Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1801 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 ✗
Bro, who actually gave the dude the advice about the serpent feast, innit?
- 1. A mate — no support
- 2. The wizard — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The old hermit — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 4. Some crone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1784, line 17: «Old word: "dowry" meant the money or goods a bride's family gave with her; the youth asks for the knife instead.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «youth» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, how many years between them serpent feasts, like seriously?
- 1. Seven years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 2. Seven moons — score -3
- 3. Two years — no support
- 4. Yearly — no support
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 1687, line 13: «fact: When the seven years are over, the Fiend comes with his book and points at the "signatures", which are the names the soldiers signed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+1). Against it: the same doer «seven years» (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Lowkey, what was in that golden bowl, no cap?
- 1. Goats' milk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Thick cream from the cows down the valley — no support
- 3. Warm goats' milk with honey on top — no support
- 4. Sheep's cream — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, did he actually get the bread in his gob before he bolted?
- 1. Nah, he didn't — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nope — no support
- 3. Yeah, he did it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yeah, he tried — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, what woke him up after that proper mad dream?
- 1. The loud bell — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. A loud bell ringing from the village church — no support
- 3. The sun's rays — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The cold rain falling hard on his face at dawn — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 51, line 11: «The Mole, like someone waking from a beautiful dream, keeps only «a dim sense of the beauty of it, the beauty!», and then even that fades.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wake» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper, how far off was he when he finally came round?
- 1. Two miles off — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A mile away — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Miles off — no support
- 4. Near — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Mad, what were the wood-nymphs doing all night long?
- 1. Dancing till dawn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Singing — no support
- 3. Feasting — no support
- 4. Spinning in a ring — 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 ✗
Ngl, what was going on with them golden tents?
- 1. White with golden stripes — score 2
- 2. Golden with silver flags — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Red with silver fringes — score 2
- 4. Empty — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1221, line 14: «Rosald kept his word; the queen says "The man who keeps his promise at all costs to himself is the man I can trust".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dude, why was Anna's bread so well special?
- 1. Keeps him young and brave through every single war — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Makes him live for ever and never fear anyone at all — no support
- 3. Keeps him fit and strong — no support
- 4. Keeps him young and brave — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what did Stana say her shirt would stop?
- 1. Fire — no support
- 2. Arrows — no support
- 3. Dragons, water, and fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Wolves, storms and swords — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1801, line 17: «Anna's beauty makes the sheep forget to eat, and Stana's makes the wolves protect the flock.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «wolves» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what did Laptitza promise to hand over?
- 1. Gold — no support
- 2. Two twin boys — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. A son — score -3
- 4. A herd of cows — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1801, line 19: «Each sister promises a gift: Anna a loaf, Stana a shirt, and Laptitza twin boys with golden stars on their foreheads.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «boys» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Bare cute, so did the emperor actually pick Laptitza?
- 1. Yeah, he swung her on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he picked her — no support
- 3. Nah, he walked away — no support
- 4. Nah, he rode off and left her standing there — 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 ✓
Which figure in the first part advises the young man concerning the serpent-king's feast?
- 1. The wizard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. A monk — score 6
- 3. The old hermit — score 6
- 4. Crone — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1801, line 6: «Who: the wizard advises the young man, and the emperor and his friends are the riders who hear the sisters.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «advise» (+3); the same receiver «young man» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What is the minimum distance stated between the moor and the place where the youth awoke?
- 1. At least a mile — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -7
- 2. Half a league away — no support
- 3. At least a mile across the open moor — score -7
- 4. More than ten miles over hills and rivers — score -7
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 1801, line 12: «He wakes when "rays of the sun" fall on him, and the moor is "at least a mile away."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same thing acted on «mile» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
By what means does the emperor first claim Laptitza as his bride?
- 1. By lifting her onto his horse and riding away with her — score 0
- 2. By sending gold to her house — no support
- 3. By asking her father for her — score 0
- 4. By lifting her onto his horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 662, line 6: «Who: the swineherd's daughter Ilonka is the bride of the prince, and she was thrown into a well by the queen's plot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bride» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which gift did Anna promise should she be chosen by a suitor?
- 1. A silver cup of fine wine — score -7
- 2. A loaf that preserves youth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -6
- 3. A cake — score -7
- 4. Golden bread — score -7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -6, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1767, line 11: «WHY: the queen wants a baby, and the old woman promises that the egg will bring her one.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «one» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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