Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin tricks three one-eyed hags for magic gifts, then saves the Princess from the first Troll while Ritter Red takes the credit.
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1573 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 ✓
Bruv, did Minnikin actually nick that hag's eye, or is he just well sus?
- 1. He nicked it, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he totally nicked it from the hag, no cap, she's still mad — no support
- 3. He nicked it, innit, proper sneaky like — no support
- 4. Yeah he did, dunno — 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 · ★ · right ✓
So what's the sword from the first hag actually like, mate?
- 1. Bit like a rusty spoon — no support
- 2. It can beat a whole army — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. It can beat a whole army and then go home for tea — score 0
- 4. It's made of solid gold — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1573, line 1: «Minnikin steals the eye of an old crook-backed hag and trades it back for a sword that can beat a whole army.», 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 ✗
Wait, how did the little ship get big, like?
- 1. He waved his hands at it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He stuck one foot in, then wobbled and stuck the other in it too — no support
- 3. He stuck both feet in it and it swelled up huge — no support
- 4. He stuck both feet in 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
Was the palace all black cos of a funeral, or what?
- 1. Cos a Troll stole the crown jewels — no support
- 2. Cos the Princess was promised to Trolls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. Cos the King died — no support
- 4. Cos the Queen's gone to Trolls — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1371, line 5: «The monkey climbs onto the jelly fish's back, and they set off into the sea with the jelly fish promising to keep him safe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the kitchen-maid's bestie, the one who spills all the tea?
- 1. The laundry-maid next door — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Her friend the stable-boy — no support
- 3. The cook — no support
- 4. The kitchen-maid herself — ✓ 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 ✗
Why did Ritter Red chill up a tree, dude?
- 1. To spy on the Trolls — no support
- 2. He was too scared to fight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He wanted to watch first — no support
- 4. He was too scared to fight, so he climbed up to hide — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1573, line 11: «Why Ritter Red hides: he says, "It is better that one should die than two."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1). Against it: the same doer «ritter» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the first Troll get proper wrecked, or what?
- 1. He cut off one head only — no support
- 2. Yeah, he did — no support
- 3. Minnikin lopped all five heads off — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, just one — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 557, line 1: «The Greek heroes have wrecked Troy and now they sail for home, but the gods are angry about the cruel things they did there.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Ritter Red nab from the Troll, fam?
- 1. Its heart — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. Its lungs and tongue — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. Its eyes and ears — no support
- 4. Its gold — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1573, line 18: «Old word: "Ritter" is the German word for knight; today we just say "knight."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «german word» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Minnikin just scrounge loads of gold then?
- 1. He grabbed a sack of coins — no support
- 2. He stole a box of jewels — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. He took gold and silver hoops — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Nah, just rings — no support
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 1573, line 4: «The palace is hung with black because the Princess must go to a Troll, and Minnikin gets the story from the kitchen-maid.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «minnikin» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
How'd he sell the hoops story to the kitchen-maid, like?
- 1. He said they fell off buckets — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He said they fell off some buckets at home, and she believed him — score 4
- 3. He blamed it on the Troll — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. He said they fell off buckets while he was carrying water from the well — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 241, line 4: «When she takes the spell off, she blames the men, and the master lets the matter drop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maid» (+3); the same thing acted on «men» (+2); the same action «blame» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
What did the King do for Ritter Red, proper?
- 1. Sat him at his right hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Gave him rank — score 3
- 3. Gave him gold — score 3
- 4. Named him the royal champion — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 307, line 17: «At Roeskilde, the old king with the golden crown is King Hroar, who sits "close to the fountains."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what was the kitchen-maid's bother about, mate?
- 1. Whether he got the hoops fairly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The hoops' price — no support
- 3. His pay — no support
- 4. Whether he'd lost the Princess — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which gift did the first crook-backed hag bestow upon Minnikin in exchange for her restored eye?
- 1. A ring granting invisibility to its wearer always — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A sword capable of defeating an entire army — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A wand — no support
- 4. A sword — 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 · right ✓
Of what did Ritter Red compel the Princess to assert falsely?
- 1. That he had slain the Trolls — no support
- 2. That he was a knight — no support
- 3. That he had rescued her himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. That he had slain all three Trolls and was the King's heir — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1573, line 14: «What Ritter Red does: he forces the Princess to say he rescued her and takes the Troll's "lungs and tongue" in his pocket-handkerchief.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rescue» (+3); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What reason did Ritter Red give for remaining concealed within the tree?
- 1. The Troll was too strong for him — no support
- 2. He feared the Trolls would see him first — no support
- 3. He wanted to see whether the Princess would keep her promise to him in the end — score -4
- 4. It is better that one should die than two — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1497, line 18: «Old word: "dissemble" means to hide your true feelings by pretending; today we would say "fake it."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
By what means did Minnikin account to the kitchen-maid for the gold and silver hoops?
- 1. He claimed they had fallen from home buckets while he carried water up the hill — score 3
- 2. He swore they were a gift from the Princess — score 3
- 3. He claimed they had fallen from home buckets — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. He claimed they had fallen from his mother's home buckets on the long road back to the palace kitchen — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 877, line 18: «Old word: "dowager" once meant a widow who had inherited a title, and today it describes an elderly lady of high rank.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «widow» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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