Grimm's Household Tales, The Many-Furred Creature: the ring, the reel and the wedding

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1924 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, did the Many-Furred Creature really cook the King's soup, or did the cook just say that?

1. The cook really cooked it himself — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She cooked it herself, and the cook had to confess his lie to the King — score 2
3. She only watched the cook work — no support
4. She cooked it, and the cook had to confess — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 359, line 10: «How: the cat "leaped out upon them", and "what havoc she did make among the trou-ble-some creatures".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «cat» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the King end up tearing her cloak off?

1. He had heard the cook confess to everything — no support
2. He had seen the white finger and the ring and then the cook confessed — no support
3. He had seen the white finger and the ring — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He had seen the white finger and the ring and then remembered the golden hair — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1924, line 4: «In her hurry one finger stays white with soot, the King grabs her, and her cloak is torn off to show her golden hair.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did she put in the soup at the second feast, the spoon or the spinning-wheel?

1. the silver spoon — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a golden ring — score 2
3. the spoon — score 2
4. the golden spinning-wheel — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1790, line 20: «Old word: "bewitched" means put under a magic spell, which is what the fairy did to Jem.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+6). Against it: the same action «put» (-2); the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, was she a proper witch, or did the cook just reckon she was one?

1. She was a witch — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The cook just reckoned it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nobody knew for certain — no support
4. She was a proper witch — score 2

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 1758, line 13: «The second brother touches the fox with the rod himself, and then he knows the old woman is a witch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Init, why couldn't she take the dress off after the third feast?

1. She had lost the golden key — no support
2. The dress was stuck — no support
3. She stayed past the half-hour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The King had locked the door — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1924, line 14: «She stays past the half-hour, so she cannot take off the star-dress and only throws the fur cloak over it.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «stay» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead wicked, what colour was her hair when it fell down?

1. brown — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. golden — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. as golden as the sun at dawn — score -2
4. golden like the wheat in the autumn fields — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1761, line 19: «The queen cuts off "all her beautiful long brown hair" and goes out into the wide world with her lute.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did the King call her when everything was sorted?

1. his love — score 2
2. his dear sweetheart — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. his dear bride — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. his wife — score 3

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 1883, line 9: «Why: the Fairy loves children, and "little Prince Featherhead, who never cried and grew prettier day by day, quite won her heart."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+6). Against it: the same doer «little prince featherhead» (-1); the same action «cry» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, so who ended up marrying who in the end?

1. the King and the Many-Furred Creature who had cooked the soup — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the King and the Many-Furred Creature — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the prince and the Many-Furred Creature — no support
4. the King, the cook and the Many-Furred Creature all together in the castle — 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 ✗

Sus, did the King try to keep her hands or let her go?

1. He tried to drag her away — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He let her go — no support
3. He let her go and bowed — score 3
4. He wanted to keep her hands in his — ✓ 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 1199, line 12: «Why: the king is angry because his daughter has refused all the kings and princes who sought her hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seek» (+2); the same doer «princes» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the prince give his first love before going off?

1. a silver ring — no support
2. nothing — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. a ring — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a letter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1914, line 10: «fact: The dwarfs agreed because "there is nothing they love so much as being amused."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «nothing» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, why did the prince have to leave his girl?

1. He was bored — score 1
2. The King had sent for him — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. His dad was dying — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. His mother was ill — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1254, line 5: «The king, who once left this baby to die, makes him a soldier, and then a dog dies after eating his scraps.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ay, what did the prince's dad want him to do before he died?

1. marry the King's daughter — score 0
2. marry the neighbour's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. marry the neighbour's daughter and rule both lands — score 0
4. wed a princess from the north — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1923, line 14: «Who is the dying Queen? A wife "with golden hair", who makes the King promise to marry only a bride just as beautiful.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did the Princess ask her dad for when she was sad?

1. eleven girls who looked just like her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. eleven girls who looked just like her from the far village in the north — score 3
3. eleven girls who looked just like her and could dance the same — score 3
4. eleven boys who looked just like him — 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 1903, line 10: «The Prince was hot and thirsty when he came to the farm, and he asked for "a drink of cider".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What is the name given to the object that the King finds at the bottom of his soup dish during the first feast?

1. a gold ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a key — no support
3. a golden coin — no support
4. a pearl — 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 · wrong ✗

Describe the manner in which the King first identifies the Many-Furred Creature as the true cook of the soup.

1. by the confession of the cook — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. by the confession of the cook after he was threatened — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. by the confession of the cook and the testimony of the whole court — no support
4. through a letter from the cook — 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 1871, line 3: «In the King's kitchen the cook drops him into the broth-pot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the colour of the hair of the Many-Furred Creature when it was released from the fur cloak.

1. golden — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. dark — no support
3. grey — no support
4. brown — 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 ✗

Identify the title of the story that begins immediately after the conclusion of The Many-Furred Creature.

1. The Twelve Huntsmen and the Prince — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Twelve Huntsmen of the Forest Kingdom — no support
3. The Seven Ravens — no support
4. The Twelve Huntsmen — ✓ 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

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