Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone Boat, part 63: a Witch swaps places with the Queen and steals her away on a stone boat

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1739 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 ✗

Mate, what did the dogs chuck in the air, like proper?

1. the cakes and the royal banners — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. every judge and councillor in the whole kingdom, all at once — score 2
3. the judges, the whole council and the crowd of noble folk — score 2
4. the judges and the whole council — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1739, line 1: «The dogs toss the judges and the council high into the air, and the people crown the Soldier as King.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «air» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same action «toss» (+1). Against it: the same doer «dogs» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, who got crowned after the dogs went mental?

1. the Good Soldier — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the Soldier — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. a Prince — score -1
4. the Brave Captain — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1094, line 5: «The grand wedding follows, the Prince is crowned, and the couple love each other faithfully for ever.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crown» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

So when she yawned fully she turned into what, yeah?

1. a troll — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a cat — no support
3. a rat — no support
4. a giant — 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 ✗

Did the Giant have, like, how many heads, proper?

1. two — score 3
2. a huge number of heads, more than ten — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. three — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. one — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1221, line 9: «The final contest was set for "ten o'clock the following day".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the number the lesson gave for it (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

The Witch nicked the Queen's gear, didn't she? What did she nick?

1. her fine clothes — ✓ the right answer · score -5
2. her fine clothes and her jewels of gold — score -5
3. her crown — no support
4. her golden necklace — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1708, line 14: «The witch comes at dusk, swoops on "a big apple-tree," shakes down golden apples, and changes back into a woman.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-4); the same property (-4). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the Witch send her, like, straight?

1. to her brother in the mountains — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. to her brother in the Underworld — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. to her brother who lived in the Underworld below the earth — no support
4. back to her own father's hall in the north, where no one would find her — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1703, line 2: «His wife searches the pond in despair, then dreams of an old witch in a flowery meadow. The witch sends her to the pond at three full moons, with a golden comb…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+1); the same doer «witch» (+1); the same thing acted on «wife» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sigurd kipped right through it, right? When did he go below?

1. when the wind dropped low — no support
2. once the ship was calm — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. when he got heavy with sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. at midnight — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 714, line 18: «Ingiborg "implored" Sigurd to go hunting, which meant she begged him very hard, a stronger word than simply asking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sigurd» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

The nurse saw a lady come up through the floor, innit? What was she wearing?

1. a veil — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. an iron belt — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. a silver chain — score 6
4. a belt — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1611, line 20: «Old word: "mourning" meant wearing black or dark clothes to show that someone has died, which is why Dorothy worries that Aunt Em would have to put it on.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3); the same action «wear» (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the King's lad still bawling, like?

1. he stopped only once the nurse had carried him to the window — no support
2. he cried until the morning — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. he stopped once the nurse had him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he stopped crying once the nurse had finally gotten him into the cradle and sung him a song — 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 1545, line 9: «fact: The old man tells him to pass the first two princesses, because they are the ones who call to him "very prettily," and to go to the third.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+1); the same doer «ones» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who were the two gamers playing in the Court, like?

1. tennis — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a game of chess with carved ivory pieces — no support
3. dice — no support
4. chess — ✓ 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 ✗

So the Queen got proper stroppy after the trip, yeah? What was she like?

1. bitter and cruel — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. haughty and stubborn — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. rude and loud — score -1
4. haughty and stubborn, and she would not listen to anyone — score -7

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 79, line 14: «He went from Graham's Town to Kimberley and to Khama's Country (real places in South Africa and Botswana), and till that day he "had never seen a Crocodile, an…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What did the woman say, like, as she left?

1. "Two are gone, and one only is left" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. 'Three are gone, and two are left' — score -1
3. 'Two are gone' — score 5
4. 'Two are dead, and one is near' — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1739, line 19: «Why the nurse was scared: the woman said "Two are gone, and one only is left," so she feared danger for the child.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7); the same property (+1). Against it: the same doer «two» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Witch's spell require of the Queen with respect to her course?

1. that she should not slacken it at all until she reached the Underworld, whatever happened on the way — score -6
2. that she should not slacken it until she reached the Underworld — ✓ the right answer · score -6
3. that she should hold it fast until she came to the lake of ice — ← Mova's choice · score -4
4. that she should not slacken it until she reached the Underworld and the house of her dead brother, whom she had never met — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1653, line 4: «Years later the witch comes for the youngest prince, and in her house she sets him impossible jobs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition did the King of the foreign country attach to his consent to the marriage?

1. that Sigurd should rule there until his death — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. that Sigurd remain there as long as he could — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. that he stay — no support
4. that Sigurd stay — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1700, line 10: «Where: the race is held in a town where the King has proclaimed his rule about losing one's head.», 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 (+1). Against it: the same action «rule» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

How did the nurse respond to the woman's nocturnal visits?

1. she was frightened at first, then grew used to the visits and told no one at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. she was frightened but told no one, not even the King, for many nights — score 2
3. she was calm but told her husband — score 2
4. she was frightened but told no one — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1210, line 5: «Lung Woman lights the fire and hangs the kettle over it, as she was told.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1); the same thing acted on «woman» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the woman in white depart from the nursery?

1. by the way she had come, the floor closing slowly over her as the lamp went out — score 13
2. by the way she had come, the floor closing over her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
3. down the stairs and into the dark hallway behind — score 2
4. by the way she had come, with the floor closing over her head and the nurse watching — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 13, tied with another option at 13 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1735, line 19: «Old word: "entreated" means begged or pleaded, so when the Princess "entreated him to stay" she was asking him very earnestly.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+7); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «princess» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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