Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag

Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1581 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 ✓

Mate, why did the King go mental at the first two lads?

1. They could not tell him where the foals went — score 3
2. They had no proper answer about the foals — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. They had broken the rules of the palace — no support
4. They had no proper answer about the foals and had sat drinking all day — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1554, line 4: «A new tale begins: the grumpy King, nicknamed Grumpy, has a kind but very ugly son, Curlicue.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «kind son» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Was the old hag proper dodgy, innit?

1. She fooled the lads into leaving work — no support
2. She tricked the lads into skiving all day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She tricked the lads into staying late — no support
4. She tricked the lads into skiving all day and then fed them nothing at all — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1581, line 1: «The two older brothers fail: each sits in a rock cleft and lets the old hag comb his hair all day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old hag» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the brothers actually get for messing up?

1. Three red stripes and a rub of salt — ✓ the right answer · score -5
2. Three red marks and a slap of mud — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Three red stripes cut on the back and then a hard rub of salt in them — score -5
4. Three red stripes and a rub of salt, and they were sent home in shame — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», 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, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Did Cinderlad fancy getting his hair combed by the hag?

1. Nah, he just ran straight past her and grabbed a foal's tail — score 4
2. Nah, he just ran straight past her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, he ignored her and left — score 1
4. Yeah, he just ran off quick — 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 1581, line 3: «The foals race over hill, dale, woods and bogs, and Cinderlad runs after them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cinderlad» (+3); the same action «run» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, how did Cinderlad end up riding a foal?

1. The youngest foal told him to hop on and then galloped off across the moor — score 3
2. The youngest foal told him to hop on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The oldest foal asked him to ride — score 2
4. The youngest foal told him to hop on its back while the others ran ahead — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1581, line 5: «The youngest foal tells him to climb on its back, and then it asks him what he can see now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest foal» (+2); the same receiver «cinderlad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the King reckon about his lazy workers?

1. He said he had had enough of such fellows and would hire no more of them — score -3
2. He said he had had enough of such fellows — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. He said he had had enough of such fellows and sent them home in disgrace — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. He said he had enough of lazy men — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1540, line 19: «OLD WORD: "Melancholy" meant very sad and gloomy, which is why the King shut himself up for a year.», 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, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Did the brothers stay chilled about the whole trip?

1. Yeah, they were fine and happy — no support
2. Nah, they were gutted and sore — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nah, gutted — no support
4. Nah, sore — 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 1577, line 8: «Little Snow is the girl's dog, and she is sad because he was "the dearest thing she had on earth" before she threw him overboard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brother» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «dearest thing» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the brothers reckon Cinderlad would be good for?

1. Nothing much at all, just poking the ashes all day in the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Only sweeping the hearth floor — no support
3. Nothing much, just poking the ashes — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nothing much, just poking the ashes and doing nothing useful at all — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1581, line 2: «On the third day Cinderlad says he will try, and at dawn the Master of the Horse lets the seven foals loose.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cinderlad» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum and dad were well upset, right?

1. Nah, they just let him go away — no support
2. Yeah, they told him to stay home — no support
3. Yeah, they begged him not to go and even locked the door on him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, they begged him not to go — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 9: ««Mum shuts one's mouth up», so a shut mouth is the m-sign (16.); with the open carp-mouth after it, it makes «ma».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+3); the same action «shut up» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Safe, so Cinderlad did what he said he'd do?

1. Yeah, he set off the next morning before the sun was up over the hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he set off the next morning — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he waited until the spring — no support
4. Yeah, he set off the next morning and walked all the way to the rock — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, what did the King tell Cinderlad he'd have to put up with?

1. Hard work — no support
2. Working late if he slipped — no support
3. Being flayed if he failed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Being beaten — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1581, line 16: «Old word "flay": to strip off the skin; the King threatens to have Cinderlad's back "flayed" if he is determined to fail.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fail» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Cinderlad scared of the hag or what?

1. Nah, he just laughed and kept going — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he just stared and stopped — no support
3. Nah, he just laughed at her and kept going without stopping once — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. Nah, he just laughed and kept going straight past her to the foals — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1572, line 19: «Old word: a "hag" is an old, ugly woman, and a "wager" is a bet, as in "as if for a wager".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

What's the deal with the foals at the end, then?

1. The youngest one asks him to mount — no support
2. The youngest one tells him to get on and asks him a question next — score -4
3. The youngest one tells him to get on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. The youngest one tells him to get on and then gallops off fast — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1207, line 8: «The deal: the king says the prince must "submit yourself to death" once he has heard the answer, and the prince agrees.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «king» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Good, so what's the last thing the foal asks him?

1. Dost thou hear anything now? — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. See anything? — no support
3. Can you see? — no support
4. Dost thou see anything now? — ✓ 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 best describes the reward the King offered to a youth who succeeded in watching the seven foals for a whole day?

1. The hand of the Princess together with half of the kingdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A horse of pure gold and a fine castle to live in — no support
3. A fine castle and the hand of a noble lady — score 3
4. The royal horse — ← 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 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 396, line 21: «The lesson: a known trouble may be better than a worse one that might follow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «follow» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best identifies the punishment the King imposed upon youths who failed in their duty to the seven foals?

1. Three red stripes cut upon the back and salt rubbed into them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Two red marks burned upon the arm and dust rubbed into them — no support
3. Three deep cuts across the hand and pepper rubbed into them — no support
4. A sound beating — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1213, line 12: «The youth flings his spear "to keep her back" and walks off "never heeding the poor mother's cries of distress".», 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 same circumstance (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately states the means by which the youngest son reached the foals after they had passed the cleft in the rock?

1. He held the bridle of one foal and then rode on its neck — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He held fast to the tail of one foal as it ran past the cleft and then climbed up onto its back — score 3
3. He held fast to the tail of one foal and was then carried along on its back — score 3
4. He held fast to the tail of one foal and then rode on its back — ✓ the right answer · 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 1532, line 18: «The Prince sends the shoemaker and all the artificers to work for the King, and they all thank him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the question the youngest foal put to Cinderlad at the close of this part?

1. The foal asked him whether he could see the road ahead — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. The foal asked whether he could see anything at that moment, and he said no — score -4
3. The foal asked whether he could see anything at that moment over the hills and the cleft — no support
4. The foal asked whether he could see anything at that moment — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1581, line 5: «The youngest foal tells him to climb on its back, and then it asks him what he can see now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «ask» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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