Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun-Hero is doomed, and twins flee a witch's hut

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1726 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 ✗

test: Bruv, what did the Sun's mum actually do to the youth?

1. she ordered her servants to beat him badly — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. she sentenced him to death for the damage — no support
3. she cursed him to sleep — no support
4. she sentenced him to death — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1558, line 10: «Why: the Prince must seek the Golden Branch because the Fairy's words told him to "seek the Golden Branch".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

test: Mate, why did the old Queen just laugh it off?

1. she thought the Fairy had him covered — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. she had seen the Fairy protect him and was amused by his cheek — no support
3. she thought the Fairy had him covered by magic — score -2
4. she knew the Sun would save him — no support

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 1709, line 9: «Why: the sister forgets the boy because she "thought only of her husband", and the wolves feed him because he has "no other friends".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). Against it: the same doer «sister» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Ngl, what got the Prince in the end?

1. a crab tore out his tongue — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. a wolf bit him — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. a bear stole his sword — score -1
4. his horse ran off the cliff — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1551, line 17: «What happens to the King at the end? He and his ministers jump from the window and "broke their necks on the pavement".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver (+3). Against it: the same place «end» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

test: Lol, who was the stepmum trying to ditch?

1. the twins — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the cat — no support
3. their father — no support
4. the girl — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Proper sketchy, where did the stepmum send them?

1. to a cruel witch who lived in the gloomy wood far away — no support
2. to the old witch by the river — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. to the witch in the gloomy wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. to the witch's house in the gloomy wood beyond the hill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1718, line 5: «Back home Martin sends his old mother to ask the King for his daughter, and the King, after an angry frown, starts to answer her with mocking mildness.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Wait, what did the witch want them to do?

1. carry water and sew — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. spin yarn, carry water and cook the dinner — score 1
3. spin yarn and carry water — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. sweep the hut and feed hens — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 417, line 7: «What: he asks for "that sorry jade which you use for carrying wood and water."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «wood» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Yo, what did the mice want for helping?

1. some dried meat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. crumbs — no support
3. a bit of bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cheese — 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 ✗

test: Bro, what did the wrens want to eat?

1. corn — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. seeds — score -7
3. crumbs — ✓ the right answer · score -7
4. worms — score -7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 768, line 8: «Where: the test takes place "before the house under a very high tree".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «place» (+1). Against it: the same doer «test» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Sis, what did the cat give them for escaping?

1. a handkerchief and a comb — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a hat and a candle — no support
3. a knife — no support
4. a ring and a hat — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1720, line 4: «Waska and Schurka race to the Starvation Tower and give Martin his ring back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «give» (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Mad, how did the twins finally get away?

1. ran like mad with hands held and never looked back — no support
2. they climbed a tall tree — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. ran like mad with hands held — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. they jumped over the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1188, line 4: «Under the roof, swallows chatter, and the twins understand every word because they have learnt the birds' language.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «twins» (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

test: Dude, what did the witch's hut look like?

1. a queer little hut — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. a queer little hut with a huge oven — score -1
3. a dirty old barn — score -1
4. a big tower — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 776, line 13: «The spinning-wheels test: the maidens "never once looked at the spinning-wheels", so the king again refuses to believe the lion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «wheels test» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

test: Ha, what's a distaff, honestly?

1. a stick for holding wool and flax while spinning and weaving — score 3
2. a tool for spinning cotton into cloth — no support
3. a stick for holding wool while spinning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. a long wooden stick used by the witch to hold the wool for spinning — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 662, line 12: «Old word: a distaff is a stick that holds the flax or wool while you spin it into thread; today we would say a spinning stick.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same doer «stick» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

test: Lowkey, why did the twins cry in the hut?

1. they could not spin the yarn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the witch beat them again — no support
3. the witch was very angry — no support
4. they were hungry — 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 ✗

exam: Which of the following statements accurately describes the sentence pronounced upon the youth by the mother of the Sun?

1. He was condemned to death for permitting the Tree of the Sun to be harmed — score -1
2. He was condemned for letting the wolves steal golden fruit — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He was condemned to death for allowing the Tree of the Sun to be damaged — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. He was sentenced for stealing the Sun's gold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1726, line 7: «fact: What does the Sun's mother accuse him of? She says he let "the two black wolves damage the Tree of the Sun".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «two black wolves» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

exam: With reference to the text, identify the object that the crab employed to deprive the Prince of his tongue.

1. The crab's sharp claws and pincers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The sharp claws of the great sea crab — no support
3. Its sharp pincers — no support
4. The crab's claws — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

exam: Which of the following best states the means by which the twins procured water from the well in the witch's service?

1. They filled the holes of the sieve with clay and carried it back quickly — score -1
2. They filled the holes of the sieve with clay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They sealed the holes with mud from the bank — score 2
4. They asked the mice to fill the holes of the sieve with clay for them — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 827, line 17: «Old word: "steeped" meant soaked in water to soften the stalks, and today we would say soaked.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

exam: According to the text, which item did the cat bestow upon the children as an aid to their escape?

1. A comb — score -2
2. A cloak and a hat — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. A pocket-handkerchief and a comb — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. A silver bell and a knife — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1625, line 20: «Old word: "enchanted" meant put under a magic spell, and it is a "witch, but not a wicked witch" in the text.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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