pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1811 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 ✓

So how does Halfman get the ogre's lot to cook themselves, innit?

1. He tells the ogre to light a fire under the tower — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. He tells the ogre to kip in the woods — score 7
3. He tells the ogre to chuck water on the tower — score 7
4. He tells the ogre to ring a bell on the roof — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1811, line 12: «The promise: Halfman says "Oh, anything" to get his wife back, and this promise later brings trouble to his own son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «halfman» (+4); the same action «say» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yeah, but why's the ogress so well angry, mate?

1. Her tower got nicked — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her daughters and husband are all dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Her mum kicked her out — no support
4. Her cat ran off with the rope — 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 ✗

And that rope trick, was she dim or what?

1. She was asleep the whole time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She just trusted him, like, straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She was checking the knots, proper careful — no support
4. She wanted to fly up 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

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Where's Halfman kipping when the ogress finds him?

1. By the brook, all wet — no support
2. In a desert place, miles from anywhere — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. In the middle of a market — no support
4. In his dad's posh bedroom — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1811, line 11: «Where again: Halfman lies down to sleep "in a desert place", and the ogress wakes him "while it was still dark".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «halfman» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the ogress want in return for helping him, bruv?

1. A ride on his horse — no support
2. Half his dad's money — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. His new trainers — no support
4. The first son Halfman has — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 697, line 10: «Why: the ogress says "I will keep my word", so the youth is free to go to his own land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did she actually kill the brother or what?

1. Yeah, she stung him behind the ear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he just got a bit poorly — no support
3. Yeah, she drowned him in the brook — no support
4. Nah, he went off to foreign lands — 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 ✗

So his brothers were proper nasty then, yeah?

1. Yeah, they ran off to be pirates — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, they just took his bike — score 7
3. Nah, they gave him a bit of cake — score 7
4. Yeah, they left him to drown in the brook — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1519, line 1: «The youngest brother waves goodbye to his father where three roads meet and goes off alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go off» (+5); the same doer «youngest brother» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the judge believe him or what?

1. Nah, he made him pay a fine — no support
2. Nah, he sent him to bed early — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Yeah, he said Halfman had done well — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, he kicked him out of the house — 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 1397, line 5: «Pinocchio goes to the Monkey judge, who sends him to prison for four long months.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What's a forfeit, like, in proper English?

1. A type of fancy hat — no support
2. A big sort of fishing net — no support
3. A word for running really fast — no support
4. A payment you owe for breaking a promise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 162, line 17: «What does "forfeit" mean? It means a penalty you must pay for breaking a promise, so "your head shall pay forfeit" means you lose your head.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «break» (+2); the same thing acted on «promise» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the boy forget the message, lol?

1. He was sick in bed all day — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. He lost the ring down a drain — score -3
3. He was too busy with his new clothes — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He was on the phone to his mates — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1771, line 12: «A quote: The children, who had had "nothing to eat since their father had left them," come rushing with "knives in their right hands and forks in their left."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

How did the ogress make sure he'd remember, innit?

1. She got his mum to shout it — no support
2. She wrote it on his hand — no support
3. She sent a pigeon with it — no support
4. She gave him a ring to wear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1811, line 19: «The ring: the ogress gives the boy a ring "so you won't forget", which makes him remember her message the next day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the mum well upset about her son going off?

1. Yeah, she cried and kissed him loads — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she didn't even notice — no support
3. Nah, she was happy, like, dancing — no support
4. Yeah, she made him stay in bed — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 882, line 9: «Why: The old toad wanted Tiny for her son and said "What a pretty little wife this would make for my son".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same doer «little wife» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So where's the boy off to, then, proper?

1. To the judge's house for tea — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. To school with his mates — score 6
3. To the market for sweets — score 6
4. With the ogress, to foreign lands — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 459, line 9: «Why: the sons want to find their mother, so they ask the king, "Where is our mother?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); the same doer «mother» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the ogress was dispatched by the protagonist?

1. By the drowning of her body in the nearby brook — no support
2. By the deliberate burning of her habitation — no support
3. By the venom of a scorpion placed in her bed — no support
4. By the sudden release of the rope she was grasping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 461, line 6: «fact: Who: a golden-haired hero, betrothed to the maiden in his youth, is murdered on her father's orders in a Kirghiz story.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «fact» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the object by which the young child was bound to the ogress?

1. A sheet wrapped about his shoulders — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A chain fastened about his wrist — no support
3. A ring placed upon his finger — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A rope tied about his waist — 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the judgement delivered by the presiding magistrate upon the conduct of the protagonist?

1. He declared that the protagonist must leave the household — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He declared that the protagonist had acted well — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He declared that the protagonist had acted wrongly — no support
4. He declared that the brothers had acted rightly — 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 ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the emotional state of the protagonist's father upon the protagonist's return?

1. He laughed at the story his son told — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. He wept in grief for the deceased brother — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He rejoiced loudly at the return of his son — score -1
4. He slept soundly through the entire evening — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1779, line 6: «Petru, the youngest brother, is the hero of this part, and he is the one who goes after his brothers when they do not return.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: the same doer «one» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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