pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house

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

Lesson 1752 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 ✗

Oi, the doll was dressed in Elsa's clothes, innit?

1. nah, a sack of flour — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, Kisika's blue cloak — no support
3. yeah, her actual clothes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, the lady's silk gown — 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 ✗

Wait, how big did the doll get by sunrise, like proper mint?

1. bit bigger than a cat — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. full size like Elsa — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. huge like a house — score 7
4. tiny like a mouse — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1649, line 16: «The witch scowls and threatens: "With a single one of the hairs of my head I can turn you into stone."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+5); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the lady reckon the clay thing could feel owt?

1. yeah, it feels proper pain — score -2
2. nah, it feels no pain — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. yeah, it cries bare loud — no support
4. nah, it feels cold only — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1525, line 3: «In the garden Rosette sees a peacock and vows to marry only the King of the Peacocks, so the brothers set off to find him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the stepmum gonna flog, bro?

1. the old man — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Kisika — no support
3. the clay figure — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the lady — 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 ✗

What was that golden cock doing, mate?

1. crowing and flapping — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. eating the cake — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. sleeping on the grass — score 2
4. hiding in the sea — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 138, line 19: «Old words: a "shrine" is a holy place where people prayed, a "Cock" is an old word for a male chicken, and "hind legs" means the back legs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+3); the same doer «cock» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the thirteenth dish dead tasty or what?

1. nobody ever wanted it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the cat ate it all — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. everyone scoffed it — no support
4. the old man gobbled it — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1752, line 5: «Back home the stepmother dies after a black snake stings her tongue, and her husband, glad to be rid of her, eats a slice of bread and goes to sleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «husband» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why was the black cat stood on the rock, like?

1. it was snoozing under the table — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. it was nicking the wine — score 5
3. it stood beside the cock — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. it was chasing the old man — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1516, line 12: «The youngest son asks that the Queen stand on the highest tower with "nothing but sheaf corn" to eat.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Kisika's a proper kid, innit, playing in the sea?

1. nah, she was mean to Elsa — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, she was a lovely woman — no support
3. yeah, she loved games — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, she read all day — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long before the lady gets all sad, like?

1. ten years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nine years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. five years — no support
4. three years — 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 ✓

Why was Elsa gutted when she got called in?

1. she feared some evil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she was starving for dinner — no support
3. she was getting a present — no support
4. she had won a prize — 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 ✗

What did the lady say about Elsa's future man?

1. he'd be the old man — score -2
2. he'd be a black cat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. he'd be a golden cock — no support
4. he was made for her — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1679, line 2: «She climbs a tree in the forest and says nothing, so the King's hunters take her to the King.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «sister» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the stepmum die dead quiet, or what?

1. nah, she laughed out loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, she ran off — no support
3. yeah, without a sound — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, she screamed loud — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the bread the husband ate, like?

1. a bowl of stew — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a fruit from the rock — no support
3. a slice on the table — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a cake from the cock — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the dad sad his wife died, or what?

1. yeah, he cried hard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he fainted dead — no support
3. nah, he was rejoicing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nah, he was really angry — 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 ✗

Which object did the old man strike with the silver staff?

1. the wooden gate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. the thirteenth dish — score 3
3. the granite block — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. the golden table — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 774, line 17: «Old word: "abide spellbound" means to stay put and unable to move, held by magic.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «move» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which dish was declared by the lady to be the dish of hidden blessings?

1. the seventh dish — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. the thirteenth dish — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. the final dish — score -3
4. the first dish — score -3

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 1687, line 16: «fact: "Thenceforward" is an old word that means "from then on", and "wineglass" is an old word for the glass a person drinks wine from.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What was the name of the cause of the stepmother's death?

1. a black snake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a red spider — no support
3. a sharp fish — no support
4. a wasp sting — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1752, line 5: «Back home the stepmother dies after a black snake stings her tongue, and her husband, glad to be rid of her, eats a slice of bread and goes to sleep.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «black snake» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which member of the household did the lady instruct Elsa to leave behind?

1. the black cat — no support
2. the old man — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Kisika — no support
4. the stepmother — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1535, line 18: «Old word: "glean" means to gather the grain left behind in a field after the harvest.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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