English Fairy Tales, Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar, part 5: the Vinegars' gold is traded away piece by piece

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1946 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 so where did the Vinegars actually live, like a house?

1. a tree — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. in a box — score 0
3. in a bottle — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. in a barrel — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1769, line 6: «Who: Stan and his wife, who live in a little house on the outskirts of the village, and a dragon who serves an ancient mother.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «live» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what made their whole house fall apart?

1. a window crash — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a broom thump — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a loud broom thump from the roof — no support
4. a broom thump and a falling chimney — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, who climbed the tree with the door?

1. Mr. Vinegar — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Mrs. Vinegar — no support
3. the wife — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. the thief — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1809, line 17: «Old word: "waxed" means grew or became greater; today we would say "grew", as in "love waxed greater".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wax» (+4); the same thing acted on «old word» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, how many guineas did the wife say to spend?

1. ninety — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. forty — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. twenty — score 3
4. fifty — 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 1938, line 4: «At dawn she wakes her husband and orders him to ask the flounder to make her a god, so the sun and man will rise at her command.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+2); the same doer «wife» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

fr, what did he swap the cow for?

1. silver bagpipes with ribbons — no support
2. a fiddle — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. bagpipes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the old bagpipes and a cow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1825, line 4: «The fiddle sounds so sweet that the Jogi earns plenty of begging money, but when he gets drunk at a chief's house the chief's family swaps it for an old one, a…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

be so for real, what did the thieves do when the door dropped?

1. bolted out of the forest in fright — no support
2. bolted — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. scampered away into the dark woods — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. fled off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1946, line 11: «fact: What: the door "shook down" on the thieves, who "scampered" away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «scamper away» (+2). Against it: the same property (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

deadass, what did the crowd do with the bagpipe guy?

1. followed him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. cheered for him — no support
3. laughed at him — no support
4. chased — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

ong, what did the glove man say about his hands?

1. toasty warm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. snug as a bug — score 2
3. quite cool — score 3
4. toasty warm like a fire — score 2

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 4, line 6: «Alice finds she has put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves, which tells her she is growing small again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «little white kid gloves» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, how did the Vinegars sleep up in that tree?

1. on the door high in the oak tree — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. on the door up in the tree — score -2
3. on the roof — score -2
4. on the door — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1946, line 2: «At nightfall they sleep on the door, which Mr. Vinegar has dragged up into a tree, while thieves below share out their loot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same place «tree» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, what did the thieves call the money they split?

1. cash — score -2
2. coins — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. gold — score -2
4. booty — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1107, line 19: «Old word: a "rouble" was Russian money, and a "farthing" was a tiny old English coin worth a quarter of a penny.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

ngl, why was Mr. V's whole deal kinda wild?

1. he kept swapping stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he swapped his wife's cow for a broken door — no support
3. he kept buying things — no support
4. he kept swapping stuff for things he didn't need — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, what was the last deal word he said?

1. Done! — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes — no support
3. Done, it's a deal, old chap! — score 3
4. Agreed, it's a fair trade! — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1582, line 15: «Old word: To "wield" a sword means to hold it and swing it, so Cinderlad is strong enough to use the sword with ease.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same doer «old word» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Mr. Vinegar finally receive in exchange for the bagpipes?

1. a pair of boots — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. gloves — no support
3. a pair of gloves — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a warm cloak — 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 ✗

Upon what did the thieves divide their booty beneath the forest tree?

1. the cold stone — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. a mossy log — score 2
3. grass — score 2
4. the ground — ✓ the right answer · 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 709, line 10: «Where: the inn "lay at the edge of a forest," and the road split in two in a small opening in the trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «split» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What action did Mr. Vinegar perform in order to shelter his wife through the night?

1. he dragged the door into the tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. he dragged the door into the tree and tied it fast with rope — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. he hauled the wooden gate away — no support
4. he dragged the heavy door up into the tree at night — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 575, line 8: «Where: the action takes place in Brer Rabbit's house, at the chest, the cupboard, the cellar and the fire.», 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 «action» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which sum of money did Mrs. Vinegar instruct her husband to expend upon a cow?

1. forty guineas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fifty guineas — no support
3. ten guineas — no support
4. a cow — 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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