Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1642 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 ✗
Bruv, why did the king end up putting his crown on the scales?
- 1. Since gold was not enough — no support
- 2. Because the scale still tipped down — no support
- 3. Because the silk still outweighed all his gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Because the king was too proud to quit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1623, line 11: «Why he wants to quit: he thinks, "It's best to stop now, while the game is going well."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, was Catherine basically broke before all this?
- 1. Yeah, she'd been rich once, then her whole family lost everything — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, she'd been rich once, then lost it all and had to beg for food — no support
- 3. Yeah, she'd been rich once, then her husband gambled it all away — no support
- 4. Yeah, she'd been rich once, then lost it all — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
So what did the wise woman reckon was gonna happen to her?
- 1. She'd die a queen, dead proper, after she'd got rich again — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She'd be made a queen, then spend the rest of her life in the palace — no support
- 3. She'd die a queen, dead proper, after loads of years in the palace — no support
- 4. She'd die a queen, dead 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the king actually marry the bride he promised?
- 1. Nah, she stayed at court — score 2
- 2. Nah, he sent her back home — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Nah, he sent her back home with all her things — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Yeah, he married her — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 667, line 5: «Then the king's counsellors have a new plan, and the king sends for the six brothers to hear it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, how many brothers were in that ship business?
- 1. Three brothers, all trying the same thing for the princess — score 0
- 2. Three brothers, all after the same princess and her gold — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Three brothers, all trying the same — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Four brothers, all after the same — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1613, line 12: «where: the brothers were walking "through a wood" when the elder one seized his brother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «elder one» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Like, what was the eldest bro's plan for the princess?
- 1. Build a ship that floats on land and sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Win gold from the palace — no support
- 3. Sail a ship to the king — no support
- 4. Build a boat — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Why'd the eldest bro chase off the old folk, geez?
- 1. He was harsh and thought they were useless — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He was harsh and thought they were useless and wanted them gone — no support
- 3. He was harsh and thought they were useless for building his ship — no support
- 4. He was harsh and thought they were too slow to help the ship — 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 ✗
So the youngest one got the hermit in, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, he treated everyone nice and gave them all a share — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he treated everyone nice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he paid them well — no support
- 4. Yeah, he treated everyone nice and paid them fair wages — 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 ✗
Did the hermit want anything back for helping, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets, plus a share of the ship — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets and the whole kingdom's gold — no support
- 3. Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets from the king's reward — no support
- 4. Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1480, line 12: «In the desert the old hermit shares his simple breakfast, and Celia promises the dove "I will love you always."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «share» (+2); the same doer «old hermit» (+1). Against it: 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 · ★ · right ✓
What was that fog bloke doing with his sack, like?
- 1. Trying to bag fog, that's his job — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Just sleeping — no support
- 3. Selling fog, that's his trade — no support
- 4. Collecting rain, that's his job — 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 ✗
Why was the tree bloke carrying whole trees, then?
- 1. He said he'd chopped firewood — no support
- 2. He reckoned he'd only got stones — no support
- 3. He reckoned he'd only gathered brushwood — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He was just lost — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 378, line 5: «Hot and sweaty, he throws himself under a tree, and the Sun has won.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the youngest reckoned they had three now?
- 1. Yeah, before it was two, then the fog man — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, before it was two, then the fog man and the tree man joined — no support
- 3. Yeah, before it was two, then the fog man joined the crew last night — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Yeah, before it was two, then a fox and the fog man joined — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 75, line 4: «The Djinn explains that the hump lets him work three days without eating, to make up for the three days he missed; the Camel joins the Three but has never caug…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «join» (+2); the same doer «camel» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the second brother's ship actually float?
- 1. Nah, a fish ate it — score 0
- 2. Nah, a gale smashed it on the rocks — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Yeah, it did — no support
- 4. Yeah, it sailed fine — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1580, line 20: «The ship "which could sail on land or water" cannot exist, so the King uses it as an evasion, a clever way of dodging his promise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sail» (+2); the same doer «ship» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which object did the king finally place upon the scale in order to balance the silk?
- 1. His golden crown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. His silver sceptre — no support
- 3. The royal seal — no support
- 4. His ring — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1642, line 13: «fact: Catherine's silk is weighed against gold, and the king's crown finally makes the scale move, so the silk is worth more than all his treasure.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crown» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What became of the eldest brother's vessel upon its launch?
- 1. It was destroyed by a squall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It was burnt by pirates — no support
- 3. It was destroyed by a squall just after launching from the shore — no support
- 4. It was destroyed by a squall that struck as it left the harbour — 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 ✗
On what condition did the hermit consent to accompany the youngest brother?
- 1. Receipt of half of anything obtained, plus a seat on the royal council — no support
- 2. Receipt of half of anything obtained — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Receipt of half of anything obtained from the king's treasury — no support
- 4. Receipt of half of all the gold and property the youth obtains — ← Mova's choice · score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1636, line 3: «At the forest the fox leaves him, and at the inn the prince finds his two brothers about to be hanged for debt, so he pays their money and frees them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); the same action «find» (-3). 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 · wrong ✗
What did the second man in the forest declare he had been gathering?
- 1. A handful of brushwood gathered from the edge of the wood — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. A bundle of reeds — no support
- 3. A handful of brushwood — ✓ the right answer · score -9
- 4. Some dry leaves — score -7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1642, line 12: «fact: The tree man says he has only been "gathering a handful of brushwood," although he has torn up half the forest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «gather» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «handful» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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