Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the second and third Trolls, and the Princess wins her rescuer

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1574 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, did Minnikin actually fight the Troll or just chill?

1. He beat that Troll dead with a sword, fam — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He just chilled, bro. — no support
3. He smoked that Troll with his sword, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He smoked that Troll with his sword, no cap, then danced home — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1574, line 4: «Then the third Troll arrives, bigger than both before, with fifteen heads, and Minnikin beats it the same way.», 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 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was the kitchen-maid like, so hyped about the hoops?

1. Minnikin dropped a whole armful of gold and silver hoops right at her feet — no support
2. Minnikin brought her a sack of shiny coins — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Minnikin dropped a whole armful of gold and silver hoops and then ran off laughing — no support
4. Minnikin dropped a whole armful of gold and silver — ✓ the right answer · 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 1458, line 12: «What: the boy catches the King's blow on his shield and cries, "I swore to bring you the Terrible Head, and see how I keep my oath!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1). Against it: the same doer «boy» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did Ritter Red do after the third fight, honestly?

1. He crept down and bullied the Princess into lying about the whole fight — score 2
2. He sneaked off and kicked the Princess out — score 2
3. He crept down and made the Princess lie — no support
4. He crept down and bullied the Princess into lying — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «princess» (+2); the same doer «ritter» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, so what did Minnikin say the gold hoops came from?

1. Some old pails that fell off somewhere — no support
2. Just some pails, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Some pails that fell off, like, totally random — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pails that fell off a cart, like, randomly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 471, line 12: «What: the Soldier keeps "an eye on the coffin" all the way, and the hoops snap one after another.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the Princess put on Minnikin while he was napping?

1. Golden cloth, all shiny and fancy — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Silver raiment, all shiny and fancy, plus a crown and a golden cloak — score 1
3. Silver raiment, all shiny and fancy — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Silver raiment, all shiny and fancy, the kind only queens wear to bed — score -3

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 1376, line 4: «The road is blocked by rocks and trees, so the Prince puts on his aunt's robe and goes to the rebels' tent as a lady.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+2). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how many heads did the last Troll have, like for real?

1. Twelve heads, the biggest one ever — score 3
2. Ten, honestly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Fifteen, bro — no support
4. Fifteen heads, the biggest one ever — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1574, line 2: «Minnikin answers every shout with a cheeky reply, and when his sword swings, all ten heads go flying over the sands.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+5). Against it: the same doer «ten heads» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gah, what did the Troll's club do to the earth on the strand?

1. Launched it fifteen yards up in the air and cracked the sand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tossed it twelve yards up in the air — no support
3. Flung it twenty yards in the sky — no support
4. Launched it fifteen yards up in the air — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what does the King need, like if you want the other daughter back?

1. A rope five hundred ells long, five hundred men, and a big gold ship — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A rope of four hundred ells and men — score 1
3. A rope five hundred ells long and five hundred men — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. A chain of three hundred ells and men — 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 1556, line 10: «Why does the Princess go up the turret? She wants to "see if any one is coming" to rescue her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+2). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, why did Minnikin want food for five weeks, mate?

1. Cos he had a huge sea trip ahead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cos he had a long trip ahead — no support
3. Cos he had a massive voyage ahead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cos he had a massive voyage ahead across the cold sea, mate — 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 ✓

Hang on, what were Ritter Red's words about lives, like exactly?

1. One life lost is better than two lost, the way you say it on the road — score 2
2. One life lost is better than two lost, and so the Princess must lie — score 2
3. One life lost is better than two lost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. One death is better than two deaths — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 872, line 3: «The elder-tree mother says real life makes the best fairy tales, then takes the little boy onto her bosom into a flying bower of leaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «real life» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what did Minnikin do to the Troll with his sword?

1. Made all fifteen heads dance away over the sands and into the sea — score 1
2. Made all fifteen heads dance away over the sands — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Made all the heads roll across the beach — score 1
4. Chopped all his fifteen heads off there — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1573, line 5: «On Thursday, Ritter Red hides in a tree, Minnikin cuts off the five heads of the Troll, and Ritter Red takes the credit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «five heads» (+2); the same doer «minnikin» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ugh, what did the Princess make everyone promise in this part?

1. That the Troll's heads were not real — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Silence about the Troll — no support
3. That Ritter Red had lied about the fight — no support
4. That Ritter Red would be lying about saving her — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the manner in which Minnikin dispatched the second Troll, namely by means of a sword?

1. He severed all ten heads, which proceeded across the sands and into the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He severed all ten heads, which proceeded across the sands — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He cut all ten heads, which danced across the beach — no support
4. He severed all ten heads, which rolled across the dunes — 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 1560, line 20: «Old word: "appalled" meant shocked and horrified; today it still means dismayed or greatly upset.», 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 «word» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately records the precise instructions Minnikin gave to the Princess concerning the wedding feast?

1. She was to choose the ragged boy as her page — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She was to name the ragged boy as her chosen cup-bearer — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She was to name the ragged lad as her steward — score 3
4. Name him as her cup-bearer — score -4

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 1574, line 3: «The Princess rests Minnikin's head on her lap, and he tells her how to make the truth come out at the wedding.», 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 «minnikin» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly states the sum that the King required before the second daughter could be restored?

1. A rope and some men — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An iron rope of three hundred ells and men — no support
3. A silver chain of five hundred ells and men — no support
4. An iron rope of five hundred ells and five hundred men — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following identifies the material proof that Ritter Red presented before the King in support of his claim?

1. The lungs of the Troll, wrapped in a cloth — no support
2. The tongue and lungs of the Troll, held in a pocket-handkerchief and shown to the whole court — score 0
3. The tongue and lungs of the Troll, held in a pocket-handkerchief — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The tongue and lungs of the Troll, held in a pocket-handkerchief and a golden box — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «pocket handkerchief» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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