Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in the cave

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

Lesson 1732 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, who jumped the big ox first, like for real?

1. Ring — score 2
2. Snati the dog — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Red the dog — score 2
4. Red — ← 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 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 903, line 3: «Next he tells of an old maid who dies; her coffin rides off in a van that bolts when a hare startles the young horses.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «startle» (+2); the same thing acted on «young horses» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what kinda stuff did the King lose, bro?

1. gold cloak, gold chess-board, bright gold piece, and silver cups — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. gold cloak, gold chess-board, bright gold piece — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. the gold cloak, gold chess-board, bright gold piece and a royal crown — score -4
4. silver cup, gold chess-board, golden piece — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1730, line 5: «A new tale begins: a prince chases a golden hind, gets lost in the forest, and spots a gold ring in a barrel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «lose» (-1); the same doer «prince» (-3). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what was the prize if Ring found the stuff?

1. the King's castle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. half the gold — no support
3. the King's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the Queen's jewels — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

how'd Ring get up that cliff, lowkey?

1. riding on Snati's back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Snati dragged him up by the collar and tail — no support
3. climbing up Snati's neck — no support
4. hanging onto Snati's tail — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what night was it when they hit the troll cave?

1. the night before the midwinter Yule feast — no support
2. Christmas Eve — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the longest night of the whole year — no support
4. New Year's Day — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1621, line 17: «Old word: "smitten" means struck hard, so the land is "smitten with the black pestilence" means a deadly plague hits it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «hit» (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

how many trolls were just chillin by the fire?

1. one — score -2
2. four — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. five — score -2
4. two — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1732, line 14: «Four trolls lie asleep by the fire, with a "large porridge-pot" hanging over it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «four trolls» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

what was bubbling over the fire, no cap?

1. a big porridge-pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. a giant cauldron full of boiling porridge and bones — no support
3. a big iron cauldron — score -1
4. a huge black porridge-pot on three iron legs — 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 62, line 3: «Miles later, on a wide common, he finds a man by a caravan with a pot of stew bubbling over a fire. The smell makes Toad truly hungry for the first time. «Want…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bubble» (+2). Against it: the same place «fire» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

why was the porridge such a nope?

1. the boy had added far too much salt — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. it was salty — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. too cold — no support
4. it was sour — 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 ✓

what did the troll hag want her daughter to fetch?

1. the cloak — score -3
2. water from the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. a cup — score -3
4. milk from the cows — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1503, line 2: «A raven warns him that his water is leaking, so he patches the can with clay and brings home enough water for a big cake.», 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 «enough water» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the girl beg for before she'd go?

1. the gold cloak and the chess-board first — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. the whole of the King's treasure chest — score -1
3. the bright gold piece — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the gold chess-board — score -2

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 1708, line 20: «Another old word: "implored" means begged very earnestly, so he kneeled and begged the girl to marry him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «implore» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

what happened to the girl at the river, bro?

1. they pushed her in — no support
2. they dunked her head first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. she was pulled under the waves — no support
4. they held her under water — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1685, line 19: «Old word: "lassie" is a Scots word for a young girl, and it is still used in Scotland.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); the same thing acted on «scots word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

what did Ring and Snati do to the old troll dude?

1. chased him around the cave and then chucked him in the river — score -2
2. tied him to a rock and threw him into the river — score -3
3. chucked him in the river — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. drowned him in the stream — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 432, line 18: «The ring Ivan tosses calls twelve youths, who ask, "What are your commands?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «toss» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what came creeping up from the river after, all spooky?

1. a ghost — score -1
2. the old troll's ghost — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. a dark shadow figure — no support
4. the wind — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1721, line 17: «WHAT: the Prince whispers to the Flower Queen's daughter at the ball, "I have come to set you free!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which reward was offered to Ring upon the successful recovery of the treasures?

1. the hand of the King's daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. a seat on the royal council and the King's daughter's hand — no support
3. the hand of the Queen's sister — score -3
4. half of the kingdom and the royal treasury — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 246, line 9: «Why: the King offered "a great reward and the hand of his daughter" to whoever rid the land of the giants.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «great reward» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature first leapt upon the larger ox in the course of the combat?

1. Snati — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Brown — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Snati the faithful hound — score 1
4. the big dog Snati — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1491, line 3: «He throws his steel over it, as he did with the first horse, and rides it off to hide it beside the first.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

On which festival night did Ring and Snati arrive at the troll-dwelling cave?

1. Midsummer — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. New Year's Day — score 10
3. Christmas Eve — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. the longest night of the whole year — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 715, line 9: «The first giantess plans to kill him, because she says, "He shall go into the pot to-night."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «pot» (+6); the same property (+4). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which article did the old troll request from his wife before proceeding to the river?

1. the cloak — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the bright gold piece — no support
3. the cup — no support
4. the gold chess-board — ✓ 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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