Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, part 37: Jesper herds a hundred hares and collects three strange payments
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1786 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 ✓
Yo, how'd Jesper get all them hares back, mate?
- 1. He whistled loud and they all came back home — no support
- 2. He blew his whistle and they came bouncing back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. He blew his whistle and every single hare came bouncing back to him — score 4
- 4. He blew a whistle, they came back — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1786, line 4: «Jesper blows the old woman's whistle, and the hares come back and sit round him in a circle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jesper» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, the shabby girl wanted a hare for what, like?
- 1. Dinner for the posh visitors staying at her house this weekend — no support
- 2. A dinner for relations — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Dinner for posh visitors — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. A big dinner party for all the posh visitors in the palace — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 169, line 6: «Who: the Sultan is the one who wants the prince freed, because "hasten to set him at liberty, so that I may no longer hear his cries."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+5); the same thing acted on «one» (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Nah, so what did the girl pay Jesper with, innit?
- 1. A kiss, proper cheeky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. A kiss on the cheek, proper cheeky like — score 6
- 3. A coin, proper dodgy — score 6
- 4. A cheeky wink, innit — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1727, line 10: «Why the cat helps them: the children gave it "their own piece of ham", but the witch "never even threw me a bone".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same doer «children» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the old woman cackling like a hen, bare sus?
- 1. Nah, she was just stood quiet by the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, mate — no support
- 3. Nah, she was not — no support
- 4. Yeah, on tiptoe and staring at the sky — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
What did the groom have to do, like, actually?
- 1. Stand on his head in the middle of the hall and shout Hurrah loudly — score 4
- 2. Stand on his head and shout Hurrah — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Stand on his head and shout Hurrah while the whole crowd watched — score 4
- 4. Stand on his hands and cheer — 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 1786, line 13: «The fat groom must "stand on your head, whack your heels together, and cry Hurrah".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «stand» (+1); the same place «head» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the groom do it, or did he bottle it?
- 1. He did it, but with rather feeble hops — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He did it, with pretty feeble whacks — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He did it, with some big whacks — no support
- 4. He bottled it — 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 · ★ · right ✓
The king was well sneaky, wasn't he? What's he do with the tub?
- 1. Says he'll judge when it's full — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Says he'll sell it when empty — score 2
- 3. He says he'll judge when it's full and then give the whole thing to the queen — score 6
- 4. Says he'll judge it himself when the tub is completely full of truths — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1786, line 14: «In the hall, the king says the tub is full only when he decides: "that's my part of the business".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same property (+2); the same doer «tub» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Were the truths in the tub actually proper true?
- 1. Yes, every single one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes — no support
- 3. Nope, not every one — no support
- 4. Yes, every single one was proper true and no lies at all — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Who was the shabby girl, like, for real?
- 1. The princess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The duchess — no support
- 3. Princess — no support
- 4. The servant — 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 ✗
Was the old woman in the peasant dress actually the queen?
- 1. Yep, the queen in a peasant dress and disguise — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yep, the duchess — no support
- 3. Yep, the queen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yep, that was the queen all along — 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 ✗
Mint or gutted, how did the king feel about Jesper?
- 1. Very pleased — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Angry — score 2
- 3. Really annoyed — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Quite amused — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1063, line 5: «The magicians say a boy of sinless parents must be found, so Art sets out alone in a coracle.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
So did Jesper get the princess or not, yeah?
- 1. Yes, he did — no support
- 2. Nope, the king said no, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Not yet — no support
- 4. Not yet, the story carries on — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1738, line 11: «The Princess tells her parents about a dream of a dog and a Soldier, and the Queen answers: "That is certainly a fine story."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon what condition did the king agree to the marriage of Jesper and the princess?
- 1. Winning a task — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. A small task — score 0
- 3. Payment of a hundred gold coins — score 0
- 4. Success in a further small task — ✓ the right answer · score 0
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 1761, line 15: «The king longs to "win all kinds of honour and glory" and sails "across the seas" to a distant country.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «win» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the precise instruction given to Jesper regarding the contents of the tub?
- 1. To tell lies until the tub is full — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tell some truths — no support
- 3. To state undoubted truths sufficient to fill it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To state some truths enough to fill it — 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which character was revealed to be the queen in the course of Jesper's account?
- 1. The stout old woman in a peasant's dress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The tall young girl in a dress — score 2
- 3. The stout old woman in a peasant's dress and her shabby little apron — score 3
- 4. The young maid in a fine silk gown — score -1
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 1786, line 4: «Jesper blows the old woman's whistle, and the hares come back and sit round him in a circle.», 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); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the king's remarks indicates his intention to judge the completion of the tub?
- 1. It is for me to decide here — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That is my part of the business — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. My part — no support
- 4. That is mine — 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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