Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1769 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 so why was stan's missus being all cagey about the luck thing?

1. cos she didn't wanna upset him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cause it'd make him miserable like her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cause she thought he'd only get cross — no support
4. she reckoned he'd get sad — 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 ✗

bruv how many kids did stan end up with, like roughly?

1. a few dozen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. about a dozen — no support
3. two — no support
4. a hundred — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait so the dude claimed he ate rocks all night, was he for real?

1. nah, just a boast to scare the dragon — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he was bluffing to spook the beast — no support
3. nah, just a boast to scare the dragon, though he'd never actually eaten a single rock in his life — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. yeah he was for real, he munched stones all night long and then carried on with the fight in the morning — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 638, line 9: «The dragon thinks "I should like to eat you instead of these silly acid drops," while he outwardly wags his tail and smiles a very wide smile.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «dragon» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, why'd the dragon go all still when stan said cross on his back?

1. cos the cross thing freaked him out — no support
2. because he thought Stan had a sword hidden under his coat and was going to stab him when he turned around — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. cause he knew he'd met his match — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. cause he knew he'd met his match, and the cross threat freaked him right out before the fight even started — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1769, line 4: «The shepherd offers Stan a third of his flock if he beats the dragon, so Stan bluffs with a cheese and a stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stan» (+2); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol what did stan actually squeeze out of the cheese?

1. whey — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. milk — no support
3. fresh curds — no support
4. buttermilk — ✓ 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 ✗

so the dragon squeezed a rock, what came out, sus?

1. a bit of grey dust — score -2
2. nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. nothing, just powder — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. dust — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1206, line 1: «Almas wakes to his horse neighing and sees a huge dragon crushing the stones beneath it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

how many sheep was the dragon nicking milk from every night?

1. seven hundred and seventy-seven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. sixty-six — no support
3. twenty-two — no support
4. seventy-seven — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

wait, the shepherd's deal was like one of every three, right?

1. one in three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. one in four — no support
3. one — no support
4. a third — 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 ✗

ok but the dragon's mum, how old is she, like actually?

1. very old — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. old as time itself — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nearly two hundred — no support
4. ancient — 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 ✓

who was the dragon's mum bathing in that milk for?

1. herself, to grow young again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. for herself, so she could grow young again and dance on the hill — no support
3. for the cows out in the field — no support
4. for her grandchildren — 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 ✗

bro what was the dragon paying stan for three days' work?

1. seven silver coins a week — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. seven sacks of ducats a day, plus his own bed, a horse and a warm meal — no support
3. seven sacks of ducats a day — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nine sacks of grain a week — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did stan turn back on the road home, honestly?

1. he feared the dragon behind him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he thought about his hungry kids — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. he had heard a rumour that the dragon's mother had sent a shadow to follow him — score -2
4. he worried about the cold road — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1769, line 4: «The shepherd offers Stan a third of his flock if he beats the dragon, so Stan bluffs with a cheese and a stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stan» (+2); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long did stan wander before he got to that sheepfold?

1. for many long years, through snow and rain, across seven kingdoms, until his boots were worn through to the bone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. ages, all the way to the end of the world — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a long time over rivers and mountains — no support
4. ages, all the way to the end of the world and past the dark forest of the north — 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 ✗

What was the cause of the household's misfortune, as stated by the wife?

1. The loss of the good cow — no support
2. Lack of rain for the fields — no support
3. The absence of children — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The absence of children, which was a curse upon the whole house and its lands — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1664, line 10: «The carpenter's wife says, "You are getting worse, my dear," and he trusts every word she says, so he lies down and lets her do as she pleases.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what purpose did Stan undertake his journey to the end of the world?

1. To obtain sustenance for his family — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To look for a new home abroad — no support
3. To find gold — no support
4. To earn a reward from a distant lord — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 934, line 16: «Old word: "Allah" is the Arabic word for God, which the merchants bow down to in the story.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «arabic word» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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 · wrong ✗

Upon what terms did the dragon propose that Stan enter his service?

1. Three days, at seven sacks of ducats per day, with a horse, a bed and a pardon for every debt he owed the valley — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. For three days' work at a set daily wage in gold — no support
3. Three days, paid seven sacks of gold each morning — no support
4. Three days, at seven sacks of ducats per day — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1682, line 2: «The Dragon bites the spear and dies after three days, and the whole city celebrates with a huge wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «dragon» (-1); the same property (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the dragon's mother as described upon Stan's arrival?

1. She was ancient — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. She was very old — score -2
3. She was as old as time itself — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. She was older than the hills — 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 1769, line 6: «Who: Stan and his wife, who live in a little house on the outskirts of the village, and a dragon who serves an ancient mother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «dragon» (-1); the same property (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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