English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1944 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 ✗

Bruv, the imp's name is Tom Tit Tot, yeah, like he sings it while he spins?

1. Yeah, he was singing about his name — score 4
2. Yeah, he belted it out so loud the whole village heard him singing away at his wheel all night long, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, he sang it proper loud, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yeah, he sang it proper loud while spinning, and everyone in the cottage could hear him going at it, innit — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1888, line 12: «Why he signs: he is "seized with a violent desire" to join, and he writes only the name "Mannikin" on the paper.», 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 «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «name» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So she guessed Solomon and Zebedee, right, and both were trash?

1. Yeah, Zebedee was a total miss — no support
2. Yeah, both were well wrong, lol — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Yeah, both were well wrong, lol, and then she tried a whole list of names before the big one finally landed — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, both were well wrong, lol, and she had to keep guessing names until she finally got the one that worked on him — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1803, line 2: «Then a new tale begins: a peasant woman has three sons, and she gives each of them a skein of flax to test their brides.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «test» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, did the imp just get gutted and dip when she said the name?

1. Yeah, he shrieked and bolted, sick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he just sat there, dull — no support
3. Nah, he stayed — no support
4. Yeah, he panicked and ran, mad — 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 ✗

Lookye, the mallet thing, the whole cellar was crying, dead dramatic, yeah?

1. Yeah, they were proper blubbing and wailing all night long, bare drama, and the cellar was flooded with tears — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, they were just chilling, mate — no support
3. Yeah, they were proper blubbing, bare drama, and the mallet was basically about to drop on the baby's head — no support
4. Yeah, they were proper blubbing, bare drama — ✓ 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 ✗

So the gentleman gets sick of them and he's like, "three bigger sillies, I'm back"?

1. Yeah, then he's back in town, peace — score 2
2. Yeah, then he's off on his travels again, peace, and he never comes back to that farm or those daft folks — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, then he's stuck with them, mate — score 1
4. Yeah, then he's off on his travels, peace — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1944, line 12: «The gentleman says "I never met three such big sillies as you three before" and promises to return and marry her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+2); the same doer «gentleman» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

The woman with the cow on the roof, what a donut, right?

1. Yeah, she got stuck in the chimney, mad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, she got stuck in the chimney and smothered, mad, after all that fuss with the ladder and the cow — no support
3. Yeah, she fell off the roof, mad — no support
4. Yeah, she got stuck in the chimney with the cow still on the roof, and it all went wrong, mad — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the trousers bloke was trying to jump in like a wally, bruh?

1. Yeah, he was hopping all over the room with his trousers round his ankles, dead funny, honestly, lol, like a wally — no support
2. Yeah, he was hopping about, dead funny — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he was rolling about, dead rude — no support
4. Yeah, he was hopping about on one leg trying to get the trousers on, dead funny, and everyone in the inn was watching — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1085, line 5: «She flees at the stroke of twelve, leaving a slipper; the next day the Prince's men try it on every foot, and it fits Cinderilla.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the villagers with rakes and brooms are trying to get the moon out?

1. Yeah, they thought it had sunk, proper — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nah, just sweeping — no support
3. Yeah, they thought it had fallen in, proper — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, they're cleaning the pond, bruv — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 476, line 14: «His answer: "I have been in the other world!" which is a joke the villagers may not believe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2); the same doer «villagers» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

And the gentleman just says it's only the shadow, lol, what a nob?

1. Yeah, the moon's still up there, obviously — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he's right, the moon's a shadow, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, obviously — no support
4. Nah, he's wrong, it's gone, lol — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1832, line 6: «fact: Who: Gangazara, a holy man who is said to be a god, and the goldsmith who told the king a lie about his father.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is the imp gone for good, or is he coming back for the girl?

1. Yeah, he's back, she saw him again — score 3
2. Gone for good, she never saw him again — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Gone for good, she never saw him again after that night in the cottage when he flew off into the dark — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Nah, he's coming back, mate, for sure — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1944, line 3: «She shouts "NIMMY NIMMY NOT, YOUR NAME'S TOM TIT TOT!", the imp shrieks, and he flies off into the dark for good.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «dark» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, was the girl a total genius for cracking the name?

1. Yeah, she was clever, but dull, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, she was just lucky, mate — no support
3. Yeah, she was top of the class, no cap — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, genius — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1850, line 6: «The clever girl says, "The city, though crowded with people, was as if dead, as far as you were concerned," so the riddle means the living were unkind while th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «clever girl» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, which silly is the wildest, the cow lady or trousers guy?

1. the cow lady, she got stuck up a chimney and then smothered in soot, honestly the wildest thing in the whole story — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the cow lady, she got stuck up a chimney and smothered, which is wilder than anything the trousers guy did — no support
3. the cow lady, she got stuck up a chimney — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the trousers bloke, he hopped around — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which name did the imp sing at his spinning-wheel, as recorded in the text?

1. Tom Tit — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Tim Tot Tit — score 3
3. Tom Tit Tot — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Tot — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1944, line 7: «WHAT: the imp sings "Nimmy nimmy not, my name's Tom Tit Tot," and the girl guesses it at last.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+2); the same doer «imp» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What conclusion did the gentleman reach concerning the farmer's household in the cellar?

1. that they were sillies — no support
2. that they were all quite sensible — no support
3. that they were three great fools — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. that they were three great sillies — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1655, line 20: «Old word: "befool" means to trick someone or make a fool of them; today we say fool or trick.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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 ✗

What was the cow's initial response to the ladder placed before her?

1. She stepped up at once — no support
2. She ate grass — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. She ran off — no support
4. She refused to climb it — ✓ the right answer · 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 1314, line 2: «The next morning a fine red cow stands on the shore, eating seaweed and giving the best milk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «fine red cow» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the gentleman conclude about the reflection of the moon in the pond?

1. It was the sun's reflection too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was only the shadow of a cloud — no support
3. It was a lamp — no support
4. It was only its shadow in the water — ✓ 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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