Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1632 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 ✓

Yo, how did Hans even get that huge stone out the gap?

1. He pushed it — no support
2. He just lifted it and chucked it out the way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. He dragged it off with a rope — score -3
4. He rolled it down the hill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1632, line 3: «He lifts the loaded cart onto his back, leads the horses home, and tosses the stone aside at the gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hans» (+3); the same action «lift» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did the lads actually do when he was cutting trees?

1. They stood there gawping with their mouths open — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. They all stood around the field watching in silence, too scared to move a single finger while he cut the trees down — score 4
3. They watched from the fence quietly — no support
4. They just sat around doing nothing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1545, line 15: «fact: The Queen's ring gives its wearer "two wishes," and the lad wastes both of them by wishing himself home and then wishing his Queen to stand there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lad» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «stand» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, how did Hans carry the whole cart back home?

1. He hoisted it on his back with the trees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. He balanced it on his head fine — score 3
3. He unhitched the horses and carried the entire loaded cart and every tree on his shoulders all the way back home — score 3
4. He dragged it back by the horse — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1632, line 3: «He lifts the loaded cart onto his back, leads the horses home, and tosses the stone aside at the gate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hans» (+3); the same place «back» (+3); the same action «lift» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why did the squire shut the gate in his face?

1. He was really annoyed at him — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. He had lost the key to it — no support
3. He had heard all about how Hans had smashed the forest gate and was terrified that Hans would come for him next — score -2
4. He was dead scared of him — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1632, line 13: «The squire is "so frightened" that he shuts the gate and puts on the bar.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Innit, what did Hans chuck over the barn into the yard?

1. The trees and the whole cart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. Both the cart and the horses, along with all the trees and every bit of the load he had hauled home — no support
3. A heavy sack and a plough — score -3
4. The barrels and the broken wheel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 509, line 10: «How: He becomes "an enormous dolphin" and makes the sea so rough that the Cretan ship is "tossed violently to and fro".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «toss» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); the same circumstance (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what were the squire and steward plotting to do with him?

1. Shove him into the river with a rope — score 0
2. Tie him up in a sack and toss him into the deep lake with a heavy iron weight strapped to his legs — no support
3. Drop him down the well under a mill-stone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Throw him in the pond at night — ← 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 727, line 12: «The countryman says the pig may be "the squire's pig," and that the squire's men might "throw you into the horse-pond."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+2); the same place «horse pond» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, what job did they give him for the next morning?

1. Clean out the well — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Mend the old fence — no support
3. Dig the field — no support
4. Feed the pigs — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how did the stone end up round his neck?

1. The men had dropped it on him on purpose from the top of the well, but the hole in its middle slid over his head by pure luck — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It landed round his neck somehow — no support
3. It dropped through the hole in the middle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It slid over his shoulders — 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 ✗

Fam, what did the stone squash when he shook it off?

1. His own foot — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. A steward's ear — score -1
3. A footman's left thumb — no support
4. One of the squire's big toes — ✓ the right answer · 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 1318, line 2: «That stone then crushes the greedy sorcerer into powder in the heather, and Bernez goes home rich.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crush» (+2). Against it: the same doer «stone» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, what did Hans bring along for his lake trip?

1. Bread, butter, ale and brandy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Some cheese — score 1
3. Bread and ale — score 1
4. A net, a rod and worms — 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 1618, line 20: «Old words: a "dowry" is what a bride brings to a marriage, and "prophesied" means foretold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2). Against it: the same doer «bride» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wild, what grabbed Hans in the middle of the lake?

1. Old Eric, rising out of the water — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A huge fish with teeth — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. A monster from the dark — score 5
4. A drowned log — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1234, line 13: «He runs away because "if he was caught he would be condemned to death", meaning he would be put to death.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3); the same thing acted on «man» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what saved him from Old Eric at first?

1. His walking-stick, which he was holding — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. His fishing rod in the boat — no support
3. The thick wooden staff he had brought along and was clutching tight in his hands the whole way out on the lake — no support
4. The oars that he kept close — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper, how did he finally sort out Old Eric?

1. He beat him with an oar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He pushed him under the water — no support
3. He drowned him — no support
4. He walloped his back with the staff — ✓ 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 implement did Hans employ upon the first attempt to fell the tree, and what befell it?

1. His spade, whose handle cracked in two — no support
2. The woodman's axe, whose edge was chipped and whose handle snapped, leaving the blade lying useless on the forest floor — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The woodman's axe, whose edge was destroyed and whose shaft was broken — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. A hatchet whose blade bent sideways — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1631, line 1: «Hans, a huge boy of six, eats one piece of bread and is still hungry, so the smith gives him a whole loaf.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hans» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «one piece» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the squire's household intend to dispose of Hans, and at what location?

1. By locking him in the old barn — no support
2. By a mill-stone dropped upon him in the well — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. By drowning him in the pond — no support
4. By tying him up in a sack and throwing him into the deep lake, with a heavy weight strapped to his legs as well — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1632, line 16: «The plan is to clean the well and drop a mill-stone on Hans, so they "could just fill in the well" and avoid any cost for his funeral.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «drop» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did Hans sustain the squire's injury, and to which part of the body?

1. A log rolled and bruised a hand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A stone slipped off and hit a foot — no support
3. A heavy wooden beam fell off the wagon while he was loading it and crushed the steward's whole left foot — no support
4. A mill-stone shaken from his neck crushed a toe — ✓ 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 was the nature of the creature encountered in Devilmoss Lake, and how was it overcome?

1. A huge lake monster with long arms and a slimy body, which was finally knocked flat by many heavy blows from a wooden staff — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A creature that was struck by an oar — no support
3. A huge eel, killed with a stout pole — no support
4. Old Eric, who was flattened by repeated blows of a staff — ✓ 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

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