Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1664 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, did the tailor's wife really make her hubby wear a fur coat and bark like a dog?

1. Yeah, he barked at everyone, proper barmy — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he woke up the whole street with his howling — no support
3. Nah, she only made him wear a hat, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, he went round the whole village on all fours barking and biting folk, proper barmy, innit mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1611, line 20: «Old word: "mourning" meant wearing black or dark clothes to show that someone has died, which is why Dorothy worries that Aunt Em would have to put it on.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the carpenter's wife said he was dying, did he actually die?

1. Yeah, he died in the night, sadly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he snuffed it right there in the box — no support
3. Nah, he was only faking it, mate — no support
4. Nah, he was just kipping in his coffin — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, how much brandy did she shove in his hands?

1. Loads, mate — no support
2. Like half a pint, I reckon — no support
3. A sip, innit — no support
4. A whole pint bottle, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1664, line 11: «She puts a "pint-bottle of brandy" in his hands instead of a flower or a psalm-book, and he sleeps sweetly, dreaming he is in heaven.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same place «hands» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the smith was painted black while he was out cold?

1. Yeah, his missus made him proper black — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Yeah, while he was snoring she painted his whole body black from head to toe with soot and grease, then went off to bed — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Nah, she only painted his face bright red and gave him a wig, then he woke up grumbling about it all — score 0
4. Nah, she dyed his hair a dark brown — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1649, line 16: «The witch scowls and threatens: "With a single one of the hairs of my head I can turn you into stone."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, the bearers saw a black bloke running at them and did they bolt?

1. Yeah, they legged it and dropped the coffin — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Nah, they stayed put and dragged the coffin back up the hill, then sat down for a pint — no support
3. Yeah, they legged it all the way back to the pub, screaming, and told everyone they'd seen the devil — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, they scarpered and forgot the box — score 0

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 1546, line 3: «At last he meets people who do not know the word death, but they tell him that a voice calls people away, and they never come back.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «people» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, the queen got two onions from some old beggar, right?

1. Nah, she ate both of them in one go and then burped loudly in front of the king and everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, she ate one like a greedy gobshite — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yeah, she scoffed it and asked for more — score 1
4. Nah, she gave them both straight back to him — score 0

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 17, line 4: «Suddenly the Queen stands in front of them, frowning like a thunderstorm: «either you or your head must be off». The Duchess takes her choice and disappears at…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, so did the lindorm come out first or the prince?

1. The lindorm, the grotty ugly one — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The prince came out right first — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. The lindorm came out first, the grotty ugly one, then the prince came after him, dead proper — score 1
4. The prince, the nice one, came out first and then the grotty lindorm crawled out of the sack after him — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1477, line 16: «The King's son sees "five or six pearls and as many diamonds" come out of the girl's mouth and falls in love with her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Our kid, what did the waiting-woman do with the monster?

1. Threw it down the stairs outside — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Chucked it out the window, then went downstairs and told the king it had never been born at all — score 1
3. Shoved it into the cellar and locked it up tight — score 1
4. Chucked it out the window into the woods — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 362, line 2: «At sunset he finds himself alone and runs bleating across the field, where the Wolf is waiting by a clump of trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «kid» (+2). Against it: the same doer «kid» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ha, did the king know about the lindorm?

1. Yeah, the king knew all about it from the very start and had already planned to get rid of the lindorm — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Nah, nobody knew except her — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Nah, nobody knew except her and the old wise woman who lived in the forest and warned her about it — score 1
4. Yeah, he was told by the maid — 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 1220, line 9: «Why: The king sends the two young men away because he wants to be rid of them, as Geirald says, "The king only wants to get rid of us!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper stupid, the wives bet on who was the dimmest husband, yeah?

1. Yeah, the winner got off paying — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Yeah, the loser handed over her coins — no support
3. Yeah, the loser had to pay up — no support
4. Nah, they bet on the weather instead — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 424, line 18: «The Snake's wife opens her jaws "from the sky to the earth" to swallow Ivan, but swallows three poods of salt instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, is the carpenter's bloke still alive at the end?

1. Yeah, he sat up and laughed — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he sat up in the coffin and laughed at everyone, then he went home to his wife and had supper — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, he woke up and cried — no support
4. Nah, he died after all, because the bearers dropped him and his skull cracked on a stone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 930, line 3: «The fifth glass brings Prince Carnival, and the sixth brings a smooth demon who walks you home with a lantern.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, did the poor old woman get treated nice at the castle?

1. Nah, they threw her out the gate immediately — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, they offered her a penny and told her to go — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, they fed her well and gave her a new cloak, but she still had to walk home alone in the snow — no support
4. Yeah, they gave her a meal and sent her on — 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 describes the queen's first offspring, as recorded in the narrative?

1. a beautiful son, raised secretly by servants — score -5
2. a sickly infant, buried beneath the chapel — no support
3. a small child, adopted by the cook — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. a hideous lindorm, or serpent, abandoned in the forest — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1657, line 1: «The eleven grown brothers ride off to seek their fortune, and Esben follows them on a white branch.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «brothers» (-2). 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 ✗

Identify the sum that each unsuccessful participant in the wager was obliged to contribute.

1. threepence, paid to the landlord for ale — score 0
2. a whole shilling, paid in advance to the innkeeper for a round of drinks for everyone present at the table — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. twopence each, plus the cost of the beer they had drunk during the wager at the tavern — no support
4. twopence, paid towards their Sunday half-pint — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. 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: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+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 ✓

State the manner in which the carpenter's wife concealed the coffin's ventilation from the mourners.

1. by boring holes in the coffin to admit air — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. by secretly leaving the lid slightly open — no support
3. by hiding the box — no support
4. by drilling small vents in the lid — 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 ✗

Determine what the poor old woman was able to know concerning the queen's secret sorrow.

1. the queen's sorrow and her hidden grief — score 0
2. the lindorm's birth and its hidden cause — no support
3. the queen's wish for a son, which she had confessed to nobody but was known through a dream she had had the night before — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. the queen's wish for a son, known without being told — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 847, line 12: «Why does the king grieve? He suffers from "the deepest melancholy", and no books or amusements help him.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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