Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1932 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 ✗

Mate, how did the servant suddenly get the ducks' talk?

1. He'd eaten a little bit of the white snake that the cook had cooked for the King. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He'd eaten a bit of the white snake. — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He'd tasted a small piece of the white snake from the covered dish at the palace table. — score 2
4. He'd eaten the black snake. — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1641, line 19: «Old word: "in service" means working as a servant in someone's house; today we say "working for" a family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, which bird ended up on the dinner plate?

1. the duck with the ring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. the hen — no support
3. the duck with the wings — score 2
4. the goose — no support

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 14, line 16: «When the Hatter wants a clean cup, all move one place on; only the Hatter gains, and Alice is worse off, because the March Hare had upset the milk-jug into his…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «plate» (+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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the King go mad at the servant?

1. He was rude. — no support
2. Ring was lost. — score -1
3. The King's crown went missing. — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. The Queen's ring went missing. — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1742, line 5: «They fly to warm lands, where a flower King crowns her, gives her wings, and renames her May Blossom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crown» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, what did the fishes do once they got freed?

1. They promised to pay him. — score 5
2. They promised to repay him. — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. They swam away and promised to repay him whenever he needed help in the future. — score 5
4. They promised to repay him one day with a great reward of gold and silver from the lake. — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1760, line 10: «The fish begs, "help me, and put me back into the river," and promises to repay the prince "some day."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fish» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «repay» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey gutted, what did the ravens' parents do to their babies?

1. They fed them. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They kicked them out of the nest. — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. They flew away. — score 3
4. They threw them off the branch. — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1762, line 19: «The king gives his baby for the daughter of a peasant, and the stranger later takes the girl away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «give» (+1); the same thing acted on «baby» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Fr, what'd the servant give the hungry ravens?

1. the last piece of his bread and his horse — score 5
2. his horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. his fine white horse from the royal stables — score 5
4. his dog — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1685, line 14: «The swineherd's daughter is paid "a piece of gold", which shows that the king is willing to trade another girl for his own.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «piece» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, how many sacks of millet, like for real?

1. 3 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. five — no support
3. ten — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 8 — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So what's the princess's last demand, mate?

1. an apple from the tree of life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a plum — no support
3. a pear — no support
4. an apple from the tree of death — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, how many fishes did he save, though?

1. three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. thirteen fishes from the lake — score -1
3. four — score -5
4. eleven fishes in total — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1932, line 4: «The servant rides off, saves three fishes, warns the Ant-King's people, and feeds hungry young ravens with his horse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, who held the mussel in its mouth?

1. the middle fish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. the middle fish which the servant freed from the net — score 5
3. the small fish — score 5
4. the largest fish, the one who had sworn to repay him — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1720, line 11: «The tiny mouse sees that the Princess keeps the ring "in her mouth" every night.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «tiny mouse» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, who is the proud one in the story?

1. the servant, who was the proudest of all at court — score 3
2. the King's son — no support
3. the King's daughter who refused the poor youth as her husband — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. the King's daughter — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1167, line 5: «The king copies the table and keeps the real one, so Jack breaks the copy, and the king gives back the real table and his daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was the Ant-King mad about?

1. the servant digging up his whole kingdom of ants and destroying the hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the horse crushing his people — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the ravens stealing his food — no support
4. the horse trampling his people while racing through the ant hill near the palace — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, what did the cook say about the duck?

1. She'd spared no pains to stuff herself with the best grain in the whole palace kitchen. — score 5
2. She'd spared no pains to stuff herself. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. She'd spared no effort to cook it. — score -1
4. She'd spared no pains to stuff herself, so the duck was ready for the King's table. — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1932, line 12: «Why the cook is joking: he says she "has spared no pains to stuff herself well", meaning she has eaten a lot of food.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spare» (+7); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following did the servant consume from the covered dish before he understood the speech of the sparrows?

1. a small piece of the black toad — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a small piece of the white snake — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. a large piece of the white snake that the cook had roasted on the spit — no support
4. a small piece of the white snake, and then a cup of wine from the King's cellar — score 1

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 1223, line 3: «The little brother sets out with his dog Redmouth, shoots a burning arrow at a tree, and follows a small bear servant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «follow» (+3). Against it: the same property (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following animals was, by its own account, the one that had swallowed the missing ring?

1. the fat duck that had been resting by the stream in the yard all afternoon long — no support
2. the duck resting by the stream, which had swallowed the Queen's ring while drinking water — score 0
3. the swan resting by the river — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. the duck resting by the stream — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1236, line 12: «Why: the king's patience gives way, so he says the feather belongs to the one who finds the hen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «feather» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following tasks did the princess set the youth in the garden before demanding the apple?

1. spreading ten sacks of grain over the field — no support
2. spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass before dawn in the royal garden — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass and then waiting for the ants to gather it — no support
4. spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass — ✓ the right answer · 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 634, line 11: «The Blue Bird flew out after it "spread" its wings on the yellow page.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «spread» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following was the final condition the princess imposed before she would accept the youth as her husband?

1. the bringing of a pear from the orchard — no support
2. the bringing of an apple from the tree of life that grows in a hidden garden beyond the sea — score 1
3. the bringing of an apple from the tree of life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the gift of an apple from the king — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 761, line 13: «The princess says the youth shall not be her husband until he brings "an apple from the Tree of Life."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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