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Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1789 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 ✗

Oi, why's Jem stuck luggin cabbages for that old bird?

  • 1. Cos she's too weak fer that — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 2. Cos she can't carry nothin herself — ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 3. Cos Mum said he gotta help her every single day innit — score 1
  • 4. Cos she lost her strong legs — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1695, line 10: «Why: he leaves gold for the girl because he wants to "prepare a surprise for this beautiful creature on her birthday".», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what's the old lady's house made of, dead posh?

  • 1. Stone walls and roof — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Marble walls and ceiling — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Wood walls — no support
  • 4. Plaster walls and floor — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted, what did she blow to call the guinea pigs?

  • 1. A tiny silver whistle she wears round her neck — no support
  • 2. A silver whistle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -5
  • 3. A tin whistle — score -5
  • 4. A brass trumpet — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1363, line 18: «Old word: "Baa San" means "old woman," a polite way of calling an elderly woman in Japan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «call» (-1); the same doer «elderly woman» (-5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what do the guinea pigs wear on their trotters?

  • 1. Tiny shoes made from hollow walnut shells tied on — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 2. Paper bags tied on — score -7
  • 3. Nutshells for shoes — ✓ the right answer · score -1
  • 4. Tiny wooden clogs — 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 12, line 12: «Alice sets the pig down and feels "quite relieved" to see it trot away into the wood; she says "If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child:…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «pig» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper odd, what's in that soup that tastes weird?

  • 1. Sweet like cake and honey — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Sweet and sharp together, with strange herbs and a smoky flavour — no support
  • 3. Sour lemons and salt mixed with old bread and cabbage — no support
  • 4. Sweet and sharp together — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Innit wild, what smoke makes Jem nod off?

  • 1. Arabian incense — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 2. Persian scented oil — no support
  • 3. Thick black smoke from burning old cabbage leaves — no support
  • 4. Burning sweet herbs — 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 573, line 3: «Brer Rabbit climbs up the chimney, the smoke makes him sneeze, and Brer Fox finds out where he is hiding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «smoke» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what are the squirrels wearin in the kitchen?

  • 1. Short shorts — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Full Turkish trousers — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Full baggy Turkish trousers tied at the ankle — no support
  • 4. Long socks — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad one, how long was Jem a servant in his dream?

  • 1. Five years — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Two years — no support
  • 3. Nine years — no support
  • 4. Seven years — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what was Jem at the top of the kitchen?

  • 1. Head butler — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Head pastrycook — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Assistant to the head cook in the great kitchen — no support
  • 4. Head pastrycook of the whole kitchen staff — 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 ✓

Sus, what colour is that flower in the cupboard?

  • 1. Red with yellow edges — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Pale white — no support
  • 3. Purple with silver rims — no support
  • 4. Orange with green edges — 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 ✗

Wot wakes Jem up, dead loud?

  • 1. A cold draft — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A noise — no support
  • 3. A massive sneeze — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Someone shaking his arm — 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 ✗

Wot's the crowd rushin off to see down the lanes?

  • 1. A tiny giant — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A clown — no support
  • 3. An ugly dwarf — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A travelling magician — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Ayy, how's mum lookin when he gets back?

  • 1. Sad and paler — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Angry — no support
  • 3. Happy — no support
  • 4. Cheerful and rosy — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, was Jem's neck stiff when he woke up?

  • 1. Nah, his legs were stiff — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yeah, he couldn't move his head — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yeah, he couldn't move his head at all without it hurting badly — no support
  • 4. Yeah, he could hardly turn 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what material were the walls and ceiling of the old woman's dwelling constructed?

  • 1. Clay — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Painted tin — no support
  • 3. Marble — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Wood — 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 · right ✓

Upon what object did the old woman blow in order to summon the guinea pigs from the staircase?

  • 1. A little golden bell she shakes near the staircase — no support
  • 2. A tiny silver whistle she wears round her neck — no support
  • 3. A silver whistle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. A brass trumpet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1789, line 2: «Inside, she blows a silver whistle, and the creatures serve him a strong, sweet soup that makes him drowsy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blow» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what rank was the protagonist promoted during his period of servitude in the kitchen?

  • 1. Cook — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Head pastrycook — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Under chef — no support
  • 4. Head butler — 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 was the principal consequence of the strong scent of the red flower upon the protagonist?

  • 1. He began to sneeze violently and then suddenly awoke — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He dreamed of a cat and then woke in the market — no support
  • 3. He began to sneeze and awoke — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He started coughing, then woke — 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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