Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1623 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, what's Christian doing at midnight, fr?

1. he's asleep — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he's stood at the altar, reading his book — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he's lying on the pews, snoring — no support
4. he's kneeling by the chest, praying — 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 · ★ · right ✓

lol why can't the ghost catch him, bro?

1. cause it can't climb the step at the altar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. cause it can't get through the door — no support
3. cause some old king set a spell on the steps years back and it won't cross them — no support
4. cause the altar's blessed and it's the step that stops it, not the bloody door or anything — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1623, line 2: «It cannot climb the step in front of the altar, so it howls and threatens him until one o'clock, when it goes back into the chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «step» (+2); the same action «climb» (+1); the same doer «ghost» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, which way does the lid flip open, mate?

1. to the left, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to the right — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. towards the window — no support
4. up — 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 ✗

what did the smith ask for before a third shift, innit?

1. a promise the king would pardon every sentry who ran off — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the princess, innit — no support
3. half the kingdom, no less — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a pot of gold coins — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the little man drag the boat back, sus?

1. cause the boat's got a hole — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. cause Christian broke his promise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause it's windy — no support
4. cause he was too slow — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1330, line 14: «Old word: a "skiff" is a small open boat, rowed or sailed, and it is still used as a name for a light rowing boat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same doer «small open boat» (+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 ✗

so he got out the window at nine, right?

1. yeah, round ten, I reckon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, round nine o'clock — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, round eight — no support
4. nah, he got out later, around midnight when the bells went — 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 ✗

what's the princess's vibe once she's freed?

1. she's dead now, innit — score -3
2. she's proper beautiful now, and she's been freed from all that witchcraft at last — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. she's proper beautiful now — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. she's still a bit ugly but she's been let out of the chest and is grateful — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1134, line 5: «Next day Ivan flicks the pig to pieces, the serpents flee, and the princess is freed from her serpent blood.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «princess» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how did the smith know it was over, fr?

1. the clock hit four — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a voice shouted that it was morning and the ghost went quiet — no support
3. the music got quiet and then the sun came up and the sentries came in — no support
4. the music got quiet and daylight came — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the sentries who bolted, where'd they go, lol?

1. they got sent off to fight in the war and never came back to the town — score -2
2. they ran off into the countryside and were never seen again by the king — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. into the king's army — no support
4. into the Prussian service — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1623, line 15: «The princess says that her deliverer, if he marries her, will have her; if not, she will go into a nunnery.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

what's the curse's deal, real talk?

1. she got it at birth and it came back when dad broke his rule — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she was cursed by her step-mum when young — no support
3. she got it from a witch — no support
4. a wizard cast it when she was ten — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so Christian ends up with what, tbh?

1. the whole kingdom, mate — no support
2. a farm and a horse — no support
3. half the kingdom plus his bride — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the castle — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1577, line 11: «Why: the King is "forced to take her" because "the wedding feast was all prepared," so the guests were already waiting.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the smith even see the princess that night, nah?

1. he answered her every question — score 4
2. he stayed quiet and still, so he didn't see her face at all that night — score 3
3. he kept quiet and gave no answer — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. he spoke to her at first but then kept quiet and gave no reply when she threatened him — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1453, line 17: «WHO: A handsome prince talks to her from the forest below, and they keep talking until night falls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+3); the same receiver «princess» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

At which hour did the apparition return to the chest on the second night?

1. Three o'clock — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Two — score 4
3. Noon — score 4
4. One o'clock — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 595, line 4: «The crowd asks about the phonograph, and he guesses it is an iron box that keeps people's words and gives them back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give back» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition was stated for the lifting of the enchantment?

1. Keeping the lamp lit all night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Speaking only when spoken to — no support
3. Remaining silent and motionless until daybreak — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Remaining silent and motionless in the church until the first light of daybreak — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the smith leave the church on the third night?

1. Down a rope from the tower — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Through a hidden passage under the altar that led out to the river bank — no support
3. Through the old crypt below — no support
4. By a high window, opened and climbed through — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reward did the smith receive for his service, according to the narrative?

1. A horse — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Half the kingdom and the princess in marriage — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Money and a farm for life — score -1
4. The whole kingdom and a crown — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1141, line 4: «Ian shakes the giant's chain, kills the first giant with the raven's knife, and then goes to find the middle daughter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ian» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «middle daughter» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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