Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Crab, part 8: the Crab builds a wall and garden, then his secret is betrayed
Tests: 4 of 15 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1684 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 ✓
yo did the crab actually talk at dinner innit
- 1. "Give me some too" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Bring me another plate — no support
- 3. Hi — no support
- 4. Eat up — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
bruh what did the plate turn into every day
- 1. full of bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. full of fish — no support
- 3. empty — no support
- 4. full of gold — ✓ 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 ✓
so the king gives the crab a proper hard task, what was it
- 1. a gate — no support
- 2. wall higher than the tower — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. tower lower than the wall — no support
- 4. a moat — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1064, line 17: «Old word: "Ard-Ri'" means High King, the chief king over all the provincial kings of Ireland.», 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 · ★ · right ✓
wait how many fountains in the garden
- 1. twelve fountains in the garden — no support
- 2. seven fountains in total — no support
- 3. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. four — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1296, line 19: «The three journeys make a pattern, since "their shadows went before them in the morning and followed them in the evening" on each day of the chase.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
at the first tournament what did the prince chuck up to her
- 1. a silver apple — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. a golden pear — no support
- 3. a silver apple wrapped in red silk — no support
- 4. a shiny silver apple from the orchard — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1684, line 16: «The first tournament gives the silver apple, and the second gives the golden apple, which the Princess's mother sees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «silver apple» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
mum got proper mad, what did she actually do
- 1. scolded her — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. sent her to bed early — no support
- 3. shut her in the tower — no support
- 4. gave her a box on the ear — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
so what did the mum do to the shell, dead wild
- 1. put it in the box — no support
- 2. threw it in the sea — no support
- 3. burned it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. threw it in the fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1684, line 5: «At two tournaments the Prince throws apples to his wife, she blurts out his secret, and her mother burns his shell; then an old man finds twelve eagles turn in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+2); the same thing acted on «shell» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did the princess yell when she got scared
- 1. That is the fisherman himself! — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Run away! — no support
- 3. That is the King himself! — no support
- 4. "That is the Crab himself!" — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
what happens to the twelve eagles when they bathe, mate
- 1. they become twelve handsome young princes of the realm — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. they become twelve handsome youths and sing — score 4
- 3. they become twelve handsome youths — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. they turn into twelve horses — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1570, line 12: «Why the Eagle goes: it is the only bird that "had just come from Farmer Weatherbeard's", so it can guide the man there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
who snatched the old man's bread, lol
- 1. a hungry dog from the yard — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a hungry bird — no support
- 3. a grey wolf — no support
- 4. a dog — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
what did the old man hide behind, like
- 1. a tree — no support
- 2. a great picture — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a wooden chest — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. a tall curtain — 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 1303, line 18: «fact: "Distanced" means left far behind; the old word "gallows" is a wooden frame for hanging, still known today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
how many people was the table set for, bro
- 1. two — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. twelve — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. eleven — score 3
- 4. six — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1664, line 15: «The poor old woman is turned away at the gate and offered only "a penny", yet she knows the queen's secret wish and promises her two sons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
what do the youths curse, like, who
- 1. the wicked stepmother — no support
- 2. the cruel mother — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. the cruel mother who sent them away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. the old fisherman — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1643, line 10: «What: the king sends the youth to the ruler of the Underworld with a letter, and the answer must come back "in an hour."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «youth» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
what does the crab turn into at night, bruv
- 1. an owl — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a man — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. a youth — no support
- 4. a prince — 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗
what's the name of the princess's little boy
- 1. Matthew — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Benedict Augustus Frederick — no support
- 3. Benjamin — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Benjamin the Younger, son of the King — 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 daughter did the Crab wish to marry, according to the message conveyed to the King?
- 1. The younger daughter — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The elder daughter — score 3
- 3. The queen — score -1
- 4. The youngest prince — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1684, line 7: «What: the Crab asks the King to let him "marry his younger daughter", and the King laughs but does not refuse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What number of fountains was the King's garden required to contain?
- 1. Two — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Three — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Four — score 1
- 4. Five — score 1
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 1438, line 6: «fact: Who: the merchant, a poor father who has come to the palace after a long, cold journey.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which precious substance was the first fountain required to play?
- 1. Tin — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Brass — no support
- 3. Ash — no support
- 4. Gold — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Into which place did the Princess's mother cast the crab-shell after she discovered it?
- 1. The sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A pot — no support
- 4. The window — 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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