Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 24: the water race, the sleeping runner, and the King's iron room
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1700 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 ✗
Bruv, why does the runner nap on the way back?
- 1. Cos he wants a kip before the finish line — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cos he is knackered and the drowsiness gets him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Cos he's got a bad leg and the heat from the sun makes him drop off totally — no support
- 4. Cos he is skint and the beer makes him sleepy — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, what's he resting his head on?
- 1. A horse skull — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A bag — no support
- 3. A saddle bag — no support
- 4. A rock — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the sniper that saves the day?
- 1. The strong man with the big sack — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cook — no support
- 3. The hunter — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 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
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Where's the King bunging the Six, like, where's he locking them?
- 1. In an iron room — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. In a tower room with a locked iron door — score 3
- 3. Under the palace in a deep cellar — score 8
- 4. In the stables — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1696, line 19: «Why: he plans to strike when the Prince of the Air makes his yearly visit to "his mother and brothers."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «yearly visit» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, how does the hat dude make it proper cold?
- 1. He puts his hat on straight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He tips his hat over one eye — no support
- 3. He takes it off — no support
- 4. He keeps it on his head tight — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lol, how many waggons of gold get shoved in the sack?
- 1. Seven thousand waggons of gold — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Seven thousand — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. Four thousand — score -2
- 4. Seven hundred — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1700, line 16: «What: the strong man scoops up seven thousand waggons of gold, "oxen and all", and shoves them into the sack.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «sack» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «waggons» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ayy, what's the strong geezer say about the first lot of gold?
- 1. It is more than the sack can hold easily — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It scarcely covers the bottom — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It barely fills the floor — no support
- 4. It just covers the top — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, how long does the master reckon he needs to fetch the gold?
- 1. Two days — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A week — no support
- 3. Fifteen days — no support
- 4. Fourteen days — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, how does the runner feel when he wakes up and his jug is empty?
- 1. He is annoyed and sulks — no support
- 2. He cries — no support
- 3. Not bothered, he runs back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. He sits down and sulks — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1058, line 3: «Cael is angry and leaves him behind, but the Carl runs back to find his lost coat-tails.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «run back» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what's the blower gonna do to those soldiers?
- 1. Blow them into the river — score -1
- 2. Blow them up — score -1
- 3. Shoot them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Blow them up in the sky — ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1527, line 19: «"Archers" are soldiers who shoot with bows and arrows, sent to seize the old man, the Princess and Frisk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+1); the same thing acted on «soldiers» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What does the sergeant claim he got, innit?
- 1. Nine wounds from the big battle — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nine wounds — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Eleven scars — no support
- 4. Seven wounds — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
Wicked, where's the King's daughter when the runner wakes up?
- 1. Far ahead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Behind — no support
- 3. Gone — score 7
- 4. Back home — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 584, line 7: «Where is the boy? Sitting with Uncle Remus, who is finishing an axe-handle with sand-paper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); the same doer «boy» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who fills his jug again and gets home ten minutes early?
- 1. The hunter — no support
- 2. The runner's brother who came later — no support
- 3. The strong man with the sack and gold — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. The runner — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1695, line 19: «Old word: "hitherto" means "until now" or "up to this time", and people rarely use it in ordinary speech today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, 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 Six servants caused the frost that disabled the King's heating apparatus?
- 1. The man with the sack — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. The man in the little hat — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. The man in the great hat — score 8
- 4. The man in the little hat with frost — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1470, line 7: «The Captain's words "Open, Sesame!" made the rock door open, and "Shut, Sesame!" made it close.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What object did the runner employ as a pillow while he slept during the race?
- 1. The empty jug he filled at the stream — no support
- 2. A horse's skull — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. A stone — score -3
- 4. A log — score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1700, line 11: «Why: the runner sleeps because "a great drowsiness came over him", and he uses a horse's skull as a pillow so he will wake up soon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «skull» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What sum did the master propose to accept in exchange for relinquishing his claim upon the King's daughter?
- 1. As much gold as his servant can carry on his back — score -2
- 2. Whatever the strong man wants — no support
- 3. Everything the King owns in the palace treasury and hall — no support
- 4. As much as his servant can carry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1208, line 16: «what: the king-lion took the negro chief's daughter "in lawful marriage" at the Castle of Clashing Swords.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «take» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the King attempt to dispose of the Six within the iron chamber?
- 1. By freezing it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. By locking it up tight — no support
- 3. With a big fire — no support
- 4. By heating it with a large fire — ✓ 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
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