could rescue her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He swore he would win her — no support
- 4. He said he could rescue her from the Troll and bring her home safely — 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 ✗
Dead funny, how chuffed was the King?
- 1. Chuffed enough to dance around the great hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pleased enough to weep — no support
- 3. Happy enough to sing — no support
- 4. Chuffed enough to dance — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
Oi, what's the horse's grub called?
- 1. Fodder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Hay — no support
- 3. Oat — no support
- 4. Barley — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Ain't it mad, how many smiths did he get?
- 1. Two, one to bash and one to hold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Two men — no support
- 3. Two, one to hit and one to hold — no support
- 4. Two smiths — 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 ✗
Bruv, what did the lad say was impossible?
- 1. Rescue — no support
- 2. Saving the Princess now — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Setting the Princess free — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Freeing her — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1518, line 1: «The princes and the Black Thief stand before the Knight of the Glen, who will spare the youngest prince if the Thief can tell one more wonder.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spare» (+3); the same thing acted on «youngest prince» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, what if he messed up the rescue?
- 1. He'd die — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Killed — no support
- 3. He'd get sent home — no support
- 4. He'd get topped — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Proper mad, how did the lad answer the King?
- 1. He said he never said it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. He denied it — no support
- 3. He lied — no support
- 4. He swore it was untrue — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 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 1279, line 17: «Why: the Shifty Lad says his mother had said "my end would be that I should hang on the bridge of Dublin".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shifty lad» (+4); the same action «say» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
Innit weird, what did the horse promise him?
- 1. To help rescue the Princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. To help free the Princess — no support
- 3. To carry him to the Troll — no support
- 4. To guide him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1541, line 12: «The nurse tells Graciosa, "you are a Princess, and are expected to set a good example", so the Princess promises to be amiable.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «princess» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the name of the horse that the youth acquires from his brothers?
- 1. Dapple — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dapplegrim, the wondrous grey horse of the hills — no support
- 3. Blackfoot — no support
- 4. Dapplegrim — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner did the King react upon beholding the youth's arrival at the palace?
- 1. He was delighted beyond measure — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. He was overjoyed with glee — score 2
- 3. He was filled with great joy — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Very glad — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1560, line 17: «Why: the jealous courtiers make the King believe the youth boasted, so he must rescue the Princess or die.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «youth» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What penalty did the King specify should the youth fail to rescue the Princess?
- 1. Execution — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Banishment — no support
- 3. Execution by hanging in the public square — no support
- 4. Execution by hanging in the public square before the whole kingdom — 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 · wrong ✗
What quantity of iron did the youth request for the shoeing of Dapplegrim?
- 1. Ten pounds — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Iron — ← Mova's choice · score -4
- 3. Eight pounds — no support
- 4. Twelve pounds — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1520, line 3: «His father refuses him a bed, but the youth makes him admit who he is and tells him he has become a Master Thief.», 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); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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