Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1649 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 ✓

Mate, so who actually whacked the seven-headed snake?

1. The young bloke who went up the mountain, innit — score -4
2. The young bloke, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. The sneaky slave, fam — score -1
4. The king's bloke, innit — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1638, line 1: «The old man visits his youngest daughter inside a mound, and when the troll comes home he knocks pieces off his own head on an iron spike to make broth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «youngest daughter» (+3); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old man» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what did the slave threaten her with?

1. Bury her in the river mud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Bury her in the river mud up to her neck — score 3
3. Bury her alive in the river mud beside the old bridge at night — no support
4. Leave her in the cold mud — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 206, line 3: «Khacan's wife dresses her in fine clothes, and Noureddin, the vizir's son, is charmed by her and wants to keep her for himself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wife» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, how did the king react when the slave came back?

1. He was buzzing with joy and gave her away to the slave at once, without a second thought — score 1
2. He was buzzing and gave her away to the slave — score 1
3. He was buzzing and gave her away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. He was furious and banished her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1424, line 7: «What: she changes her face, but her feet "were like those of a griffin", and that gives her away to the King.», 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 (+2); the same action «give away» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long did she wait for her man, like, actually?

1. Three years and six months — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Seven moons and seven days — score 3
3. Seven years and seven months — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Seven years and seven months, no joke — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1519, line 16: «The man is afraid of his wife, who is "so cross and ill-tempered that the time between the beatings she gave him was very short."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the proper husband show as proof?

1. The seven tongues cut from the serpent's heads, and a cloth he had embroidered himself — no support
2. Five tongues and a golden locket — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Seven tongues and a bloodied cloth from the serpent's lair — no support
4. Seven tongues and an embroidered cloth — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 140, line 2: «A Man and a Lion argue about who is stronger, until a statue of a Man strangling a Lion is shown as proof.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

What happened to the sneaky slave in the end?

1. He got his head chopped off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He got his head chopped off in front of the whole court, as the king decreed — no support
3. He got his head chopped off in the square — no support
4. He was sent to the mines — 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 ✓

What's that bright light on the mountain, fam?

1. The witch's gaff, dangerous — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Some spooky fire, bruv — no support
3. A campfire, mate — no support
4. A dragon's lair, innit, mate — 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 ✗

What did the witch do to the bloke to freeze him?

1. Chanted a spell over him — no support
2. Grabbed his arm and hissed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Pulled out one hair and stoned him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Stared at him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1188, line 18: «Who knows the way: an old witch in a tower, who will teach it only to someone who brings "the water from the fountain of many colours."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old witch» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the younger one go to the fig-tree?

1. To check if his bro was alive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To check if his bro was alive and still under the spell — score 2
3. To look for his bro's grave — score 2
4. To see whether his bro lived — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1638, line 2: «On the way home he drops his sack of money to run back and check on a cow, and while he is gone a thief takes the money.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «man» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the princess call out to him, like?

1. She wanted gold — score 1
2. She thought he was her hubby — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. She spotted the horse, like — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. She mistook him for a thief — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1556, line 11: «How does she get up there? She ties herself to one of the clock's weights and is pulled up when the clock is wound.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «princess» (+1); the same receiver «one» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the old man tell him to grab?

1. Her cloak and run away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her hair and never let go — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Her hair, seize it firmly and never let go, even when she begs you — no support
4. Her hair and never let go, whatever she says — 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 ✗

What could that ointment do, in real life?

1. Cure fever — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Mend broken bones and cure the plague — no support
3. Heal all wounds, even wake the dead — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. Heal wounds — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 54, line 13: «The book jokes that pockets make «the lord of creation» (people) different from animals that «hop or trip about» with no pockets — a funny way of laughing at T…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «love» (+3); the same doer «funny way» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the witch lead him in the end?

1. To the castle on the hill — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. To a tower of bones and iron — score 5
3. To the last hall of statues — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. To the last hall of statues in the mountain — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1602, line 6: «Who: the Wicked Witch of the West, who wears the Silver Shoe she took from Dorothy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «witch» (+4); the same action «take» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon whose report did the king grant the princess's hand to the slave?

1. Upon the false testimony of the grieving princess — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. On his word alone — no support
3. Upon the slave's sworn claim of a second battle — no support
4. Upon the slave's false report of the serpent's death — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the witch threaten to reduce the young man to a state of stone?

1. By a potion poured from her silver flask — no support
2. By a single hair plucked from her head and cast upon him — score -2
3. By a single hair plucked from her head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By a single hair plucked from her head, after she had cursed him three times in the dark — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1615, line 5: «A king's son, cursed by a witch, tells her that she has freed him and his servants, and he sends for her parents to come to the wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «son» (+1). Against it: the same action «curse» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What remedy, kept in the cupboard, was capable of restoring the dead brother?

1. An ointment kept in the cupboard that heals wounds and wakes the dead — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. An ointment kept in the cupboard that heals every wound, restores sight, and wakes the dead to life again — score 1
3. An ointment that heals wounds and wakes the dead — ✓ the right answer · score -6
4. A balm that soothes burns and restores the sick — no support

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 293, line 12: «The Finland woman is "diminutive and dirty," and she "never threw anything away," so she keeps the fish in her cupboard.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What fate was formally assigned to the false slave by the king?

1. Execution by beheading — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hanging — score -3
3. Banishment from the realm — score -4
4. Burning at the stake — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 682, line 9: «Why the king keeps his promise: he "could not go back from his word", so the cut is done even though he dislikes it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: the same place «word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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