Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1578 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 ✗

Oi, so the Queen scoffed the lungs and liver, yeah?

1. Yeah, she scoffed the lot, the lungs and the liver, proper daft she was — no support
2. Nah, mate, she didn't eat them, she fed them to the dogs in the yard — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, proper daft, she did — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she gave them back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 263, line 19: «Old word: pluck is the heart, liver and lungs of an animal, sold as food, and lights are the lungs, once fed to dogs and cats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «dogs» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how many little blokes lived in that mountain house?

1. Seven, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Loads, mate — score 5
3. Seven of them, mate, easy — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Six of them, mate, easy — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1015, line 18: «Old word: "residing" means living in a place, and "lucrative" means bringing in a lot of money, which we would say "well paid" today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same place «place» (+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

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the seventh bed actually the cosy one for Snowdrop?

1. Nah, too long — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, the sixth one — no support
3. Yeah, it fit her spot on — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, it was too big — 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 ✗

Did the mirror ever tell a porky?

1. Nah, it always said the truth — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, it was a fib — no support
3. Yeah, it told the Queen a massive fib about Snowdrop once — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Yeah, it lied a bit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1575, line 11: «Why: Minnikin tells his men to pull the cable "like one man", so they can all be lifted up safely.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «men» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the Queen go all dodgy as a peddler wife?

1. She wanted to sneak in and sell some stuff, then wreck the house — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. To get into the dwarfs' house — score -2
3. She wanted to sneak in and do Snowdrop in — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. She wanted to sneak in through the window and do Snowdrop in with lace — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1578, line 18: «Old word: a "peddler wife" is a woman who travels from door to door selling small goods; today we say pedlar or door-to-door seller.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sell» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the lace thing a proper dodgy move?

1. Nah, it was just a bit of silk, nothing really dodgy at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Nah, it was fine, mate — no support
3. Yeah, it nearly killed Snowdrop — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, it nearly fed her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 63, line 16: «The gentlemen say: «Here is a poor old thing—a washerwoman apparently—who has fainted in the road!» They lift him into the car and prop him up with soft cushio…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor old thing» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Did Snowdrop cop it when she got laced?

1. Yeah, she dropped down dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nah, she was fine, she just had a bit of a wobble and sat down — no support
3. Yeah, she got laced right up and dropped down dead on the floor — score 0
4. Nah, she just fainted — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1578, line 4: «The Queen learns from her mirror that Snowdrop lives, so she dresses as a peddler and laces Snowdrop until she falls dead.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «snowdrop» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who saved her in the end, the Dwarfs or the Huntsman?

1. The Dwarfs, but only after the Queen had fled to the castle — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The Huntsman, who came back with the boar's lungs and cut her free — no support
3. The Dwarfs, with the scissors — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The Huntsman, with a knife — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 244, line 20: «At the end the wife is called "a witty woman", meaning clever and quick with her words.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what did the Dwarfs say the girl's job was?

1. Sweep, dust and sew — no support
2. Mind the goats, mate — no support
3. Keep house, cook and knit, and never let anyone in — score -2
4. Keep house, cook and knit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1545, line 9: «fact: The old man tells him to pass the first two princesses, because they are the ones who call to him "very prettily," and to go to the third.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «ones» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Dwarfs twig it was the Queen all along?

1. Nah, not at all — no support
2. Nah, they didn't spot her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, they reckoned it later — score 2
4. Yeah, they clocked it straight off — ✓ the right answer · score 1

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 1159, line 4: «She marries him to an earl's daughter, but a wise man warns that his bride is really the March wind, and the queen sends him off to Old Bergen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+2); the same receiver (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Snowdrop sus of the second old woman?

1. Yeah, she was dead wary — no support
2. Nah, she thought it was fine — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nah, she thought it was fine, so she let the old woman in and sat down — score 2
4. Yeah, she was proper sus of the old woman, but let her in anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1578, line 5: «The Dwarfs revive Snowdrop, the Queen returns with a poisonous comb, and Snowdrop lets her in.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «queen» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what was the Queen's next plan, then?

1. A poison apple — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A poisonous comb, for real — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A poisonous cup, for real — no support
4. A lace, 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With what article did the Queen attempt the second deception of Snowdrop?

1. a comb — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a poisonous cup — score 1
3. a poisonous comb — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. a poisonous comb carved from bone and set with pins — no support

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 1421, line 13: «WHY: The Queen goes because she wants her daughter to marry, and Bellissima "does not try to please" her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what grounds did the Queen conclude that Snowdrop was still alive?

1. the mirror spoke the truth — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the Huntsman said she lived — no support
3. the dwarfs said so — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. the mirror told her so — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 684, line 14: «The queen breaks the rule when she opens the doors, and she runs away when she sees the captain alive.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2); 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the occupation of the seven Dwarfs in the mountain?

1. they cut the wood — score -5
2. they dug tunnels all day long searching for precious gems and iron — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. they dug deep in the mountain mines for silver and gold — score -3
4. they dug for gold — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1578, line 6: «Who: the wicked Queen, Snowdrop, the Huntsman, and the seven Dwarfs who dig for gold in the mountain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «seven dwarfs» (-1); the same action «dig» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Dwarfs restore Snowdrop to consciousness?

1. they cut the lace in two — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. they cut the tight silk lace in two and loosened it — score -4
3. they rang the bell and cut the lace in two right away — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. they tore the lace apart — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1425, line 11: «Why did Bellissima faint? She fainted "with pain and terror" while the Yellow Dwarf carried her away on his Spanish cat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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