Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1572 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 ✓

Dude, did the lazy sister get loads of gold like her sis, or what?

1. Nah, she got pitch that never came off, and she was grumpy about it — score 1
2. Nah, pitch — score -1
3. Nah, she got gold and sis got pitch — score -1
4. Nah, she got pitch that never came off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1572, line 7: «What: the good sister gets "a heavy shower of gold", while the lazy sister is splashed with pitch that "never" comes off.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come off» (+2). Against it: the same doer «pitch» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, so the good girl just walked off with gold, right?

1. Yep, she walked off with gold and then got covered in pitch from the kettle too — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yep, a heavy shower of gold, and she was covered from head to toe with it — no support
3. Yep, a heavy shower, she was covered head to toe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, a light drizzle, only her hair got wet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 18: «She planned to ask a lady "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" but decided not to ask, because the lady would think her "an ignorant little girl"…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why did the good girl wanna leave Mother Holle's place?

1. She got bored and wanted pay — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She hated the work, so she left — no support
3. Mate, she just wanted to get back to her family and her old life — no support
4. She was homesick, she missed her people — ✓ 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 ✗

Wait, that hen was yelling "Our dirty slut's come back," yeah?

1. Yeah, the kind one, all covered in gold — score 1
2. Yeah, the lazy one came back all covered in pitch from the kettle and was furious — no support
3. Yeah, the lazy one, all covered in pitch, and the hen was yelling at her loudly — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, the lazy one, all covered in pitch — ✓ the right answer · 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 1572, line 10: «Quote: the old hen on the wall calls "Click, clock, clack, Our golden maid's come back."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old hen» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, so who even is Mother Holle, like a witch or what?

1. A kind old lady with feathers flying everywhere in her big house on the hill — score 1
2. A kind old lady who lives under the well and shakes feathers everywhere — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. A kind old lady with feathers everywhere — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. A grumpy old witch with a broom — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1078, line 1: «Two sisters live with their mother, and the youngest is sweet while the eldest is rude and proud.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two sisters» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, the apples wanted to be shaken, and she just said no?

1. Yeah, she shook it hard and one hit her — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, she said one apple might fall and hit her on the head, so no shaking — score 1
3. Nah, she shook the tree and got a bruise — no support
4. Yeah, she said one might fall on her head — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1518, line 17: «The old woman says she is "the very woman that was in the giant's castle" and the Knight was the child.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «woman» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how'd the poor couple feel about yet another baby?

1. The dad was really annoyed and grumbled about feeding yet another hungry mouth — no support
2. The dad was not overpleased at all, he grumbled and complained about the baby — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The dad was not overpleased, he grumbled — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The dad was thrilled and cheered loudly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1572, line 2: «A poor couple has a new baby almost every year, and the father grumbles and walks off into the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor couple» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, the new baby just wanted to dip out and find fortune?

1. Yep, he begged till his mum gave in — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yep, he begged and begged until his mum finally gave in to him after a long time — no support
3. Nah, he ran off without asking her — no support
4. Yep, he begged the whole day till his mum and dad both gave in at last — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the twins christened each other like at church, right?

1. Yep, in the church by the altar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, at church — no support
3. Nah, by a brook in the meadow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, at church — 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 ✓

Lol, so the twins kept running into each other at the crossway?

1. Nah, they met once and never again — no support
2. Yep, three times, they just couldn't shake it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yep, twice, they just could not stop it — score 1
4. Yep, three times, and they just couldn't shake it off, the crossway kept pulling them — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1572, line 4: «The twins christen each other by a brook, Minnikin and King Pippin, and walk on until they reach a crossway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «twins» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what was the elder's promise, like if things got bad?

1. Call me three times and I'll come — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. If things get bad, call me three times and I'll come help you right away — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Call me twice and I will answer — no support
4. Call me three times if things go bad and I'll come running straight to you — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 4, line 9: «The little door is shut again and the golden key lies on the glass table as before, so "things are worse than ever".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «things» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why'd they say "thou art" and "heaven help thee" all the time?

1. That's really old fashioned talk from centuries ago, it just means you are — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. That's old talk from the past, it just means you are, nothing else at all — no support
3. That's old talk, it just means you are — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That's fancy talk, it means nothing much — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1521, line 13: «Old word: Purgatory was, in old belief, a place where souls were cleansed before heaven; today it means any place of suffering.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+1). Against it: the same doer «heaven» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, wait, the hag had one eye and a crooked back, right?

1. Nah, the hag had two good eyes and a straight back, and Minnikin met her after going west and north — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yep, Minnikin met her after going east, and she had a crooked back and one eye, poor thing — score 2
3. Yep, Minnikin met her after going east — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Nah, she had two eyes, straight back — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 939, line 10: «Why: the evil one does not pluck out the Seer's eyes, because "that would have been a too straightforward path for him; he works more cunningly."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «evil one» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the destination of Minnikin upon separating from his brother at the crossway?

1. He proceeded eastward, where he encountered an aged hag — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. He went on eastward, away from his brother, and at last encountered a very old hag living alone in the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. He proceeded eastward along the old road, where he encountered an aged hag with one eye and a crooked back — score -2
4. He headed west and found a witch there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1488, line 17: «The war is about how to break eggs, and the rebels called Bigendians are the ones who want to break them at the larger end.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reward bestowed upon the diligent sister by Mother Holle upon her return to the mortal world.

1. A great flood of gold coins that covered her completely from her head down to her toes and cloak — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A heavy shower of gold, covering her from top to toe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A kettle of gold coins falling on her head daily — no support
4. A heavy shower of gold and jewels, covering her from her hair down to her shoes and beyond — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1131, line 4: «Ivan whistles for the mice, who finish the threshing, and the pike's mother gives him the ring.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «ivan» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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 · wrong ✗

State the reason the father gave for absenting himself from the household at the birth of his last child.

1. He went to the wood to cut trees, not wishing to be near his wife — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He went into the wood to gather firewood, not wishing to see the newborn — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To gather firewood — no support
4. He walked into the woods to chop logs, not wanting to look at the baby — 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 ✗

Describe the manner in which the twin brothers christened each other beside the brook.

1. They christened each other with the names Minnikin and King Pippin, then wept, embraced, and set off again on the road — score 2
2. They gave each other names, Minnikin and King Pippin, before continuing their journey — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They gave each other names and then they went on their way — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. They swapped their names, Pippin and Minnikin, and then walked on at once — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1478, line 13: «His foster-brother was "not at all a good man," and he "encouraged him in all his evil ways."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brother» (+2); the same place «evil ways» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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