Catalan Folk-Tales, The Water of Life, part 2: the brothers climb the mountain and turn to stone

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1644 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 ✓

Dude, did the hermit actually want the guy to share his loot?

1. yeah, half of all the treasure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, a third of the loot — no support
3. nah, he kept it all — no support
4. nah, he wanted every single coin he had found — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, was the guy really gonna chop the princess up?

1. he was ready to, to keep his word — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. nah, he just wanted to scare her — score 0
3. nah, he stopped because the princess begged him to stay — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yeah, he was ready to do it right then in the hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1506, line 2: «The youngest Princess begs them not to harm him, so they decide to test him at the ball with a magic drink.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+2); the same doer «youngest princess» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what did the old lady say the palace was missing?

1. the water of life — score -3
2. more gold — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. something still needed — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. a golden fountain too — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1432, line 2: «Aladdin calls the genie, and eighty slaves march to the palace carrying gold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «palace» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Proper wicked, but what did the old man want them to fetch?

1. the silver feather — no support
2. the water of life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. the magic sword that could cut through the giant — score -4
4. a bottle of wine from the far mountain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1638, line 9: «fact: WHY: the old man wants to show "what he has learned", but all he learns is to hurt himself and lose his money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «fact» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the sister freak out with the knife?

1. the blade had gone dull — no support
2. the blade was red with blood — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. the blade had turned red and the handle was covered in mud — no support
4. she saw a stranger holding the blade and running away quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1061, line 2: «The three hag sisters draw their swords, ready to kill, and see Goll coming with Bran and Sceo'lan at his side.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «three hag sisters» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what's the stone bit on the mountain about?

1. the stones mock and jeer — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the stones are the spirits of men who looked back — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. they are haunted ghosts — no support
4. the rocks sing a song — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1640, line 15: «Old word: "suspended" means hung up, so she is hanging between heaven and earth from her clothes.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the eldest bro turn round and look back?

1. he kept on walking up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, he kept walking and never looked behind him at all — no support
3. yes, he looked at once — no support
4. he stooped to grab a stone — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, who warned them not to turn round?

1. the youngest brother's faithful dog and horse — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the old woman from the cottage in the woods — score 2
3. the giant — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the hermit — 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 84, line 16: «Because Tegumai never turns round, the Stranger-man thinks he must be a haughty, great Chief, «Man-who-turns-his-back-on-callers».», 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 «stranger man» (+1). Against it: a different action (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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, what turned the second bro into a stone too?

1. turning round to look back — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he tripped on the stones — no support
3. he heard the mocking voices — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. he stopped to rest and look back at the valley — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 262, line 1: «The lost girl falls asleep by the knoll and wakes at evening, when she hears Habetrot's voice through the self-bored stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «voice» (+2). Against it: the same action «hear» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what's the water of life even for?

1. to make the king young — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. making the palace perfect — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. it turns any metal in the palace into pure gold — no support
4. it makes whoever drinks it live a thousand years — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, is the youngest brother a stone already?

1. yes, he is — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, he stopped to rest — no support
3. no, he is still walking — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, he sleeps — 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 ✗

Lol, what did the hermit say right before he vanished?

1. farewell, young man — score 3
2. I must leave now — no support
3. call on me and I will come — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. keep the knife safe always — ← 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 1644, line 8: «Why does the young man almost cut the princess in pieces? He has sworn an oath and says "I will keep my word," so he keeps his honour.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what object did the sister refer when she sought assurance of her brother's welfare?

1. the brother's sword and the state of its edge — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. the sword — score -1
3. the silver bell and the color of its rope — score -1
4. the knife and the condition of its blade — ✓ the right answer · 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 1172, line 1: «Becasigue begs the king's court to consult the princess, and the queen rushes to tell Desiree about the sick prince.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «consult» (+2). Against it: the same receiver «princess» (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What condition did the old man attach to the continued brightness of the blade?

1. that it never be washed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. no rust at all — no support
3. to stay sharp — no support
4. that it remain free of blood — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 672, line 14: «why the king pardons the youth: he will forgive him "on condition that you help me in a sore strait," meaning in a tight, difficult situation.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «condition» (+2); 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal instruction given by the giant to those ascending the mountain?

1. to refrain from looking back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to stay together at all times — no support
3. to walk quickly — no support
4. to keep silent — 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 ✗

Upon what grounds did the youngest brother resolve to proceed toward the mountain?

1. his brothers' long absence and silence — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his brothers' request — no support
3. the failure of his brothers to return — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the sister's plea for his safety — 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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