Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1656 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 ✓

Wait, how did the fish dude get his human body back, innit?

1. he said the troll's words after he remembered them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. he found a magic bowl of water — score 5
3. he waited for the sun to rise — score 3
4. he kissed the fish — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 733, line 4: «A poor fisherman and his wife live in a pigsty until he catches a talking fish that says it is an enchanted prince, so he lets it go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «talking fish» (+3); the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «talking fish» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, so how much bread did the troll owe him after one year?

1. one bread loaf — no support
2. three bushels of money — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. three bags of bread — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. four bushels of grain — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1495, line 16: «Old word: "obliged" here means grateful or in debt, so the Princess owes thanks to each gift.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, why was the king being all sus and sad the whole time?

1. he had borrowed a huge sum from the troll and couldn't pay it back — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he had lost his daughter to a troll — score 3
3. he owed a debt he couldn't pay — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. his kingdom was at war — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1651, line 19: «hard word: "forfeit" means something you must give up as a penalty, so "your head will be the forfeit" means the king will take the youth's head; today we woul…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hard word» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Deadass, what was the fool doing at the troll's crib?

1. smashing the glass windows and doors and then dancing in the hall — score 2
2. stealing the troll's treasure chest — no support
3. smashing the glass windows and doors — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. smashing the glass windows and doors and then chasing the guards out — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1656, line 4: «At the troll's glass castle the fool smashes windows and proves the debt paid, so the troll sets three riddles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smash» (+1); the same thing acted on «windows» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, who was the girl who pinched the fool?

1. the troll's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the queen's old nurse — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. the king's sister — no support
4. a palace maid — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1637, line 19: «Old word: a "harrow" was a farm tool with teeth, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So which fish was the troll's heart in, bro?

1. the right fish that the troll's daughter nudged him toward in the water — score -3
2. the right fish the girl nudged him to — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. the silver fish near the shore — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. the right fish that the troll's daughter nudged him toward with her foot in the water — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1656, line 10: «Why must he remember the words? Only the troll's exact words could turn him back into a man, so he "thought and thought" all day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «words» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «fish» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Peak moment, what happened when he split the fish open?

1. the troll dropped dead and turned to flint — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. the troll screamed and disappeared — no support
3. the troll dropped dead on the spot and his whole body turned to hard grey flint — score 1
4. the troll howled and sank into the ground — no support

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 1655, line 3: «Then he becomes a fish, swims out to sea, and finds a glass palace at the bottom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Be real, what happened to all the captured animals after?

1. they were freed into the woods and sky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. they stayed trapped in the glass castle — no support
3. they were kept — score 3
4. they were sold at the market town — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 1227, line 15: «The wall says "It is the rat who passes through me," since rats can gnaw through hard wood and stone.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «hard wood» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Bare thing to ask, but what did the kings do at the wedding?

1. they called him their emperor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. they called him their emperor and held a grand feast in the hall — score 2
3. they gave him a golden crown — score 2
4. they called him their emperor and held a grand feast in his honour — 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 1475, line 5: «Then a new tale starts: a princess sets off to her wedding, and her maid bullies her into a terrible swap.», 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 «new tale» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what does a bushel even mean, like the actual size?

1. an old basket-sized measure for grain — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a large old measure of grain, roughly the size of a basket, used by farmers — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. a large old measure of grain, roughly the size of a barrel, used by farmers — score 2
4. a heavy wooden box used for money — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1656, line 7: «What did he earn? Six bushels of money. A bushel is an old measure for grain, about the size of a big basket, so six bushels meant a great heap of coins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bushel» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «old measure» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, did the youth end up staying with the troll for good?

1. no, he went off to find a new place — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. yes, he stayed with the troll for many years and served him faithfully until the end — score 1
3. yes, he stayed with the troll and served him faithfully for many years — score 2
4. yes, he married the troll's daughter — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1562, line 11: «The second time she becomes "a loaf" among "four other loaves", and he counts from right to left to find the third one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+1); the same thing acted on «third one» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Last one, how does the whole story finish up, fam?

1. they ruled over a small village — no support
2. they lived happily ever after in a massive castle filled with gold — score 4
3. they lived happily with a massive castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. they built a huge stone palace — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 1081, line 8: «WHERE: a little room on the top of a tower in the palace, while the King and Queen are away at one of their houses of pleasure.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the youth, upon awakening, recover his human form in accordance with the troll's stipulation?

1. By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake — score 3
2. By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake at dawn — score 3
3. By walking to the palace and asking the king for help — no support
4. By recalling the troll's words and speaking them aloud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1656, line 1: «The youth remembers the troll's magic words at dawn and turns from a fish back into a man.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «magic words» (+2); the same action «remember» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the precise condition under which the youth consented to lend the king the six bushels of money?

1. That he accompany the king to the troll's castle and be dressed as the court fool — score 4
2. That he be given the royal stable for his own use — score 1
3. That he accompany the king dressed as the court fool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. That the king give him his daughter — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1655, line 5: «She reveals a plan: the lad will lend six bushels to a king who owes her father, and he will play the fool to win her back.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «fool» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the troll's three riddles was resolved by the troll's daughter's gesture at the moment of selection?

1. The third riddle — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. The second riddle, concerning the location of the troll's heart — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The third riddle, concerning the meaning of the troll's flint — no support
4. The first riddle — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1427, line 19: «The Prince is "all on fire" and "resolved that moment" to go in, because a young prince is always brave in love.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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 · right ✓

What became of the troll upon the destruction of the fish containing his heart, and of the bonds he had imposed?

1. He fell dead and turned into flint, and his bonds were broken — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He fell dead and turned into flint, and all the bonds and spells he had imposed were broken at once — score 2
3. He begged for mercy, and the youth was forgiven his debt — score 2
4. He fell dead and turned into flint, and the bonds he had imposed on the youth were broken — 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 1582, line 15: «Old word: To "wield" a sword means to hold it and swing it, so Cinderlad is strong enough to use the sword with ease.», 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 question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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