Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1914 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, so did the dwarfs actually let him dance again or nah?

1. yep, they let him dance once more, but only if he kept the secret — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yep, they let him dance once more — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yep, they let him dance once more before the moon set — no support
4. nope, they refused him outright — 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 ✗

ngl, how big were his cheeks after the dwarfs' curse?

1. two big cheeks, like a squirrel — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. two big ones, like a hamster — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. two big ones, like a hamster storing nuts for winter — no support
4. two huge ones, like a hamster with a mouthful of seeds — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1657, line 16: «OLD WORD: A "hag" is an ugly, wicked old woman, and the witch is called this in the text; today we say "hag" for a nasty old woman in stories.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ugly wicked old woman» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did the dwarfs say he brought with him?

1. just a nut — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. one big cheek — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a bag of nuts — no support
4. a bag — 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 ✗

bruh, why did the dwarfs even bother with his dancing?

1. they love being entertained by any human who dares to dance — no support
2. they love being entertained — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. because they were amused — no support
4. they love being entertained, and he made them laugh greatly — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 645, line 15: «The dwarfs say they are "made, throughout, of the very best sealskin," and their hearts are "like little fat sealskin purses."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «dwarfs» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

lowkey, how did the leader cure him?

1. he said his face was cured and sent him home at once — score 0
2. he said his face was cured after touching it with a leaf — score 0
3. he waved and said so — no support
4. he said his face was cured — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1914, line 5: «The leader cures his face, and Hok Lee makes a fortune by selling his secret before he dies in peace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cure» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «face» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, what did Hok Lee do with all that money?

1. he got rich — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he got rich and chilled — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he bought a fine house — no support
4. he bought land — 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 ✗

fr, what did people pay him for at the end?

1. a secret of the woods — score -1
2. the dwarfs' secret cure, which only they knew how to brew — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. a cure — score -1
4. the dwarfs' secret cure — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1135, line 9: «fact: Why: he leaps into the pool so that the people will know his strength.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: the same doer «people» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

so how long did this whole money-making thing go on?

1. a few decades — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a few years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. several years — no support
4. a month — 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 ✗

bet, why did he swear all those people to secrecy?

1. to keep it all quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to keep the money coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. for cash — no support
4. for profit — 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 ✗

wait, did the doctor help him out at all?

1. nope, the doctor had gone — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nope, the doctor had gone off to the far city long before — score 2
3. yes, the doctor came back later and did help him after all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. yes, but only a little — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 680, line 3: «Soon the king, the queen and their children have noses growing longer and longer, and no doctor can help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+2); the same doer «doctor» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

what was the first thing he did after the cure?

1. he went home to tell his wife the wonderful news about it all — no support
2. he went home at once — no support
3. went to bed happy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. he went to bed happy and slept soundly until noon the next day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 827, line 2: «A new tale begins: the flax blooms with blue flowers and feels proud, sure that it is the happiest thing in the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «flax» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did he keep his promise to stop robbing?

1. nope, he robbed once more — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he robbed a bit more — no support
3. yeah, he never robbed again — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, he never robbed again, not even once in his whole life — 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 ✓

honestly, how did his neighbours react to his cure?

1. they were all over him, asking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. they gathered and begged him — score 4
3. they came round and asked him — score 4
4. they were all over him, asking him questions day and night about it — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 723, line 11: «She puts out the light in the hall and runs to a neighbour, who asks, "Who is there so late?" from her window.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «neighbour» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

so what happened to his face when he woke up after the threat?

1. it swelled up huge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. it shrank — no support
3. it turned bright red — no support
4. it hurt — 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 ✗

Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs granted Hok Lee a further opportunity to dance?

1. They enjoyed it — score 2
2. They derived pleasure from being entertained — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They were eager to see Hok Lee's dance once more — score 5
4. They took delight in the skill of the human dancer — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 5: «Out of breath, the Queen asks Alice if she has seen the Mock Turtle, «the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from», and takes her to meet him. As they leave, Alice…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the location at which Hok Lee awaited the dwarfs upon his return to the forest.

1. Beneath the tree from which he had previously fallen — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Beneath the tree from which he had previously fallen while climbing for fruit in the forest — score 1
3. Below the branch from which he had earlier dropped — no support
4. Beneath the tall tree from which he had previously and painfully fallen — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1914, line 8: «fact: Hok Lee sat "under the tree from which he had fallen" in the forest, waiting for the dwarfs to come out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the precise manner in which Hok Lee executed his dance before the assembled dwarfs.

1. Starting with slow steps then turning wild — no support
2. Commencing slowly and accelerating progressively until he was spinning wildly before them — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Commencing slowly and accelerating progressively — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Beginning gently and speeding up over time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1914, line 14: «fact: The rich neighbour paid Hok Lee for the secret, and Hok Lee told him "of the dwarfs and their dances."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hok» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the principal consequence for Hok Lee of his subsequent dealings in the secret of the dwarfs.

1. He accumulated considerable wealth through his dealings and died contented in his bed at home — score 0
2. He gained wealth and passed away content — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He accumulated considerable wealth and died contented — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He accumulated considerable wealth and died contented, surrounded by loving family and friends — no support

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 1914, line 5: «The leader cures his face, and Hok Lee makes a fortune by selling his secret before he dies in peace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+2); the same doer «lee» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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