Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1745 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 ✗

ok so the Queen's a witch, right?

1. Nope, Hermod did it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah — no support
3. No way — no support
4. Yeah, Olof said so — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, who even got turned into a lion?

1. Hermod, by day — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Olof, by day — score 1
3. Hermod at night — score 1
4. The King — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1739, line 12: «Why the King thought the Queen had changed: she became "much more haughty and stubborn and difficult to deal with."», 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 «queen» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did Hermod do to the Queen back?

1. Cursed her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Made her a rat — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Hit her — no support
4. Sent her away — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1745, line 11: «Why: Hermod refuses to marry the Queen's daughter, so the Queen lays a spell that he be "a lion by day and a man by night."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «daughter» (+2); the same doer «hermod» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so how does Hermod get freed then?

1. Hadvor throws the whole lion skin into a big fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She kisses the lion's paw — no support
3. Hadvor cuts the mane — no support
4. Hadvor burns the skin — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

when the floor opened, what did Hadvor chuck in?

1. Hot pitch, mad hot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hot oil — no support
3. Hot tar, mad hot — no support
4. Cold water, not hot — 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 ✗

wait, the Giant's dead but then he's a prince??

1. Yeah, the King did a spell — no support
2. Yeah, the Queen cast a spell on him so he came back as a prince — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, the Queen did a spell — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, the Giant did a spell — 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 1479, line 17: «The Prince wishes to save the keeper, saying "I would return good for evil," which means to pay back bad treatment with kindness.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, the Queen's brother was a three-headed what?

1. Dragon — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Wizard — no support
3. Giant — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Three-headed ogre from the north — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1721, line 3: «At a golden castle the Prince claims he wants to serve her, and he meets the ugly three-headed Mother Dragon.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «ugly headed mother» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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 ✗

lowkey, why did the King let the Queen decide?

1. He didn't wanna punish his daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He didn't wanna punish the Giant — no support
3. Because he didn't want to punish his own daughter, the poor guy — no support
4. Cause she's the Queen, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1257, line 13: «The king decides "this man wants to marry you", so he and the princess plan to pay Wali Dâd a visit in person.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so Hadvor's getting buried with the Giant?

1. Nope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, she's free — no support
3. Yup, in the mound — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yup, in the hall — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

what's the cloak thing about then?

1. Tie it tight — score 0
2. So he can't see her face — no support
3. Keep it loose so he grabs it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. It keeps her warm at night — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1561, line 19: «Old word: a "saddle-bow" was the front arch of a saddle, where a rider could hold a thing across his horse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «thing» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

the Giant's dogs eat what, though?

1. Bread — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Chunks of the hall food — score 3
3. His bones — score 3
4. Pieces of his legs — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1725, line 12: «The dog barks "YOUR daughter shall live to be your delight," and it eats the pancakes but keeps barking its warnings.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+2); the same action «eat» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Olof's got a cloak too, what does it do?

1. Keeps her safe from bad stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. It keeps her safe from all the bad stuff in the dark mound forever — score 4
3. Makes her strong against spells — score 4
4. Hides her from the Giant's sight — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 891, line 19: «Old word: "wrappers" meant the cloaks people wrapped around themselves to keep warm when travelling.», 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 action «keep» (+1); the same doer «cloaks» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who's the Queen's daughter's mom?

1. Hadvor's aunt — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Queen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Giant's sister — no support
4. The King's wife — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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 ✗

In what form was Hermod condemned to exist by the Queen's enchantment?

1. As a lion — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. As a lion by day and a man by night, until his skin is burned — no support
3. As a bird by day and a bear by night — no support
4. As a lion by day and a man by night — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means was the Giant's corpse restored to the semblance of a prince?

1. By a spell pronounced by the King — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By a potion poured by Olof — no support
3. Through a curse spoken by Hadvor — no support
4. By a spell pronounced by the Queen — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

What instruction did Olof give concerning the cloak upon Hadvor's shoulders?

1. It must be worn open at the front, so the Giant grasps the cloak — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. It must be tied tight so she stays warm and the Giant cannot pull it — no support
3. It must hang loose, so the Giant seizes just the cloth and not her body — score -1
4. It must be worn loose, so the Giant grasps only the cloak — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 274, line 20: «Old word: a "mantle" is a cloak worn over the shoulders, and the tale was first written in Danish by Hans Christian Andersen.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cloak» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what ground did the King consent to surrender the penalty of his daughter to the Queen?

1. To spare his daughter — score 2
2. For peace — no support
3. So that he might be spared from punishing his own daughter — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Because the Queen begged him to do it — ← 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 683, line 11: «The king's threat: "if he failed, his head would pay the penalty," so the youth is in deadly danger.», 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 doer «head» (+1); the same thing acted on «penalty» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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