Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding

Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1582 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 ✗

Mate, did Cinderlad really chop the heads off seven foals?

1. Nah, he did it the day after — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, on his wedding day, and the whole court was there watching him — no support
3. Yeah, on the wedding day, sure — no support
4. Yeah, on his wedding day, proper — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so how did he even lift that rusty sword?

1. He necked loads of pitcher, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He lifted it — no support
3. Magic, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score -6
4. He had a few sips of mead, innit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1582, line 15: «Old word: To "wield" a sword means to hold it and swing it, so Cinderlad is strong enough to use the sword with ease.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same thing acted on «sword» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the Foal even on about with the Troll?

1. Some Troll put a spell on the brothers — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The Troll cursed the old King's sons — score 1
3. Some Troll turned the brothers into foals ages ago when they went hunting in the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The Troll wanted the Princess for his own bride and cursed all seven of them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1545, line 12: «fact: Each night the Trolls grow stronger, from "three heads and three rods" to "six heads" and then "nine heads and nine rods."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «trolls» (+3); the same action «grow» (+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

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Did the foals actually turn back into princes or what?

1. Nah, they stayed foals — score 1
2. Nah, they just ran off after that — no support
3. Yeah, they became proper princes again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Yeah, they went back to being men — 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 1582, line 4: «At the church the foals become princes and take bread and wine, and Cinderlad takes some bread and wine away with him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same doer «foals» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the old hag go mental at them, like?

1. Cos the foals got away from her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Cos the foals escaped her, dead fast — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos the seven foals had just turned into princes right under her nose, proper annoying — score 5
4. Cos the Troll had promised her the foals and then went off with the princes instead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 25, line 18: «The Rat: «there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.» While saying it he hit the bank and fell on his back wi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «get away» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the wedding a massive do or a flop?

1. A right flop, nobody came, sorry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Massive, everyone had a great time — no support
3. Massive, yeah — no support
4. Massive, everyone was buzzing, proper — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Cinderlad get the Princess in the end, then?

1. Nah, the King changed his mind and gave her to the Troll instead, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, plus a big farm, proper — no support
3. Yeah, plus half the kingdom, a horse, and a massive gold crown, sick — no support
4. Yeah, plus half the kingdom, sick — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1454, line 3: «The Princess gives a kingdom to the King and to each son, and three weddings are held before everyone lives happily.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+3); the same receiver «king» (+2); the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the King say when Cinderlad showed him the bread?

1. Well done, lad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Thou hast done well, so thou winst — no support
3. Good, you win — no support
4. Thou hast watched faithfully, so you win — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did the foals get a proper ride back, or nah?

1. Yeah, Cinderlad rode the youngest, fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they walked back all the way home — no support
3. Nah, they walked — no support
4. Yeah, on foot — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who had to do the actual head chopping, though?

1. The Foal did it, in the yard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cinderlad, down in the stable — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A servant, out in the field — no support
4. The Troll, grimly — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the bridge a dead long one or what?

1. Nah, a short plank bridge over the brook — no support
2. Nah, it was a rickety rope bridge that the foals refused to cross at all, mate — score 2
3. Yeah, a long, handsome bridge over the river — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Yeah, a long, handsome stone bridge stretching across the whole wide river valley below the hills — ← 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 941, line 5: «Her four brothers come home with the animals of the forest, and a bright bridge of hope rises from the word.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bright bridge» (+3); the same place «word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Cinderlad sneak a flask out of the church?

1. To show the King what the foals drink — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. To keep the bread fresh for the wedding and prove the foals had been to church — score 2
3. To prove to the King that the foals were really cursed princes under a Troll's spell — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. To show the King where the foals sleep — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1582, line 4: «At the church the foals become princes and take bread and wine, and Cinderlad takes some bread and wine away with him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «princes» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the King give the lad any cash or what?

1. Nah, he just shook his hand and said the Princess would be given to him later — ← Mova's choice · score 11
2. Yeah, he gave him a big bag of gold coins — score 5
3. Nah, he gave him a horse and a small farm — score 11
4. Nah, he gave him the Princess and half the kingdom — ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1562, line 9: «WHY: the youth's bridal horse is so like Dapplegrim that the King says "I cannot tell thee", so he must give his daughter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Was the sword the best bit of the whole story, bruv?

1. Yeah, it was dead important for the heads — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Nah, the best bit was the bridge and the river, and the wedding feast after that all night — no support
3. Nah, the bread was the best bit, mate — score -2
4. Yeah, the sword was dead important for cutting off the heads, and the bread came in later — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1577, line 16: «Old word: "crooned" means sang softly and gently, and the Bushy Bride's crooning makes the King fall asleep.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what occasion was Cinderlad instructed by the Foal to sever the heads of the seven foals?

1. After the long feast ended — score 2
2. At dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. On the day of his wedding — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. At noon — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «kind son» (+4); the same doer «grumpy king» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Cinderlad produce before the King as evidence of the foals' diet?

1. The consecrated bread, the flask of wine, and the old rusty sword from the birch — no support
2. The sacred wafer and a jug of sweet mead — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. The consecrated bread and the flask of wine — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The consecrated bread, the flask of wine, and a small book of prayers from the church — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 171, line 12: «The third Calender says they are "all three sons of kings," which makes Zobeida's anger cool down at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2). Against it: the same doer «three sons» (-2); the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 3, 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 principal consequence of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions?

1. The Troll was defeated and the foals were freed — score 0
2. The seven brothers were restored to princely form — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The seven foals galloped off to the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. They became kings — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1581, line 9: «Where: the foals run "over hill and dale, through woods and bogs," and the old hag sits in "a cleft in the rock."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «foals» (+3); the same place «hill» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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 · right ✓

By what means did Cinderlad acquire the strength necessary to wield the sword?

1. By eating bread — no support
2. By prayer — score -2
3. By resting after the long hard ride — no support
4. By drinking repeatedly from the pitcher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1582, line 10: «Why: Cinderlad drinks from the pitcher because he cannot yet wield the sword, and he needs "one more, and after that still another".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «pitcher» (+4); the same action «drink» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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