Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1787 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 Jesper actually get the princess or what?

1. Yeah, the king made him son-in-law after a massive wedding feast and all the lords cheered — score 2
2. Yeah, the king made him son-in-law, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nah mate, the king sent him packing after he failed the hare herding and the princess cried — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Nah, the king sent him off to herd hares — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 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 1785, line 4: «Jesper spends a restless night in a grand bed, then the king locks him in a barn with a huge heap of grain.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «jesper» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, why was the dude sleeping in the snow?

1. He wandered off and hid under some branches — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He got lost in a blizzard after leaving his mates at the pub and crashed out in the snow — no support
3. He got lost and found a bush for shelter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was lost and sheltered by a tree — 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, that stranger woke him up, right, like proper creepy?

1. Yeah, he was super creepy and kept staring at him with weird eyes all night long — score 0
2. He woke him up to give him a hot drink and then vanished into the snowy trees without a word — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He said the wolves were coming for him — score 3
4. He warned him he'd get buried in snow — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1787, line 7: «What: the stranger wakes him with "If you lie there any more, you will be buried in the snow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wake» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Okay, so was the fire in a wood or a cave?

1. In a wood, all green and warm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. In a field by the old mill — no support
3. In a cave under the mountain, dark and filled with smoke from the big forge — no support
4. In a cave, all dark and cold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 913, line 1: «The court gives the clockwork bird a grand title, and it sings its waltzes alone while the real nightingale has flown away to her green woods.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Man, how many little blacksmiths were at each anvil?

1. Four of them, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Seven of them, mate — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Six, mate — score 1
4. Two of them — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 783, line 10: «Who: the old giant, "taller than all others," who "looked terrible" but "had a long white beard" that got caught in a split anvil.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same place «split anvil» (+1). Against it: the same doer «long white beard» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, was the gold bar heavy like a boulder?

1. Yeah, Hans couldn't even shift it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Nope, it was just a pebble — no support
3. Yeah, Hans could barely budge it — score -2
4. Yeah, it was heavier than a mountain and nobody in the whole place could ever move it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1499, line 15: «the iron bar: the man carries it on his shoulders, and it weighs "five hundredweight", which is a very heavy load.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «bar» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Hans get gutted he couldn't lift it?

1. Nope, the master gave him a bun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he laughed — no support
3. Yeah, but the master laughed at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, the master just chuckled — 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 ✓

Lol, so the master basically said work is good for you, yeah?

1. Yeah, he said only work makes you good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nah, he said rest — no support
3. Yeah, he said rest is better, mate — no support
4. Nah, he reckoned leisure makes you wise — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 893, line 18: «The cross she plants is "the last work of him who now lay dead and cold beneath it", which makes her act meaningful.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was the master keeping all that gold hidden?

1. So nobody would stop the work — no support
2. So people wouldn't stop working — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. So people would keep working — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. So the workers wouldn't ever run off and go home to their families and friends — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 205, line 20: «Old word: A "coffer" was a strong chest or box for keeping gold and valuables safe, much like a strongbox today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how many bars did Hans count before he gave up?

1. He got to five hundred and seventy — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He got to five hundred and twenty — no support
3. He kept counting for hours until he was exhausted and sat down at the end of the room — no support
4. He counted loads, then gave up after the bars started looking the same to him — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1499, line 15: «the iron bar: the man carries it on his shoulders, and it weighs "five hundredweight", which is a very heavy load.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «weigh» (-1); the same thing acted on «five hundredweight» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit the treasure room was like a massive church, right?

1. Yeah, it was massive, like a cathedral with gold stacked up to the roof and lights everywhere — no support
2. Nope, it was actually a vast cave the size of a cathedral that stretched for miles underground — score -1
3. Nah, it was smaller than a hut — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, it was bigger than a church — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 948, line 18: «WHAT: A Privy Councillor was an old title for a close adviser to a king, and "the King's palace" was where the court met.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, what was the hot drink like, was it tea?

1. It was hot chocolate with cream and honey, served in a big wooden cup by the stranger — score -2
2. It says it was a hot brew — no support
3. It was some hot cocoa, I think — no support
4. It just says a hot drink — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1710, line 14: «Old word: a "draught" is a drink or dose of liquid; today we would say a drink or a potion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «drink» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

To whom does the phrase "a long thin man" refer in the passage?

1. the sleeping woodcutter — no support
2. the blacksmith who forged the golden bars in the cave — no support
3. the tall stranger in the snow — score 3
4. the stranger who wakes Hans — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1759, line 16: «Who: the youngest son is the only one who stays awake, and he sees "nine golden pea-hens" come down from the sky.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «only one» (+4); the same doer «youngest son» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal reason, as stated by the master, for keeping the gold concealed?

1. to compel men to work for their bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. so that the workers never discover how much wealth lies hidden in the mountain below — no support
3. to keep men working for their food — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. so that the men would labour for wages — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1787, line 15: «What: the master says men must work, because "It is only through work and care that man can ever hope to be good for anything."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+5); the same doer «men» (+3). 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 ✓

Which quality of the stranger is established when the drifts part at the wave of his staff?

1. the power to read the minds of every traveller who passes through the wood — no support
2. supernatural power over the snow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. the ability to shift mountains and bring spring to the frozen lands by magic — no support
4. magical control of the weather — 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 1585, line 3: «At the river Gudrun shows the ring, and Brynhild realises that Sigurd was the true rider.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «river» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «show» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character is described as "not really a man" in the passage?

1. the stranger who woke Hans in the snow and vanished — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. the hidden smith of the cave — score -3
3. the golden-bar keeper who sat at the top of the stairs — no support
4. the master of the underground forge — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1375, line 6: «Who: the hare of Inaba is the main character, a cunning but very foolish animal who tricks the crocodiles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «main character» (-1); the same doer «hare» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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