Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother

Tests: 1 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1575 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 really make a tiny boat turn into a massive ship with a rope?

1. yeah, he chucked all the cable links in the boat and it went massive like a proper ship — score 2
2. yeah, he tossed the rope bits and it grew big — score 2
3. yeah, he chucked the cable links in and it blew up huge — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, mate, the boat just got bigger from some magic spell he cast on it — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1298, line 6: «who: Little Lasse, a small boy who disobeys his father and mother and gets into the boat, "Father and mother had forbidden this, but Little Lasse forgot."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «small boy» (+2); the same place «boat» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the troll go mental and get mugged by his own ale?

1. cos Minnikin brewed it too weak — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong and then the trolls went wild — no support
3. cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. cos the ale was too sour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1575, line 7: «What: Minnikin turns a little ship into a huge one by throwing in cable links, and he brews the ale for the Troll.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «brew» (+1); the same thing acted on «ale» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, was Minnikin proper sus hiding in that cupboard?

1. yeah, he was squashed in there for hours waiting for the Troll to fall asleep — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he was never actually in the cupboard because the Princess lied to the troll about it — no support
3. yeah, he was chilling in there like a ninja — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, he was just standing outside the door — 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 ✗

Innit wild that the Princess said a bird dropped a bone down the chimney?

1. yeah, she was totally making it up — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, she was totally making it up to scare the troll into hiding — no support
3. yeah, she was just joking around — no support
4. nah, a bird actually dropped a bone down the chimney while she was sewing — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 765, line 14: «The bird drops the millstone, and the stepmother is "crushed to death" on the threshold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bird» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Deadass, what even is a last of malt, like a bucket?

1. yeah, it's like a giant ancient barrel that holds hundreds of gallons of ale — no support
2. nah, it's a massive old measure of grain, like a whole cart full of barley — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. nah, it's a big old sack of grain — no support
4. nah, it's a massive old measure of grain — ✓ the right answer · 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 1575, line 14: «Old word "lasts": a last was a very large measure of grain, about two tons, and nobody uses this word today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, did the other trolls drink the wort or just stand around?

1. they drank it and then started dancing wildly before they dropped dead — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. they drank it and fell into sleep — score 2
3. they drank it and dropped dead like flies all over the hall floor — score 2
4. they drank it and dropped dead like flies — ✓ the right answer · 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 1575, line 4: «He tricks the Troll into letting him brew a hundred lasts of malt, and the Troll and his trolls drink the strong wort and die.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «troll» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, why was Minnikin so salty his brother was there at all?

1. cos he called him three times for help — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. cos he needed help and called him three times but Pippin came late — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. cos he was asked to share gold — score 2
4. cos he called him three times for help and Pippin still struck him — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1575, line 10: «Why: Minnikin is not happy, because both Princesses want him, but he "wanted to have none other than the one whom he had first saved".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «princesses» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what did Minnikin get from the Troll's place, like actual loot?

1. a big bag of jewels and coins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a big chest of gold and silver — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a heavy box of silver rings — no support
4. a big chest of gold and silver from the Troll's hall and his barrels — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, who did the two Princesses both fancy, Minnikin or the King?

1. the King, since both are old — score 4
2. Minnikin, both of them wanted him — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Minnikin, though the King wanted both of them for himself — score 2
4. the King, both of them chose him — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1423, line 17: «Why the Fairy takes the King: "she had fallen in love with the handsome young King" the moment she saw him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «fairy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did Pippin do when Minnikin finally called him?

1. he gave him a firm kick — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he gave him a proper smack — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. he gave him a proper smack across the face and told him to go away — score 3
4. he cried, hugged him, and then gave him a proper smack for being so late — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1573, line 16: «Why the kitchen-maid stops asking questions: Minnikin gives her the hoops, and she is happy with them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «minnikin» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, was the old hag the only troll left alive after the brew?

1. nah, she was actually behind the great iron stove and crawled out later to beg for mercy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, she was hiding behind the stove — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yeah, she was hiding behind the big stove in the corner of the hall the whole time — no support
4. yeah, she was sitting by the fire — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so Minnikin fancied the younger Princess, not the older one?

1. yeah, the one he saved first — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. nah, the older one — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. yeah, the one who sewed — score 2
4. nah, the one he saved last — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1123, line 20: «Old word "recognized" means knew again, so the Princess "recognized the King's son" when she saw him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, how did Minnikin get everyone back up from the bottom of the sea?

1. he yanked the cable and his men pulled — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he pulled the rope and men cheered — no support
3. he tied the cable to the ship and his men rowed them all back up slowly — no support
4. he yanked the cable hard and his men pulled them all up in one go — 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 action did Minnikin perform in order to enlarge the vessel sufficiently to accommodate the cargo and crew?

1. He placed the links of the cable into the vessel and spoke a magic word over it — score 1
2. He placed the rope into the water — score 1
3. He carefully lowered the whole coil of cable into the little ship's hold to enlarge it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He placed links of the cable into the vessel — ✓ the right answer · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 11: «The calf's gift: after its death the boy must blow up its bladder, which "will kill everything you hit with it".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blow up» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the Princess conceal Minnikin from the Troll upon the Troll's return to the hill?

1. She put him in a chest — score -3
2. She hid him under the table — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. She concealed him within a cupboard — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. She put him behind a heavy curtain and told the Troll she had cooked alone — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1556, line 9: «Where does the Princess hide the carbuncle box? She is told to hide it "under your pillow" until an Eagle comes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal reason for which Minnikin summoned his brother Pippin from afar?

1. He wanted his brother to see gold — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He wished to share the kingdom with him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He wished to share the kingdom and all the gold with him after the trolls were gone — no support
4. He wanted his brother to help him fight the trolls and then divide the entire kingdom — 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 1575, line 13: «The brothers: Pippin is "so like himself that no one could distinguish the one from the other", which is why Minnikin wanted him.», 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, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the fate of the Troll and his companions upon consuming the wort prepared by Minnikin?

1. They all collapsed and perished on the floor of the hall after drinking the wort — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. They perished upon drinking it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. They fainted after drinking it — score 0
4. They perished in agony upon drinking the strong wort brewed by Minnikin — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1575, line 4: «He tricks the Troll into letting him brew a hundred lasts of malt, and the Troll and his trolls drink the strong wort and die.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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