Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1938 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 ✗

Okay so the wife got to be king, right, and what was she sittin' on?

1. a great golden throne with six steps — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a wooden bench — no support
3. a gold throne — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a big gold throne in the middle of a huge hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 848, line 11: «The uppermost lion reminds him of King Canute, who "chained great England to Denmark's throne."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, what did she wanna be after king, like, what was the next level?

1. pope — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. emperor — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. monarch — score -2
4. lord — 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 1640, line 5: «A new tale begins: a king wants a beautiful wife, and his servant finds two poor sisters with soft hands.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «want» (-1); the same thing acted on «beautiful wife» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey the fisherman's wife was kinda extra, but what was she askin' for at the end?

1. be pope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to be a god — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. to be a pope — no support
4. a god — 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 ✗

Wait, so the flounder keeps sayin' something, what's the lil line he says every time?

1. Go home, your wife is already all she asks to be — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Return home; she is there now — score 5
3. Go home; she is that already — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Go back, she's that already — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 736, line 16: «The mouse accuses the cat: "You are a true friend! You have devoured all."», 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 «you» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr fr, what did the husband do when the wife woke him up at dawn?

1. jumped out of bed — no support
2. fell down — no support
3. woke up — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. fell out of bed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 692, line 1: «The prince wakes the bald-headed king and the king of the eagles with drops from his golden flask, and they thank him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, how was the sea when he got to the shore the first time?

1. dark and foaming — no support
2. a wild storm with waves higher than towers — no support
3. black, thick, and covered with cold foam — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. black and thick — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1305, line 19: «Word: a "strand" is the beach, the part of the shore that the sea washes over and covers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+1); the same doer «sea» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, how many little dudes stood on either side of the emperor?

1. 1 — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. six — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. 4 — score 0
4. two — 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 1609, line 14: «Mr. Joker is "mended in a hundred places" because he keeps trying to "stand upon his head."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «head» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); the same action «stand» (-4). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Okay real talk, why couldn't the wife sleep at all that night?

1. her greed kept her thinkin' — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she was angry all the night — no support
3. she was too worried about the cold and the bed — no support
4. her husband snored and kept waking her up all night — 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 ✓

Be so for real, what was the castle made outta?

1. polished marble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. marble polished by a thousand servants — no support
3. cut sandstone — no support
4. shining stone — 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 ✗

No cap, what did the wife wanna make rise with the sun?

1. the moon — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. the sun and man — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. the sun, the moon, and every man alive — score -1
4. the wind and tide — 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 1586, line 8: «What: the sun has made everything grey, even the paint on the house and the tops of the grass.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «make» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Deadass, where do they end up sittin' at the very end?

1. in the cold field — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. by the sea shore — score -3
3. in the same old hut they had before — no support
4. in the old hut — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1715, line 5: «The palace vanishes, and he ends up at the beggar's hut and then at the witch Corva's house, where he is hired to look after horses.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end up» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «hut» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey tho, what did the wife do to her husband with her foot?

1. kicked him hard in the ribs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. poked him — no support
3. pushed him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. hit him — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how many crowns did she wear when she was pope?

1. one — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. seven — no support
3. three — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. two — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1664, line 10: «The carpenter's wife says, "You are getting worse, my dear," and he trusts every word she says, so he lies down and lets her do as she pleases.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «word» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the narrative, state the final situation of the wife as described at the conclusion of the tale.

1. She returns to the old hut again. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She is back home. — no support
3. She is returned to her former hut. — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She is sent back to the cottage. — 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 · right ✓

With reference to the narrative, identify the object from which the wife's requests are obtained in the course of the tale.

1. the flounder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the magic sea — no support
3. the fish — no support
4. a fish — 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 ✗

With reference to the narrative, identify the ultimate office the wife desires after that of pope.

1. a duke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a king — no support
3. a god — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. pope — 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 ✗

With reference to the narrative, identify the principal characteristic displayed by the wife throughout the tale.

1. a constant and unending desire for more power — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the wish to be above all other humans and gods — no support
3. great selfishness — no support
4. insatiable greed — ✓ 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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