Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1791 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 ✗

Dude, did the cobbler actually whack Jem with straps?

1. Nah, rods, not that hard, Jem stayed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, straps, proper hard, Jem bolted crying — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he just shouted — no support
4. Yeah, belt, pretty hard, Jem ran off — 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 ✗

Wait, so Jem slept on a church step? Like, all night?

1. Yeah, totally skint and starving — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he went to a mate's place — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, he had a bed — score -1
4. Nope, found a barn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 927, line 10: «HOW: a sailor-boy "caught him, and put him in the hen-house," where the fowls laughed at him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «hen house» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

How did the head cook react, lol?

1. He cracked up laughing, like "You a cook?" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He just stared, like "huh?" — no support
3. He sniggered loudly, like "You? A chef?" — no support
4. He threw him out, like "Clear off, you kid" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1235, line 5: «The old woman walks home sad, but the head just laughs and calls the new task child's play.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «head» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Jem actually get the job, or was he just chatting?

1. Nah, he got sacked — no support
2. He nailed it, served loads of tasty bits — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, he got it — no support
4. He got it, he cooked proper good stuff — ✓ 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 1789, line 15: «In his dream Jem serves the old woman for seven years, rising from under-scullion to head pastrycook.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «serve» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

How tall was Jem, like seriously?

1. Tiny, so tiny he needed a plank on two chairs just to reach the stove — score 3
2. Tiny, honestly tiny, he needed a plank on two chairs and a cushion too — score 3
3. Tall for a dwarf, he stood on crates — score 3
4. Tiny, he needed a plank on two chairs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1791, line 14: «How: Jem counts "One, two, three" up to five hundred before he cries "Now!" to take the dishes off the fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was the duke like to work for, gutted or chuffed?

1. Chuffed to bits, he got fifty ducats a year and a proper coat too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Chuffed, paid twenty ducats a year — no support
3. Chuffed, he got fifty ducats a year — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Chuffed, loads of cash, he got fifty ducats a year plus new clothes — 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 ✗

Did the duke ever go mental at his cooks?

1. Yeah, he threw pots at them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, he chucked plates and dishes at them whenever the food was cold — no support
3. Yeah, he hurled dishes at them — no support
4. Yeah, he chucked plates at them — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1791, line 9: «Why: Jem "remembered that he was an excellent cook" and sets out for the palace, because the duke "was fond of good things."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

How many dinners did Jem get in the palace, like, per day?

1. Five meals, mad lucky, plus cake and wine at every single supper — score 6
2. Five meals, mad lucky — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Five meals a day, mad lucky, way more than he got in town before — no support
4. Six meals, mad lucky — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 952, line 2: «One day he sees a rich Roman girl in a palace garden and recognises the Psyche that Raphael once painted.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «palace garden» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same property (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Ok, so what was the weird thing at the goose market?

1. A goose spoke in rhymes, no joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A goose sang a song, no joke — no support
3. A goose spoke in rhymes, no joke, and then it flew right over the market — score 2
4. A goose laid a gold egg, true — 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 1791, line 5: «At the goose market one goose sighs like a person and speaks in rhyme, and Jem is badly startled.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did the goose really talk, or was Jem just making it up?

1. Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme, while the whole market crowd listened in shock — score 4
3. Jem made it up, just a joke — score -2
4. Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme, and then it asked Jem for some bread — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1791, line 5: «At the goose market one goose sighs like a person and speaks in rhyme, and Jem is badly startled.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «rhyme» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the goose say about getting squeezed, bruv?

1. Squeeze too tight and I'll bite — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Please don't squeeze so tight, mate, or I'll bite you hard and loud — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. Hold tighter and I'll hiss — no support
4. Squeeze too tight and I'll bite your fingers right off, Jem — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 624, line 1: «First, the Rikki-tikki tale ends happily: Teddy's family hugs the brave mongoose and feeds him until he cannot eat more.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+4). Against it: the same action «hug» (-1); the same doer «family» (-5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Jem scared when the goose spoke, or dead brave?

1. Scared, he dropped the basket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Brave, he kept the cage up — no support
3. Scared, he put the cage down — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Scared, he ran — 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 · right ✓

To what extent did the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem determine his subsequent progress, as narrated in this part?

1. The cobbler's violence drove Jem from his lodging, and his subsequent employment in the palace kitchen followed from it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The cobbler's violence caused Jem to leave the town, but his later success in the palace owed nothing to it — score 2
3. Not at all, it was irrelevant — no support
4. The violence was a minor event that had no bearing on Jem's later employment in the palace kitchen — score 3

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 1704, line 9: «Why: the boy climbs because he has heard his parents speak of the Princess, and he "determined that he too would try his luck".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the manner in which the head cook's initial scepticism was overcome by the dwarf's conduct in the kitchen.

1. The head cook remained sceptical to the end, and only the duke's personal intervention, which had nothing to do with Jem's cooking, persuaded him to keep the dwarf on in the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Jem's odd herbs and his tasty dishes slowly convinced the cook, who then praised his work — score 3
3. The cook's doubts faded once Jem produced exotic herbs and the dishes impressed everyone present — score 3
4. The head cook's scepticism yielded when Jem named unusual ingredients and the cooked dishes earned unqualified approval — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 755, line 5: «The queen comes back as a peasant's wife with a poisoned apple, Snowdrop bites it and falls dead, and the dwarfs make a glass coffin for her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the terms under which the grand duke engaged Jem as his assistant head cook, as set forth in the narrative.

1. Jem got fifty ducats yearly, a new coat, and trousers, and was to prepare the luncheon — no support
2. Jem was to receive a hundred ducats a year, two coats, and two pairs of trousers, and to cook dinner — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Jem was paid fifty ducats a year and cooked the luncheon. — score 2
4. Jem was to receive fifty ducats a year, a new coat and two pairs of trousers, and to cook the luncheon — ✓ 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 1791, line 3: «The head steward and the head cook doubt him, but Jem makes the Danish soup and dumplings and wins a trial.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the event at the goose market which marks the transition to the next stage of the narrative.

1. The goose flies off and the crowd cheers — no support
2. The cage door opens and the geese run out into the market square — no support
3. The goose squawks and flies away. — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The third goose, sitting still and sighing, addresses Jem in rhyme — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 489, line 16: «The maiden was taken away when she was nine, after her angry father cried "May devils fly away with you!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly away» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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