English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1950 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 · ★ · right ✓
Yo, the rich son's crush just vanished, right?
- 1. she slipped off home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. she walked off alone — no support
- 3. she hurried out the great doors and vanished — no support
- 4. she left him standing there alone in the hall — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, why was the cook so dead scared?
- 1. she feared the master — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. she was tired — score 3
- 3. she was frightened — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. she was just very sad — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruv, who actually dropped the ring in the gruel?
- 1. the master — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. the young master — score 7
- 3. the cook — score 7
- 4. Cap o' Rushes — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1878, line 18: «Old word "degenerated" meant sank into something worse; today we would say "turned into."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «degenerate» (+4); the same thing acted on «old word» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Innit mad she hid her face under a cap, yeah? What was the cap made of?
- 1. leather — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. rushes — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. dried reeds bound with twine — no support
- 4. some old cloth from the kitchen — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1588, line 10: «Why the shoes: her old shoes are "old and worn", so she tries on the silver shoes "which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «shoes» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Proper gutted for the dad, right? What did he cry about?
- 1. he thought she didn't love him at all, sadly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he feared she'd gone away — no support
- 3. he thought she didn't love him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. he missed his lost daughter — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what's the deal with no salt at the feast?
- 1. it was her trick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. a cook's error — no support
- 3. it was a fault — no support
- 4. the cook forgot it — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dead funny, but how did the dad know she loved him best?
- 1. the ring she gave — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the cook's pot — no support
- 3. the salt answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the gruel she made — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the wedding a small thing or what?
- 1. a humble and quiet little affair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. small — no support
- 3. quite simple — no support
- 4. very grand — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the cook gonna say no to the gruel at first?
- 1. no, she would — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yes, she wouldn't — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. no, she was sure — no support
- 4. yes, she did — 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 ✗
Lol, when did the girl get all dressed up?
- 1. before the feast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. at dawn — no support
- 3. after the gruel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. at the feast — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
Sus, did her dad know who she was at the wedding?
- 1. no he didn't — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yes, he recognised her at once — no support
- 3. yes, but he pretended not to see — no support
- 4. he knew her well — 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 ✗
Okay, what did the young master do when he got ill?
- 1. ate nothing — score 0
- 2. pined in his room — no support
- 3. called for a doctor — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. stayed in bed — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1078, line 7: «The youngest is "the very picture of her father, for courtesy and sweetness of temper," and she is very beautiful.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «youngest» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · right ✓
Real talk, what's the lesson, yeah?
- 1. love is more than sweet words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. love is shown by actions — no support
- 3. kindness is always rewarded — no support
- 4. true love is not only words and fine gold rings — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the narrative, which substance did the cook fail to add to the wedding dishes?
- 1. honey — no support
- 2. spice — score -3
- 3. fat — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. salt — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 844, line 3: «At home Martha warms beer with butter and sugar, and the mayor's cook sends potatoes and fat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «potatoes» (-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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which object did the young master bestow upon the lady as a token of his affection?
- 1. a belt — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. a ring — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. a cup — score 3
- 4. a pin — 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 1210, line 18: «Old word: "bestowed" means given as a gift, which is what the good spirits did for the boy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bestow» (+4). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
To what did the daughter compare her affection for her father?
- 1. a loaf's love of honey — no support
- 2. the way the sea loves the moon and tide — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. a hen's love of corn — no support
- 4. fresh meat's love of salt — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 52, line 2: «The gaoler's kind daughter, who loves animals, asks to look after him. She brings him bubble-and-squeak, and the smell of hot cabbage makes him dream of meadow…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon what occasion did the father weep with recognition of his daughter?
- 1. after the cook confessed the whole trick — no support
- 2. at the wedding feast — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. when he saw the gruel and the ring — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. during the dinner — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1618, line 15: «Who: a nurse tells him the sultan's daughter lives in the castle, where "no one is allowed to see her".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). Against it: the same action «see» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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