Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky sisters and the wedding

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1580 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 you finish the Dullhead bit?

1. Yeah, the goose thing was wicked, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, the goose thing was proper wicked and the grey man was ace, mate — no support
3. Nah, the cake thing was dodgy, mate — no support
4. Yeah, I finished it, the goose bit was wicked and the King was well dodgy, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 721, line 12: «The second youth also "took the big bit at once and soon ate it up," so the prince left him in the same way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat up» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «bit» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why were the sisters all stuck to the goose?

1. Cos they all touched it one after another and couldn't let go, innit — score 2
2. Cos they touched it and couldn't let go, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos they grabbed it for a laugh, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Cos the goose was magic and it glued them on when they grabbed it, innit — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 111, line 18: «What happens to the eldest daughter? She grabs the goose, and "neither hand nor finger could she pull away again."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+2); the same thing acted on «goose» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare sad about the poor cake, innit?

1. Yeah, but the grey man turned it into a proper rich cake, innit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, but the grey man made it proper rich — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, but the King ate it all up — no support
4. Yeah, but the grey man made it proper rich and then the wine was ace too, innit — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the parson get stuck too?

1. Yeah, he got stuck like a muppet — no support
2. Yeah, he got stuck right at the end of the line and hung on like a total muppet — no support
3. Yeah, he hung on like a total muppet and the girls laughed at him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, he hung on like a total muppet — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1580, line 4: «A parson, a clerk and two peasants get stuck too, so seven people chase Dullhead, and the Princess bursts out laughing.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

How many of them ended up chasing Dullhead?

1. Seven of them, all of them in one big long line behind him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Seven, all of them in a long line — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. All seven of them, every single one, in a messy long line across the field — no support
4. Seven of them, running in a row — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the Princess crack up laughing?

1. Cos she saw the whole procession of people chasing Dullhead and it looked dead silly — score 3
2. Cos the parson fell over in the mud — no support
3. Cos she saw seven people running after each other all the way across the field — score 6
4. Cos she saw seven people running after each other — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1229, line 10: «Why do the guards think she is mad? They whisper that she "saw a man in every table and chair."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same thing acted on «man» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Man, the King's tasks were proper dodgy, weren't they?

1. Yeah, he was trying to get rid of Dullhead because he was jealous of him — score 4
2. Yeah, he was trying to get rid of Dullhead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he wanted to be rid of him — score 4
4. Yeah, he was trying to get rid of Dullhead with impossible jobs — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1547, line 3: «The suitor sets out to find three people sillier than them, and meets walnut-throwers, a man trying to make his pig climb an oak, and a man jumping to pull on…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+3); the same action «try» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did the thirsty man really drink the whole cellar?

1. Yeah, every drop before the day was done — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, every drop by lunchtime — no support
3. Nah, he only had a sip — no support
4. Yeah, all of it — 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 ✗

Could the bread man eat the mountain?

1. Yeah, he scoffed the whole mountain in one day and asked for pudding — score 4
2. Yeah, he ate the lot in a week — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nah, he gave up at lunch — score 4
4. Yeah, he scoffed the lot in one day — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1580, line 19: «A loaf is a shaped lump of bread, and the hungry man eats a whole mountain of bread in one day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hungry man» (+3); the same action «eat» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is a ship that sails on land proper real?

1. Nah, it's just a story thing that never happened, innit — score 1
2. Yeah, it's just a story, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nah, it's only a made up story thing, not real at all, innit — no support
4. Nah, it's just a story thing, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 203, line 20: «Old word "bespeak a passage": to book a place on a ship; today we would say "book a ticket."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «place» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

So Dullhead ends up a king, yeah?

1. Yeah, he gets the whole kingdom and the girl and they live happily ever after — score 2
2. Yeah, he gets the crown and the girl — no support
3. Yeah, he ends up king with the kingdom and the girl, proper happy, innit — score 2
4. Yeah, he gets the kingdom and the girl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1580, line 5: «The King sets three impossible tasks, the grey man helps with each one, and Dullhead wins his bride and later the kingdom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dullhead» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «bride» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What's the new story about then?

1. It's about Cinderlad and his brothers, the seven foals — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. It's about the seven foals and a cake — no support
3. It's about Cinderlad, the youngest son, and his six brothers who turned into seven foals and rode off — score -1
4. It's about Cinderlad and his brothers, the seven foals, and their adventures in the wide world — 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 938, line 4: «He has four clever sons and a blind daughter, and he tells them stories about the world shown on the castle walls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the means by which the youngest sister became attached to the golden goose.

1. She touched her sister who was already fixed to the bird. — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She held the parson's coat while the goose flapped away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. She grabbed her sister who had already become attached to the golden bird by touching it earlier. — score 5
4. She was pulled onto the goose when her sister, already stuck fast to the golden bird, was touched by her. — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1308, line 3: «The brother makes his sister put everything outside, and she keeps only a small pot and a corn bowl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sister» (+3); the same action «keep» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the number of persons who were ultimately pursuing the protagonist across the field.

1. Seven persons were in pursuit of the protagonist. — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Seven persons, all tied in a line, were in pursuit of the protagonist. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Five persons were in pursuit of the protagonist. — no support
4. Seven persons were in hot pursuit of the protagonist across the whole field. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 10: «In the story he has nine hundred and ninety-nine wives besides Balkis, «just to show that he was the King». Having many wives was a custom of some old kings; t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «person» (-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 ✗

Describe the quality which the little grey man attributed to the protagonist as the reason for his assistance.

1. He had been kind and merciful to the grey man when others would not help him. — no support
2. He was kind and merciful to the grey man and gave him his last bread and beer. — score 0
3. He was kind and merciful to the grey man. — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He shared his bread with the man. — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1457, line 2: «They give him the Shoes of Swiftness, and he flies north to the Three Gray Sisters, who share one eye between them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «share» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the outcome of the protagonist's marriage following the death of the King.

1. He inherited the throne and was happy with his new bride at court. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The protagonist was made king and lived with his bride in great comfort. — no support
3. The protagonist succeeded to the kingdom and lived happily with his wife. — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The protagonist succeeded to the kingdom, married the princess and lived happily with his wife for many years afterwards. — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1560, line 17: «Why: the jealous courtiers make the King believe the youth boasted, so he must rescue the Princess or die.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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