Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1643 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, did the youth really get the king's daughter in the end?

1. Not yet, the king keeps making him do more stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, he married her in the end — score 2
3. Not yet — no support
4. No, the king keeps adding more jobs for him — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1533, line 4: «The witch's daughter keeps getting hurt by mistake under the table, and the witch lies about it at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «daughter» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, that drinking bloke, how much did he neck from the cellar?

1. A couple of barrels, not the whole lot really — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Loads — no support
3. Some of it — no support
4. Pretty much the whole lot, every cask empty — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1530, line 1: «The Princess knocks at the Sun's house, and the Sun's mother hides her in the cellar.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «cellar» (-1); a different doer (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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what was that dude's job then, the one who shoots?

1. He was an archer who could split a hair at a hundred paces and never miss — no support
2. Shooting arrows, but he is pretty bad at it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Shooting stuff, he hits everything he aims at — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. A marksman who never misses anything he aims — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1643, line 11: «What: the messenger falls asleep, so the man who "could hit everything he aimed at" shoots an arrow into his knee to wake him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+3); the same thing acted on «arrow» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Did the hermit reckon the youth was being proper dumb?

1. Yeah, he called him Silly boy, proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yeah, he reckoned he was a bit daft — score 3
3. Nah, he thought he was quite clever — score 3
4. Nah, not really — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1643, line 16: «Why: the king sends his fleet after the ship, and the hermit calls the man "who had the fog in his sack" to save them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «hermit» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how did the strong bloke carry all that stuff?

1. He piled everything on his back, even the crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He stacked it all on his shoulders and a horse — score 0
3. He carried the chairs and tables out first then went back for the wardrobes and the crown — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He piled everything on his back, then he balanced the crown on top of the pile — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1498, line 2: «The Sultan decides to ask his son for a tent that a man can carry in his hand, to shelter his whole army.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Was the messenger quick or was he a total slowcoach?

1. He was zooming, but he went sleepy and nearly missed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He ran fast at first but then he got a bit slow and sleepy — no support
3. Slow — no support
4. He was quick — 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 the king give up after the fog trick?

1. No, he quit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, he went back to the palace feeling gutted, then he set another task for the youth to try — score 3
3. Nah, he just went back to the palace, gutted — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Yeah, he called his army back to the sea, angry — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1542, line 13: «The King says "Graciosa belongs to her!", so he gives his daughter up to the Queen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give up» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit weird that the long-legged man walks so far?

1. Yeah, he takes giant steps across the whole land — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, one foot in the north, one in the south, and he still walks all day — score 3
3. Nah, he just takes a short walk each morning — score 3
4. Yeah, one foot in the north, one in the south — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1546, line 4: «He takes his wife and family to that land and warns them never to answer the voice, however loudly it calls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1); the same place «land» (+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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, did the youth have any money left for the dowry?

1. Nope, he spent all of it building the ship and then he had to borrow from the hermit — no support
2. Yeah, he saved some coins for later — no support
3. Nope, he spent every last coin on building the ship and buying the sailors' food — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Nope, he spent it all building the ship — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 713, line 3: «The buyer kills the fox, and the greedy tanuki buys food with the money and ignores his little son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «food» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the hermit know what the strange people were up to?

1. Yeah, he sent them there to test the youth — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, not at all — score 3
3. Yeah, he knew why he gathered them, all along — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nope, he had no idea what they wanted — 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 1642, line 5: «On the voyage the hermit and the youth meet a man catching fog in a sack and another carrying whole trees, and both join them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hermit» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the king say about the bond?

1. That it was not in the bond, the youth said — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. That he owed nothing, the king said — score 2
3. That the bond was never signed by the king — no support
4. That it was not in the bond, the youth said, so the king had to honour the first promise — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1621, line 13: «The king chooses the chest and the sentinel because it is the last of the three things she offers him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what was the thing in the sack that saved them?

1. Fog, which blocked the king's ships — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Smoke that hid the youth's ship — no support
3. A sack — no support
4. Fog — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, why did the youth keep going back to the king?

1. Because he wanted to marry the princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Because he wanted to see the king's palace again — score 4
3. Because he wanted to marry the princess and become king one day after the old man died — score 4
4. Because he kept hoping the king would forget the bargain and give the princess to him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1643, line 20: «Old word: a "sixpence" was an old British coin worth six pennies, and the youth would have married the princess "without a sixpence."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+3); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the youth's principal motive for returning to the king after each task?

1. He wishes to secure the hand of the princess in marriage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He desires the king's wealth and land — score -1
3. He is driven by a wish for the king's approval and favour — score -1
4. He wants revenge — score 3

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 1560, line 2: «The King's daughter has been stolen by a Troll, and the King promises her hand and half his kingdom to anyone who can free her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner does the king respond when the youth completes the task of drinking the cellar?

1. He laughs at him — no support
2. He grants a reward and dismisses the youth — score 3
3. He concedes that the youth has prevailed, but sets a further condition — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. He admits defeat and immediately sends the youth to fetch the crown — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1643, line 6: «Who: the youth, the hermit and their crew of helpers sail the ship, and the hermit is the wise one who tells the youth what to do.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wise one» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the stated limit of the dowry the king is prepared to bestow upon his daughter?

1. The quantity that a single man is able to carry away — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The quantity that a single man is able to carry away, and no more than that on any given day — no support
3. Whatever a horse can pull in a day — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. The amount one strong man could haul on his back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1078, line 15: «The rude daughter, Fanny, says "It would be a very fine sight indeed" to go and draw water herself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rude daughter» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); the same action «draw» (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the means by which the fleet of the king is prevented from pursuing the vessel?

1. The sounding of a horn that frightens the fleet — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The release of fog which conceals the ships from view — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The release of fog from a sack which conceals the ships from view and lets the youth escape — no support
4. The release of a heavy sack of fog that blinds the fleet and lets the ship escape — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1098, line 19: «Old word: "wherewithal" means "the means," such as money or food, so "wherewithal to comfort" means enough to live on.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «old word» (+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

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