fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1764 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, did the old dude really make him sleep in the maid's room, or nah?

1. He got sent to the room the old man kept locked, which the girl unlocked for him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He was sent to the attic room — score 4
3. He got sent to a room the girl opened for him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He got sent to a room the girl opened for him after the old man went to bed angry — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1695, line 5: «On the eighth night a storm sends him into the girl's room without his belt, the master catches him, and he returns in splendour to ask for her hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, the prince was low-key scared of the horse, right?

1. Yeah, he was scared of the horse's teeth, but more worried about the old man's temper and fists — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He was more worried about the old man's temper — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He feared the dark stable most — no support
4. He was scared of the horse at first, but later he worried more about the old man's temper — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1449, line 15: «Bruno was cross because "working hard in the heat had not improved his temper."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «temper» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what was the horse's whole deal, fr?

1. It was the master's old mare — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was his brother's horse — no support
3. It was the old man's grandmother — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It was the old man's grandmother, and it wanted hay all day long, fr — 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 prince actually know how to milk a cow?

1. Yeah, he said he had milked a hundred cows in his father's palace kitchen before — score -1
2. Nah, he said he had never done it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he said he had never done it, but he had watched country people do it all day — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Yeah, he had done it before — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1764, line 5: «The old man fails to milk the cow, and the prince is set to bring in a hay-stack that must not be left behind.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «milk» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did he trick the cow, like for real?

1. He pretended to be the maid — no support
2. He said he was heating tongs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He said he was heating tongs and whispered the old man's name to calm it down — no support
4. He said he was heating tongs so the cow would not notice how little milk it gave — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1314, line 2: «The next morning a fine red cow stands on the shore, eating seaweed and giving the best milk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fine red cow» (+5). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what was the maid whispering about?

1. How to get past the old man — no support
2. How to get through the tasks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. How to survive the tasks and keep the old man from beating him in the morning — no support
4. How to get through the tasks without telling the old man that the prince is a prince — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1635, line 3: «The maid tells him a dead guest lies there, killed by the host because he could not pay, and the host wants to kill the prince too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: the same receiver «prince» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the stall actually clean when the old man came in?

1. Yeah, it was cleaner than a new pin — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No, it was filthy, but the prince had scrubbed the walls and the floor with his own hands yesterday — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, it was spotless and bright — no support
4. Yeah, it was cleaner than a new pin, cleaned out by the prince before the sun rose — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1324, line 17: «Why: the black man is the guardian of the wood, so he tells Kynon which way to go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «black man» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

what did the old man say the prince was, like, the whole time?

1. A dog of a servant — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. A lazy boy — score 0
3. A stupid servant — score -1
4. A cursed prince — no support

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 1636, line 7: «What: the prince is told not to touch the golden saddle, and "he received from some invisible being so hard a blow on the arm that it was made quite numb."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «prince» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

so the prince finished his jobs with no help, huh?

1. Yeah, he said it was just his own head, and the maid only whispered a little advice — score 4
2. No, the maid helped him with the hay and the milk, and the old man never found out — score 4
3. No, the cook helped him — score 2
4. Yeah, he said it was just his own head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1764, line 14: «What: the cow sighs and makes up its mind, because the prince says he is heating tongs for it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was the last job he got, lowkey the worst one?

1. Bring the whole hay-stack in from the wet field to dry before dark — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bring the hay-stack in to dry, every strand, before the old man returns from town — no support
3. Clean the old stable floor — no support
4. Bring the hay-stack in to dry — ✓ 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 ✗

did the prince want to speak in the house, or nah?

1. Yeah, he wanted to talk, but the old man told him to hold his tongue at once — score 4
2. Yeah, but he was told to stay quiet — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. No, he did not want to speak, but the old man told him to hold his tongue anyway — score 4
4. Yeah, but he got told to hold his tongue — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1761, line 14: «The prince tells the frightened pair, "Fear nothing; no harm can happen to us", and "their hearts grew calm".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which instruction did the old man give the prince on his arrival, and in what manner was it delivered?

1. He commanded the prince to keep silent and go away — score -2
2. He demanded that the prince stay and work at once — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. He ordered the prince to hold his tongue and leave him in peace — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. He ordered the prince to hold his tongue and leave him in peace, shouting loudly from the doorway — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1736, line 14: «The old man is master of all the birds, and each bird must say where it came from.», 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, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature did the maiden identify as the old man's grandmother, and what was its chief characteristic?

1. The white horse, which was always hungry — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The white mare, always lazy — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. The grey horse, always thirsty — score -2
4. The black cow, always calm — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1591, line 14: «The old woman went to the Wicked Witch of the East and promised her "two sheep and a cow."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same doer «old woman» (-5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what method did the prince succeed in preventing the white horse from consuming its fodder?

1. He wove a plait of rushes and prepared a peg of wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He wove a plait of rushes and drove a thick peg of wood into the floor beside the manger — no support
3. He wove a plait of rushes, soaked it in the trough, and prepared a peg of wood for the horse's jaws — no support
4. He wove a rope and carved a peg — 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 ✗

Why did the old man fail to obtain milk from the black cow, and what did he conclude from the prince's work?

1. The cow had already run dry before the prince came, and he suspected outside aid from the maid — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The cow had already run dry, and he suspected outside aid — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The cow was dry, and he thought the prince lazy — score 3
4. The cow had run dry, and he suspected theft — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 572, line 10: «How: Miss Cow runs at the tree until "one 'er her horns went spang thoo de tree," and she is stuck.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «miss cow» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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