Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1665 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 ✗

Mate, so the prince's folks just told him to go find a bride somewhere else, yeah?

1. Yeah, they told him to head off and find a bride in some other land across the sea — score -1
2. Yeah, go wed a princess abroad — no support
3. Nah, they just told him to wait at home until someone suitable came to the palace — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Yep, go hunt for a bride in another land — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 14: «The doves talk: "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!" says the mate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was the lindorm sitting across the road like a wall?

1. It was cursed and forced to block every traveller until a princess was delivered to it — score 1
2. It was hungry for the prince — score 2
3. It wanted a bride for itself before the prince could continue his journey — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It wanted a mate before the prince could pass — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Did the king really chuck random girls at the lindorm?

1. Yeah, kitchen maids, since he'd take any — score -2
2. Yeah, just servants — no support
3. Yeah, slave-women, cos he'd be sweet with anyone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Nah, they were noblewomen he wanted — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1622, line 8: «Why: the king pays "a hundred dollars" to anyone who will stand sentinel in the church beside his daughter's chest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ew, what happened to the brides the morning after?

1. They got lost — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. They were left in tears — score 3
3. They fled away — score 5
4. They got torn to bits — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1664, line 10: «The carpenter's wife says, "You are getting worse, my dear," and he trusts every word she says, so he lies down and lets her do as she pleases.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the stepmum hated the stepdaughter cos she was way prettier?

1. Yeah, she was jealous of her looks and feared the king would love the girl more — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, she was jealous of her looks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, she hated her for being lazy and rude to the servants — no support
4. Yeah, she envied her beauty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1530, line 11: «The Wind's mother sends the Princess along "the Milky Way, which at night lies across the sky".», 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, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the girl just go to the grave and cry for ages?

1. Nah, she prayed at the church — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, till she dozed off and woke at sunrise — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Yeah, then she fell asleep by it — score 1
4. Nah, she went home — 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 1652, line 1: «A girl pulls up a sprig of rosemary in the wood, and a handsome young lord catches her and takes her to his palace.», 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 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did she find in the fields that morning?

1. Three nuts, which she stuffed in her pocket — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three coins, which she tucked away — no support
3. Just some nuts — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. Two berries, which she ate quickly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1234, line 5: «The husband jumps up, decides Fortune must be chased or never caught, and the next tale opens with an old woman finding a talking head on the bridge.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+1). Against it: the same doer «old woman» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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 ✗

Why did she carry the nuts, like seriously?

1. For her stepmother's wedding gift — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Because the old woman had told her they would give her magic help in the bridal chamber — score 3
3. Cos she'd crack one open if she ever got into serious trouble on the road — score 3
4. Cos she'd break one when she was in deep trouble — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 677, line 11: «The old woman is clumsy but strong, since she carries the girl "as fast as she could go" back to the edge of the forest.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did she make the queen heat up?

1. A big iron pot of extra strong lye heated over the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A pot of super strong lye — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. A kettle of boiling water — score 0
4. A huge cauldron of hot soapy water scented with herbs from the garden — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1662, line 8: «Where: first in the fields in the heat of the day, then high in the air, where she is "quickly soaring out of her reach".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «heat» (+1). Against it: the same doer «day» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did she wear just one plain shirt on her wedding night?

1. Yeah, two white gowns — no support
2. Nah, five plain linen shirts — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Nah, she wore a thick woollen dress with a silk cloak and gloves — score -2
4. Nah, seven clean snow-white shirts — ✓ the right answer · 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 1052, line 20: «Old words: a "smock" was a loose linen shirt, a "diadem" was a crown or head band, and "raiment" meant clothes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, who had to get undressed first in the bridal room?

1. The lindorm, cos she told him to — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The lindorm, because she told him to take off his skins before she came near — no support
3. The queen, to be polite — no support
4. The prince, since he asked — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1479, line 8: «WHERE: The Prince is first in his room, then "in a great forest, beside a clear lake," and finally in the city of his own kingdom.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «prince» (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was all the scrubbing with the brushes about, anyway?

1. Scrubbing the floor clean of blood — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Cleaning the bridal bed — score -6
3. Making the room smell of roses — no support
4. Turning the slimy lindorm back into a youth — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 654, line 18: «Old word: "scoured" means scrubbed hard; today we would just say scrubbed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «scour» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Did the guy checking next morning just walk right in?

1. Nah, he peeped in, then bolted to the king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he waited at the door — no support
3. Yeah, he stormed in at once — no support
4. Yeah, he strolled right in and gazed at the young man sleeping peacefully in the bed — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the lindorm stuck as a monster so long, anyway?

1. A jealous sister's cruel plan — no support
2. An old woman's onion mix-up turned him into a lindorm for many years — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. An old woman's onion mix-up left him cursed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A cursed onion mix-up that an old woman made in the kitchen of the castle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1665, line 13: «Why: The prince is turned into a lindorm because his mother "had not followed her instructions" about the onion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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 ✗

Which of the following was the stepmother's chief motive for proposing her stepdaughter to the lindorm?

1. Jealousy of the girl's superior beauty and her favour with the king — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Jealousy of the girl's superior beauty — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Desire to see her stepdaughter ruined before the wedding of the prince — score 0
4. Fear of the girl's wise counsel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1649, line 13: «The princess speaks up: "it is he who is my real bridegroom", and the king has the slave put to death.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the maiden prepare for her marriage in the bridal chamber?

1. By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts beside the bed for the night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By gathering herbs, lye, several brushes, and a set of seven shirts from the chests — no support
3. By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By sewing seven linen dresses — 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

What precaution did the young king adopt during his absence in the war?

1. He locked the palace — score -1
2. He ordered his knights to watch her — score 0
3. He posted soldiers at every gate — score -2
4. He directed his servants to guard his queen carefully — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1069, line 2: «Fiachna offers her twenty cows, but she refuses them and demands a judgement that sends him to war.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Why did the king issue seal rings bearing separate impressions to himself and his queen?

1. So that any letter sealed with his ring could be trusted by the royal council and the people — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. So they could sign documents — no support
3. That they might correspond in confidence — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That they might correspond with each other in complete confidence while he was away — 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 1415, line 5: «With the ring, the sorcerer turns the golden ship to black wood and the cargo to black cats, so the captain ends up starving on an island of mice.», 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, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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