Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church

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

Lesson 1647 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 ✗

yo, why'd the old dude even want a bride, lol?

1. cos he was rich — no support
2. cos he was lonely — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cos his brothers all had brides and he wanted one too, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. cos he was lonely and wanted someone to look after the cottage — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1637, line 9: «Why: the couple wanted a child, since "they had no children to play with."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «children» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

bruv, what happened to the brothers back in the wood?

1. they turned to stone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. they fell in the moat — score 1
3. they got lost — score 1
4. they ran off — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1647, line 7: «What: he turns the brothers and their brides into "grey stones" with his magic wand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so where did the old man hide his heart, mate?

1. in a bird in a church — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. in a tree near the moat — ← Mova's choice · score 12
3. in a locked drawer — no support
4. under a stone by the moat — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 433, line 20: «The Egyptian tale of Satou hides his heart in an acacia tree, so that if the tree falls he dies.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «heart» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same place «acacia tree» (+2); the same action «hide» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

which animal ate with the youth first, like, straight up?

1. the boar — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the wild boar — score 1
3. the fox — score -1
4. the red ox — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1134, line 14: «The whip is made by twining hemp round tarred hemp, "till he had used up the whole forty."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use up» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

was the moat dry, though, mega sus?

1. yes, it was dry and cracked — no support
2. no, it was muddy and cold — no support
3. no, it was full of water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. no, it was full of cold water and reeds from the wood — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1647, line 19: «Old word: a "moat" is a deep ditch of water round a church or castle; a "griffin" is a monster with an eagle's head.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

dude, what did the griffin say when he flew off?

1. come back if you need me — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. call me if you need me — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. bye, see you — no support
4. farewell, friend — 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 ✗

ngl, did the bride like the old man or what?

1. she felt sorry for him — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. she was scared of him — score -7
3. she felt sorry for him and wished she could help him break the spell — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. she felt very sorry for him, though she did not love him at all — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1647, line 18: «Old word: "accosted" meant spoke to first in a bold way; today we would say "stopped and spoke to".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what's the magic wand for, innit?

1. to cook — no support
2. to free the sisters and the brothers from the old man's spell — no support
3. to free the sisters — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to free the sisters and turn the stones back into men — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 774, line 7: «What: the dwarf gives the prince an iron wand, and the prince says the words the dwarf taught him, "strike the iron door of the castle three times with the wan…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «words» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

was the youth chill about the moat, or nah?

1. he just slept it off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he ran off — no support
3. he crossed it by boat — no support
4. he swam — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

whatcha reckon the bride did with the flowers, fam?

1. decorated the door with the gay feathers and the flowers — score -2
2. decorated the door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. threw them in the moat — no support
4. hid them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1647, line 14: «Why: she decorates the door "to show my love for your heart", but he only laughs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «door» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the ox was a total unit, right? what did it do?

1. ate a big meal — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. drank all the water — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. went to sleep — no support
4. ate a bit — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1647, line 5: «At last he reaches the moat, which has no bridge, so he falls asleep and wishes the red ox could drink the water dry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «red ox» (+3); the same thing acted on «water» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, which animal came for dinner, the ox or the boar?

1. the boar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the griffin came — no support
3. the wild boar — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the red ox came — 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 of the following is stated in the text to be the location of the old man's heart?

1. in a church — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. inside a grey stone at the end of the wood — score 4
3. within a bird inside a great church beyond a moat — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. within a bird in the old oak by a wide river — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 868, line 14: «Why is he called Little Claus? People call him that to tell him apart from Big Claus, who has more horses.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same place «big» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is the correct account of the youngest sister's position in the cottage?

1. she was kept in the cottage to keep house for the old man and his three cats — no support
2. she was locked in the old man's barn — no support
3. she was kept to keep house for the old man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. she was sent out to find the brothers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1615, line 2: «The second daughter follows the same way with lentils, and the birds gobble those up too, so she ends at the old man's house and forgets the beasts.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youth first met the church?

1. he came upon it all of a sudden after walking for many days through the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. he walked up on it at the wood's edge — score -1
3. he came upon it all of a sudden — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. he came upon it while hunting deer — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1520, line 1: «The youth fools the man into losing the third ox by bellowing like a bullock in the wood, and the robbers are beaten at their own game.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youth» (+2). Against it: the same place «wood» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is the stated purpose of the old man's wand if he should die?

1. to set free the sisters and their lovers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to bewitch the youth and his lovers — no support
3. to free the sisters — no support
4. to set free the sisters and their lovers and the red ox and boar — 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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