English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1947 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 ✗

Oi, mate, what did Vinegar swap his gloves for, like, honest?

1. a cane — no support
2. a load of loot, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. a good stout stick — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a stick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 4, 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 the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swap» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what did the parrot call him, a total mug?

1. a dim geezer — no support
2. a mug — no support
3. a foolish man — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. a div — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1939, line 16: «Old word: a "boudoir" was a lady's small private sitting room, and today we would call it a small private room or study.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: the same action «call» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did his missus give him a proper telling-off, or what?

1. a right good clip — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a slap — no support
3. a telling-off — no support
4. a sound cudgelling — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Who had no kids for ages before the baby came, innit?

1. the king and the queen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the baker and his missus — no support
3. the king and queen, who were rich, innit — score 3
4. the farmer and his wife — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1530, line 5: «She builds a ladder from chicken bones, sticks her little finger on the top, and the Pig comes home, turns into a dove, and becomes a man.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «mother» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the giant want for carrying the king, the dead cheek?

1. Nix Nought Nothing — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the king's own crown — score 3
3. a gold ring — score 3
4. the king's dog — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1322, line 9: «Why: the giant wants the prince to finish three hard tasks, or else "thy blood shall pay for it," as he says more than once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «giant» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the king say yes, was he being a div?

1. he was tired of walking home — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. he never heard the boy's name at the gate — score 0
3. he never heard the boy's name — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. he was afraid of the giant — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1941, line 3: «The princess goes home, but the coachman threatens her, so she promises to say he was the hero.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «princess» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which boys did the giant bash on the stone, like, dead?

1. the gardener's boy and Nix — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the gardener's boy and the cook — score 2
3. the hen-wife's boy and the gardener's — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the cook's boy — 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 1221, line 17: «Old word: a "page" was a young boy who served a lord and trained to be a knight; today it means a sheet of paper or a boy who runs errands.», 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, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What time did Nix say it was, to save his skin?

1. his dad having his supper — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. his dad's brother coming — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. his dad having his supper at the table — no support
4. the time his mother takes up the eggs at dusk — 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 1438, line 4: «explain: The Beast says the merchant must die, but he spares him if one of his daughters comes willingly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What job did the giant give Nix for the stable, a proper nightmare?

1. scrub and clean every bit of it by tomorrow night — score -2
2. clean it by tomorrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. muck it out by noon — score 1
4. clean it all by tomorrow morning, no excuses — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1824, line 19: «Who: the seven brothers' wives are jealous of their sister, who cooks and "stopped at home," and they want her job for one of themselves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wives» (+1); 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Who sorted the stable out, was it the daughter, or what?

1. the king's old maid — score -1
2. the giant's daughter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. the giant's wife — score 1
4. the cook — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1943, line 20: «Why the king stops laughing: he says he went hunting on his "hobby," which means his horse, and heard a humming in a chalk-pit.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did they get the fish to do, like, drink the lake dry?

1. dry the lake out — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. drink up the lake — no support
3. drink the water of the whole lake dry — no support
4. drink 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

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

How'd they get down the big tree, with no branches, bruv?

1. steps made of hands and feet — no support
2. steps made of toes and fingers up the trunk — no support
3. a rope with knots and loops — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. steps made of toes and fingers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1200, line 15: «Where he finds water: on a hill he sees "a giant tree" with grass, flowers and a spring, and he drinks his fill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «giant tree» (+1); a different action (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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did she chuck down to block the giant, proper quick?

1. her golden comb from her hair — no support
2. her shoe — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. her brush and a bag of salt — score 1
4. her comb — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1478, line 19: «Old word: "thwart" meant to block or stop someone from getting what they wanted; today we say "stop" or "get in the way of."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which party did the king pledge the child in consequence of the river crossing?

1. the old man who carried him over the river — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. the giant who had carried him over the water — score 3
3. the giant who carried him over — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. the giant's son by the river — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1701, line 3: «She cries and begs to be set free, but he takes her to a grand palace he has made by magic near his capital.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What precise instruction did the giant issue concerning the stable?

1. to clean the whole stable by the following day — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. to clean it and feed every beast by the following day — score 2
3. to clean it by the next morn — score 1
4. to clean it by the following day — ✓ 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 543, line 4: «Next Eurystheus sends him to clean the stables of King Augeas in one day, but Augeas refuses to pay and banishes him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «clean» (+2); the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What object did Mr. Vinegar exchange for the stout stick?

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

What did the giant's daughter employ to impede her pursuer?

1. her comb — no support
2. a bowl of hot water — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. the comb from her hair — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a stone — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1685, line 5: «After two girls fail to scrape the stove, she frees the Prince, speaks too many words, and wanders alone until she finds a toad's house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «daughter» (+1); 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

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