Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1754 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 what got stuck in the well, the boy's head?

1. the wooden pail and his head — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his head — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. his shoulder — no support
4. his cap — 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 · ★ · right ✓

bruh what did the fox drop?

1. a parchment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. a letter — score 2
3. a small key — score 2
4. a coin — 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 779, line 15: «The wolf is sent away by Mrs Fox because he does not have red stockings and a pointed mouth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send away» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «mrs fox» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so like who got kicked, fr?

1. the wolf — no support
2. the boy who fell in the water — score 2
3. the horse — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. the fox — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1478, line 16: «The ring pricks him "as if it had been a pin" when he kicks Bibi, but later it makes his finger "actually bleed."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kick» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

ngl how did Mark feel about beggars?

1. he hated them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he pitied them — no support
3. he liked them — no support
4. he feared them — 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 ✗

wait, who did Mark set the dogs on?

1. his men — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the strangers — no support
3. the poor — no support
4. the beggars — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, who opened the barrel?

1. the old cook — score 0
2. the monks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the nuns — no support
4. the servants — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1749, line 20: «The ending: "there she may lie," meaning she is left lying in the gutter, still proud.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

bro what job did Vassili end up with?

1. wardrobe keeper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. assistant to the head of the kitchen — no support
3. bell ringer — no support
4. gate guard — 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 ✗

sus, how much debt did the merchants owe?

1. eight thousand crowns — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. twelve thousand crowns to the court in full — score -4
3. twelve thousand crowns in silver coin — score -4
4. twelve thousand crowns — ✓ the right answer · 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 1442, line 20: «Old word: "taxes" means money or goods owed to a ruler or master, a word still used today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok what set the boy's hair on fire?

1. an ember — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a spark — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. a cinder — score 2
4. a spark from the dying fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1234, line 13: «He runs away because "if he was caught he would be condemned to death", meaning he would be put to death.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «man» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol what did the boy use as a pillow?

1. his coat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. a rolled coat — score 1
3. a stone — score 5
4. his own hair — ✓ the right answer · score 5

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 1754, line 10: «Why he cut his hair: "tied it into a knot, and prepared to use it for a pillow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

mid tbh, where did the beggars sleep?

1. in a loft — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. outside — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. in the stable — no support
4. in a hut — 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 1724, line 9: «Why: the Snow-daughter sleeps outside in winter because "the colder it was the happier she seemed to be."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

W or L, why did Mark want Vassili?

1. to be his clerk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to fight — no support
3. to be his guard — no support
4. to be his overseer — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the narrator employ as a pillow, according to the text?

1. a plain leather satchel — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. a plait of his own hair — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. the folded woollen cloak his grandmother had sewn — no support
4. a plait of his own hair tied with thread — score 2

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 1754, line 10: «Why he cut his hair: "tied it into a knot, and prepared to use it for a pillow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sum did the foreign merchants owe to Mark, according to the text?

1. two hundred — ← Mova's choice · score -7
2. ten crowns — score -7
3. twelve thousand crowns — ✓ the right answer · score -7
4. nine thousand crowns — score -7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1363, line 19: «Old word: "filial" love means the loving respect a child owes to its parents.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «owe» (-2); the same doer «child» (-5). The right option, 3, scored -7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What position did the abbot grant Vassili within the monastery?

1. bell ringer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. gate keeper — no support
3. keeper of the vestments and sacred robes — no support
4. wardrobe keeper — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the infant arrive at the monastery, according to the text?

1. inside a sack — no support
2. floating in a barrel — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. by a boat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. in a wooden box — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1752, line 21: «Old word: "attained" means reached, and "beseech" means to beg earnestly, which is the way Elsa pleads with the lady.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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