Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1941 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, who actually slew the dragon, for real?

1. the shepherd — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. the shepherd himself, no cap — score 4
3. the coachman, no cap, fr — score 4
4. the shepherd's dog Pepper, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1123, line 4: «The coachman finds the heads, makes the Princess swear twelve times that he slew the Dragon, and the town rejoices.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «slay» (+4); the same thing acted on «dragon» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «coachman» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the princess stay quiet and not say nothing?

1. cos the coachman threatened to chuck her in the river — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cos the coachman threatened to chuck her in the river and tell everyone she was lying, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. cos the coachman said he'd bin her in the river, innit — score -2
4. cos the king said so — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1653, line 12: «The princes lied by staying silent, because they "said nothing about what they had promised" for many years.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «say» (-1); the same doer «princes» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the stranger do when he got locked up?

1. he cried a lot — score 7
2. called his dog Mustard to bite the bars — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. he called his dog Pepper to chew the door — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. he called the king — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 2: «Sniffing the air, the stranger names the clover, the cows, the reapers and the moorhen, and says the river life is «the best in the world, if only you are stro…», 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 (+3); the same action «name» (+2); the same doer «stranger» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what's the napkin got on it, like?

1. some golden crown thing, fam — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a royal crown, like, lit — no support
3. gold stuff, dope — no support
4. a proper kingly crown, sick — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, how long did the wedding get put off, fam?

1. one whole year, then another, till the dragon was forgotten — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. two whole years, then done — no support
3. one whole year, then another, and then another one — no support
4. one whole year, then another — ✓ 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 ✗

Lowkey, what did the dogs turn into when they bounced?

1. three birds, flew off to the sky — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. three doves, flew up to the sun — no support
3. they turned to stone — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. three stars that floated off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1941, line 15: «The dogs become birds at the end, "and flew away into the heavens," which is a sign the dogs were magic.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «become» (-1); the same doer «dogs» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did the shepherd keep as proof, innit?

1. two dragon teeth in his pocket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -8
2. two dragon claws in his bag — no support
3. two teeth, bro — score -8
4. a tooth in his pocket — score -8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -8, tied with another option at -8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 666, line 17: «"Dazzled" means so dazzled by bright light that you cannot see clearly, which is why the shepherd shut his eyes tight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «shepherd» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, which dude got chucked in the dungeon at the end?

1. the coachman, the big liar, and his whole crew of mates — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. the coachman, the big liar — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. the cook, bruh — no support
4. the coachman, the big liar who tried to steal the wedding — no support

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 1934, line 13: «The Emperor condemns him "to death and to be thrown into a dark dungeon", which means he will be executed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «prince» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did the princess do when the dog walked in?

1. she clocked it and tied her napkin on it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. she screamed and ran — score 7
3. she hugged it and ran off with it — score 7
4. she gave it a bone and some bread — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1911, line 4: «He forgets her and marries a princess, so Helena dresses in gold, goes to the feast, and he falls for her without knowing who she is.», 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 (+3); the same action «marry» (+2); the same doer «prince» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, where did the coachman's plan go wrong, like?

1. the dog led the king to the stranger — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. the dog led the king straight to the stranger in the dungeon cell — score -1
3. the dog ran off to the forest — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. the guards caught the dog too soon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1764, line 12: «Why: the prince follows the maid's plan because she says "It is your only chance."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayo, how did the shepherd get out of that cell, real talk?

1. the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window and ran home to the mountain — no support
2. the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window with the king's guards chasing — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. the dog chewed the bolt and they left by the gate — no support
4. the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1941, line 17: «Old word: "dungeon" means a dark underground prison cell; today it is used for a deep, dark prison.», 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 (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what was the dragon's whole vibe, like?

1. a snake with wings, breathing fire, proper scary — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a giant wolf with fangs, breathing ice, proper wild — no support
3. a dog with horns, breathing smoke, proper big — no support
4. a big lizard, scary — 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 ✓

Lol, what did the shepherd say when he left the princess?

1. he'd be back soon — no support
2. he'd come back in three years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. he'd come back in one year — score -3
4. he'd return after two years — 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 1941, line 5: «On the wedding day the shepherd comes back with three dogs, escapes from prison, and proves the truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «come back» (-1); the same doer «shepherd» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the sister do, like, at the end?

1. she came to court and hugged her brother — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. she came to court and hugged her brother while the whole palace cheered — score 7
3. she came to court and hugged her brother and cried for ages — score 7
4. she left the farm and went to the king — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1308, line 12: «He leaves her only "a small pot and a vessel in which she could clean her corn", and she has no corn to clean.», 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 (+3); the same action «leave» (+2); the same doer «father» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did the shepherd retain as proof of his deed after the death of the dragon?

1. the two front teeth of the dragon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. the golden crown of the king — score 0
3. the two front teeth of the dragon, pulled from its jaw — score -3
4. the two front teeth of the dragon and its great burning scales — 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 1557, line 6: «Who: the Enchanter is a wicked man who keeps cats and mice, and his sister is "a powerful Fairy", so the magic here runs in a family.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wicked man» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the precise period of postponement the king granted before the marriage was solemnised?

1. one year, renewed twice — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. one year, renewed twice and then again after the dragon — no support
3. one year, renewed twice, until the dragon was truly gone and the palace agreed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. two years, renewed once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1662, line 16: «The fan grows big enough to hold the king and Aveline, who has come to give them good advice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+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 · wrong ✗

Upon whose instruction was the stranger's dog despatched to retrieve nourishment from the palace?

1. the coachman's secret order — no support
2. the princess's quiet plea — no support
3. the stranger's own command — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the stranger's own command, given from his cell — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1184, line 18: «What is the Dog's gift? A meal of "the flesh of lamb" and a bed in his cave, after which Covan wakes "a new man".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+4); the same action «gift» (+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 · right ✓

What was the eventual fate of the three dogs upon the conclusion of the narrative?

1. they turned to doves and rose — score 4
2. they became stars and sank — score 4
3. they became birds and flew to heaven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. they became doves and flew north — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1290, line 2: «He follows the horse tracks, and a yellow dog, a grey hawk and an otter each warn him and send him on his way.», 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 «yellow dog» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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