Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the golden lad is turned to stone
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1931 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 ✓
Mate, what was the fisher's wife always going on about?
- 1. where the riches came from — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the money — no support
- 3. why the riches came from the sea — no support
- 4. where the treasure went — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Proper gutted, right? What happened when the hubby spilled the secret?
- 1. the castle and cupboard vanished and the fish swam away — score 7
- 2. the castle and cupboard vanished and they were poor again — score 7
- 3. the cupboard and table burned — no support
- 4. the castle and cupboard vanished — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 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 1931, line 1: «The fisher's wife nags her husband until he blurts out the secret, and the castle vanishes again.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «castle» (+5); the same action «vanish» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, how many bits did he chop the fish into?
- 1. four — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. six — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. 1 — score 0
- 4. nine — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+1). Against it: the same action «wait» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Like, what happened to the golden lilies when one of the lads was in bother?
- 1. they died — no support
- 2. they drooped and fell down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. they bowed and went grey — no support
- 4. they wilted — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 375, line 9: «Why: the Fox danced so the Pheasants stared until "they lost their hold on the limb," and fell down one by one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «fall down» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, why did the first brother bottle it and head home?
- 1. the folk at the inn were taking the mick out of them — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the people at the inn were laughing — no support
- 3. the locals at the bar were mocking — no support
- 4. the folk at the inn were taking the mick — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sus stuff, but how did the golden lad hide his gold?
- 1. wrapped himself in wolf skins — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. wrapped himself in bearskins — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. wrapped himself in bearskins and hid in the cave — no support
- 4. wrapped himself in thick bearskins and fled the forest — 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 ✗
Dead funny, what did the robbers reckon he was?
- 1. a poor woodcutter — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. a lost shepherd — no support
- 3. a poor bear-keeper — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. a beggar — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1836, line 14: «Why: in the dog story the merchant kills his dog because he thinks "No dog, no loan."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «merchant» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «think» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what did the bride's dad try to do when he found out?
- 1. beat him with a stick — no support
- 2. rush at him with a sword to kill him — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. rush at him to kill him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. chase him out the door — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1917, line 15: «Becalmed means a ship has no wind to move it, a state that would try even "the most patient of men".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «ship» (-5). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Wicked, what did the golden lad dream about?
- 1. a noble stag — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a wild boar — no support
- 3. a noble stag leading him into a dark forest — no support
- 4. a noble stag with golden antlers and a crown — 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 ✗
Right, what did the witch do when her dog got threatened?
- 1. locked him in a cage — score 3
- 2. turned him into rock — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. turned him to stone — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. cursed him — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 218, line 5: «Her magician daughter sprinkles water on him, and he becomes a man again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «become» (+1); the same thing acted on «man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Gonna be honest, what did the golden lad call the dog?
- 1. a little toad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. a little toad with a golden bell — score 0
- 3. a little wolf — score 0
- 4. a little toad that bites the witch — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 876, line 15: «The dog is "a little black animal" that she does not know, because she has never seen one before.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «little black animal» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit, how does the second brother sort it with the witch?
- 1. threatens to bind her fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. threatens to shoot her down with his bow — no support
- 3. threatens to shoot her down unless she lifts the spell — no support
- 4. threatens to shoot her down — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
With what number of portions did the father's division of the golden fish conclude?
- 1. six equal portions of golden fish — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. four parts — no support
- 3. eight portions — no support
- 4. six portions — ✓ 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which faculty did the golden lad lose upon the witch's enchantment?
- 1. the power of movement in his legs and arms — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. the power of movement — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. the use of his hands — no support
- 4. the power of movement and speech — 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 1885, line 12: «Featherhead: he finds Celandine by a brook, and the enchantment moves to him, so he loses his good looks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which prohibition did the wife's curiosity repeatedly violate?
- 1. the injunction against disclosure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the warning about the cupboard — no support
- 3. the command about the castle — no support
- 4. the promise — 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 ✗
By what means did the golden lad conceal his golden colour from the forest robbers?
- 1. by hiding in the bushes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. by covering himself in bearskins — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. by covering himself in thick bearskins and dirt — no support
- 4. by wearing dark robes — 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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