Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1678 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, so the Cat totally ghosted the Mouse, right?

1. Yeah, she ate the fat pot, the bread, and then the Mouse the next day — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, she ate the fat and then the mouse, right — score 5
3. Yeah, she ate the whole fat pot and then the Mouse — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, she ate the whole fat pot and then the Mouse and the entire barn — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 736, line 13: «On each visit the cat eats more: first the top of the fat, then half the pot, then all of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «top» (+2); the same doer «cat» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what's the deal with the names Halfgone and Clean Gone?

1. They're weird, and they're the names of the Cat's three godchildren in the church — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. They're weird, and they are the Cat's little joke — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They're weird, and they are the Cat's little joke about her food and her godchildren — no support
4. They're odd, and it's the Cat's silly joke — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1616, line 7: «What: The house has "a strange look," and the woman at the door does not know his parents' names.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «names» (+2); the same doer «woman» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

So the king gets lost, right, and then he's like, "Help me out"?

1. Yeah, the witch says she'll help if he marries her daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, the old man says he'll help if she marries his son — score 5
3. Yeah, the witch agrees to help him find his way home — score 5
4. Yeah, the witch says she'll help if he marries her daughter and gives her his kingdom too — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1459, line 2: «The King hears his voice, lets him out, and sends him to ask Pretty Goldilocks to marry him, with letters and a good horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the stepmom's a witch's kid too?

1. Nope, the stepmom's a witch's niece — no support
2. Nope, a queen — no support
3. Yep, the old witch's daughter who married the king after the wedding — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yep, the old witch's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1504, line 10: «What: the lady in the golden dress says, "Go to the castle of Beloeil, and there you shall marry a princess."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2); the same thing acted on «princess» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the king hide his kids in the wood?

1. He was scared the stepmom would be mean — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He wanted them safe from the witch's spells — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He wanted quiet — score 5
4. He was worried the wolves would eat them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1677, line 8: «Where: they hide the little pot in the church, because "No one will trouble to take it away from there."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «one» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the Queen just follows the thread?

1. Yeah, she steals the reel's secret from the servants, then sews the shirts and follows the thread to the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, she steals the reel's secret from the servants — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, she steals the reel's secret from the servants and then follows the thread all the way to the wood — score 5
4. Yeah, she bribes the servants for the reel's secret — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1678, line 5: «The jealous Queen sews enchanted shirts, the brothers turn into swans, and their sister flees into the forest, where she finds a hut with six little beds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sew» (+2); the same thing acted on «enchanted shirts» (+2); the same doer «jealous queen» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the brothers turn into swans on purpose?

1. Nah, the shirts were enchanted by the Queen who wanted them to become swans forever — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah, the shirts were enchanted by the Queen and they had no idea what would happen — score 0
3. Nah, the shirts were enchanted by the Queen — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Nah, the Queen's magic turned their shirts — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1080, line 15: «The brothers run their swords "thro' his body and left him dead."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «swords» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «brothers» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

The sister's, like, really brave?

1. Yeah, she runs all night and day through the forest to find her brothers and save them — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, she searches the woods for them — no support
3. Yeah, she runs all night and day to find them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she runs all night and day to find them and never gives up hope — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 779, line 9: «Why: she wanted to save her brothers, and she had lost the little piece of wood that was the gift of the good stars.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «save» (+2); the same thing acted on «brothers» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the girl found the feathers and kept them?

1. Yeah, she gave them to the stepmom — score 3
2. Nah, she lost them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, she showed them to her dad — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, she hid them in her dress — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1653, line 18: «The dove helps again, and the prince thanks it, stroking its white feathers and kissing its beak.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «white feathers» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, why does the girl sleep under a bed?

1. She's afraid to sleep in the bed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She's scared to lie on one of them — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. She's scared to lie on one of them because the robbers might come back — score 2
4. She's scared to lie on one of them and wants to be safe under there — 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 291, line 14: «Gerda sleeps in the Prince's bed, and "How good men and animals are!" is what she thinks before she falls asleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+1); the same doer «gerda» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

The swans blow their feathers off, that's wild, right?

1. Yeah, their swan skin falls off like a shirt — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they keep them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, the skin comes off like a coat — score 3
4. Yeah, their feathers drop off like leaves — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1678, line 14: «Clue: the sister keeps the swans' feathers she "had collected" from the yard, and that is how she knows her brothers were changed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «feathers» (+2); a different doer (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the brothers are, like, scared for her?

1. Nah, they're brave — score 1
2. Yeah, they're scared — score 3
3. Yeah, they warn her of the wolves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, they say it's a den of robbers — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1546, line 4: «He takes his wife and family to that land and warns them never to answer the voice, however loudly it calls.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «wife» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, the Cat's a total villain, right?

1. Yeah, she eats the Mouse and the fat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nah, she's nice — no support
3. Yeah, she's bad — no support
4. Yeah, she tricks the Mouse out of food — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1678, line 1: «The Cat tricks the Mouse into letting her go out as godmother, and she eats the fat from their pot each time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «fat» (+2); the same doer «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the sequence in which the Queen obtains the secret of the reel and the enchanted shirts?

1. She sews enchantments into shirts, bribes the guards, and then learns about the reel — score 5
2. She steals the reel from the servants, sews the shirts, and then bribes the king's guards — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. She bribes the servants, learns of the reel, sews enchantments into the little shirts, and then waits for the brothers to come home to the castle — score 5
4. She bribes the servants, learns of the reel, and then sews enchantments into the little shirts — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1666, line 4: «The queen flees with her sons to Peter's hut, where she finds his blood-stained shirts.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «stained shirts» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «queen» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason given in the text for the king's decision to place his seven children in a lonely castle.

1. He worried that the stepmother would harm them and punish them cruelly — no support
2. He believed the castle would keep them safe from the wicked witch's curse — score 3
3. He feared the stepmother might not treat them well and might do them harm, and he wished to protect them from her wicked magic forever — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He feared that their stepmother might not treat them well and might do them harm — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1673, line 16: «The story takes place at a castle and at the brothers' home in a land of old tales, where wishes work like magic.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «place» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «story» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the outcome of the Cat's third and final attendance as godmother, as recounted in the passage.

1. The Cat consumed the remaining fat, and the Mouse was subsequently devoured by her at the church door after a long hungry walk — score 5
2. The Cat consumed the remaining fat, and the Mouse was subsequently devoured by her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The Cat devoured the leftover fat, and afterwards the Mouse was eaten whole by her — score 5
4. The Cat consumed the remaining fat, the Mouse was subsequently devoured by her, and the church bells rang for all the godchildren — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1678, line 1: «The Cat tricks the Mouse into letting her go out as godmother, and she eats the fat from their pot each time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fat» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the function of the girl's collection of feathers within the narrative sequence of this part.

1. They are proof her brothers became swans — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They serve as material evidence that her brothers have been transformed into swans — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They provide evidence that the stepmother has bewitched her brothers into birds — no support
4. They act as physical proof that her brothers are now swans in the yard — 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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