Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1784 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, was the deadline for those horses like eight days or what?

1. Like a week, maybe — no support
2. Yeah, eight days, no cap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. Yeah, twelve days, for real — score -4
4. Nah, it was eight weeks, fam — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1772, line 5: «The master washes, dresses, and is given a new name, Sultan Darai, just before they reach the palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which horse was basically foxy-red with a black head?

1. The first one — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Number two — score 2
3. The second one — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The third one — score 2

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 926, line 4: «He lifts Hjalmar into a painted landscape, where Hjalmar sails a red and white boat pulled by six swans.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, how did the princess even get the enchanted knife?

1. She snuck it out of her dad's chest while he was asleep — score -1
2. She swiped it from the palace hall — score -3
3. She grabbed it from his desk — no support
4. She snuck it out of her dad's chest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 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 1784, line 2: «The princess overhears her father, sneaks her knife out of his treasure chest at night, and sends the youth a letter with a plan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did she send him a letter or just shout across the palace?

1. She shouted across the palace garden to him — score 0
2. She sent a messenger — score 2
3. She sent a servant to tell him by word of mouth — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. She wrote him a letter — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1761, line 9: «Why: the old woman keeps saying "You should have gone among the fishes" and then the foxes and the wolves, sending the mare on new trips each time.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who delivered the letter, the nurse or some servant?

1. A trusty servant from the royal kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A trusty servant — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Her old nurse — score 1
4. Some palace guard — score 1

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 1743, line 20: «Old word: a "lackey" was a male servant who waited on people in a great house; today we would say a footman or a servant.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the cypress tree stand in the meadow?

1. Beside a stream, alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Near the river bank — no support
3. In one corner, all on its own — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. In the middle — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What were the roots made of, mate?

1. Iron — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Brass — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Silver — no support
4. Gold — 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 ✓

And the leaves, were they gold or silver?

1. Gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Silver — no support
3. Copper — no support
4. Tin — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So he found bags of gold under the roots, right?

1. Yeah, bags of gold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, just dirt — no support
3. Nah, nothing — no support
4. Nope, just roots — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did he ask for as his dowry, lol?

1. Gold and a horse — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. Half the palace gold — score -5
3. The enchanted knife — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The knife — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -4, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1782, line 10: «Why does Petru not answer when Venus asks where he left his horse? He is not sure whether to lie or tell the truth.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «horse» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the emperor catch on to the trick straight away?

1. Yeah, straight off — no support
2. Nope, not till later — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he saw it straight away at the start — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Nope, not till after the whole betrothal was over, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1734, line 9: «Why the Emperor comes down: he hears "a commotion by the pigsties" and goes to see what the ladies-in-waiting are doing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What did the knife do to the horses when he held it up?

1. Scared them all away — score 0
2. Made them kneel down — score 3
3. Made them all bow down to him in the meadow — score 3
4. Made them bow down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1784, line 3: «At the sun meadow the shy horses run off, but when he holds the knife up to the sun, the whole meadow shines and the horses bow to him.», 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 «bow» (+1); the same doer «horses» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, was she into him from the start, like she said?

1. Yeah, she thought him handsomer than anyone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she liked him a lot — no support
3. Nah, she thought him rather plain at first — no support
4. Nope, she hated him — 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 ✗

Within what period was the young man required by the emperor to deliver the three horses?

1. Within twelve days — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Within a week — no support
3. After eight days — no support
4. Within eight days — ✓ 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 ✗

Which object did the princess remove from her father's chest in order to assist her suitor?

1. The golden key — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. A jewelled dagger — no support
3. A silver ring — score 7
4. The enchanted knife — ✓ the right answer · score 1

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 579, line 11: «Brer Wolf takes him at his word and drives up the cattle, and kills Brer Rabbit's best cow.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same place «word» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «take» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the colour of the boughs of the cypress tree in the sun meadow?

1. Shining silver, bright in the sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pure silver, glinting in the sunlight — no support
3. Silver — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Crystal — 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 ✗

What dowry did the bridegroom request from the emperor upon the betrothal?

1. A share of the royal treasury — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A golden crown — no support
3. The use of the enchanted knife — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Seven horses and a palace — 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

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