Danish Fairy Tales, Hans, the Mermaid's son: Hans makes the lake's fish flood the squire's yard and returns with gold from Purgatory

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1633 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 ✗

Bruh, so who even is Old Eric?

1. The squire's old wife — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The porch man — no support
3. The lake's old guard dog — score 1
4. The fish boss of the lake — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 876, line 6: «Who: the Sea King rules the castle, and his old mother keeps house for him because he has been "a widower for many years".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old mother» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the fish really flooded the porch, right?

1. Yeah, they tumbled right in — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they stayed outside — no support
3. Yeah, they tumbled right in and flooded the whole squire's porch — no support
4. Yeah, the fish tumbled right in when the squire opened the door — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 74, line 1: «A Whale has eaten every fish in the sea except one small, clever 'Stute Fish, who hides behind the Whale's right ear. When the Whale says he is still hungry, t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stute fish» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how did Hans cut his bread lol?

1. With a plough's coulter — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. With his father's axe — score 1
3. With a knife — score 1
4. With the old scythe blade — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 362, line 17: «Old word: "frisked" meant skipped and jumped about playfully; today we might say bounced about.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, did the rider get dunked?

1. Nah, he flew — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope — no support
3. Yeah, onto the road — no support
4. Yeah, into a ditch — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why did the squire send Hans off?

1. To fetch the ale from town — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. To get three years' tribute from Purgatory for the squire — score 3
3. Because his wife told him to send Hans to Purgatory — score 2
4. To get tribute from Purgatory — ✓ the right answer · 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 1631, line 8: «Where: Hans goes to a large estate, where the squire hires him to thresh the grain.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «squire» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, how much gold did the squire keep?

1. Half of the gold, the rest went to Hans's father — no support
2. Half of it, and Hans got the rest — no support
3. Half of it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. A third of it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1633, line 15: «The squire keeps "one half" of the money, and Hans takes the other half to "his father the smith in Furreby".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «one half» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did the demons fight back?

1. Nah, they laughed and stayed — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, they howled and ran away into the dark wood — score 4
3. Nah, they howled and ran — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, they fought back hard — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1210, line 9: «Why: the Bad One wants a big, fat feast for the water-demons, who would laugh at a thin boy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+2); the same doer «water demons» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, was Hans's dad a smith?

1. Nope, a baker in town — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah — no support
3. Yeah, in Hallow — no support
4. Yeah, in Furreby — ✓ the right answer · 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, what did Old Eric promise?

1. To bring the fish up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. To bring the fish up and flood the porch for everyone — score 1
3. To bring all the fish up to the squire's courtyard — score 1
4. To pay the squire back — no support

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 1633, line 1: «Old Eric promises to bring every fish in the lake to the squire's yard, so Hans rows ashore and goes to bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old eric» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «fish» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, which way was the wood?

1. South, straight through the wood to Purgatory — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. South, straight through — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. North, across the moor — no support
4. East, over the hill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1626, line 19: «Old word: "ambassadors" were envoys sent from other lands to represent their ruler; the word is still used today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, where did Hans bounce to at the end?

1. To the squire's house again — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Back to his mum, the mermaid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Back to his mum, the mermaid, and his dad in Furreby — no support
4. Back to his mum, the mermaid, under the lake — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, did the squire keep Hans on?

1. Nah, Hans was done with service and went home to his mum — no support
2. Yeah, Hans stayed on longer — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Nah, Hans went to the lake — no support
4. Nah, Hans was done with service — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 766, line 18: «Ending: Gretel "tore herself loose and ran away," so she "was no longer the bride of Hans."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hans» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which destination did the squire direct Hans to reach, as stated in the text?

1. Purgatory — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Furreby town — score 1
3. Lake — score 1
4. Hell — 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 1633, line 9: «Why: the squire's wife says, "you must see if you can't get him sent to Purgatory, to demand tribute".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+2). Against it: the same doer «squire» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What quantity of bread did Hans take with him for the journey?

1. One basket — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. A loaf — score -1
3. Two bakings — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Three bakings — 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 1457, line 1: «The boy, who has sworn an oath to bring the Terrible Head, is helped by a kind young man and a beautiful lady.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2). Against it: the same doer «boy» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did Hans gain entry through the gate?

1. By smashing it with his staff until the hinges broke — score -2
2. By smashing it hard with his heavy wooden staff — score -2
3. By asking the guard nicely — no support
4. By smashing it with his staff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1633, line 13: «At the gate Hans "smashed at the gate with his staff until he knocked it in pieces", and the demons are beaten with "raps from his walking-stick".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «smash» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which relation did Hans return at the conclusion of the narrative?

1. His mother, the Mermaid, down in the deep lake waters — score 0
2. His sister, the fish queen — score 0
3. His mother, the Mermaid — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. His mother, the Mermaid, who lived beneath the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1633, line 7: «What: Hans makes Old Eric promise to bring "all the fish in the lake up to the squire's courtyard, before to-morrow morning".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hans» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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