English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1951 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 ✗

What did the beans turn into overnight?

1. Gold coins — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. A giant beanstalk — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. A tall green plant — score -2
4. A monster stalk — 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 1535, line 3: «His mother is cross, so Jack plants the beans, and by morning they have grown into a huge beanstalk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «beans» (+1). Against it: the same action «grow» (-3). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did Jack hide when the ogre came thumping in the first time?

1. Under bed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. In a sack — score 2
3. In the oven — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Under the table — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1951, line 17: «Jack hides in "the copper" on the third visit, because he "knew better than to go straight to the ogre's house" again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Jack was starving, innit, so how hungry was he?

1. As hungry as a hunter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. As hungry as a wolf who had not eaten for a week — no support
3. As quiet as a mouse — score 1
4. As hungry as a bear that has slept all winter long — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1500, line 16: «Jack finds three ladies "tied up by the hair of their heads, and almost starved to death", whose husbands the giants had killed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jack nicked a bag of gold, so what did he do with it?

1. He buried it in the old garden — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He chucked it down to his mum's garden and then slid down after it — score 6
3. He chucked it down to his mum's garden — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. He carried it all the way home and gave it to his mum in the kitchen — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 255, line 4: «In the garden he fills his wallet with golden apples, then races back and escapes on his horse without looking back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «wallet» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the golden hen do when the ogre said "Lay"?

1. It flew up to the roof — no support
2. It went back to sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. It laid a golden egg and then went straight back to sleep — score 2
4. It laid a golden egg — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 159, line 19: «Old word: "fowl-house" means a henhouse, a shed where hens sleep, and it sounds old-fashioned now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hens» (+3). Against it: the same action «sleep» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the ogre say he would do with the Englishman's bones?

1. Boil them up for his stew — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Grind them up into flour and then bake them into his bread — score 6
3. Grind them to make his bread — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Grind them to make his bread and cook his dinner with the rest of him — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 141, line 9: «Why: the master throws a bone anyway, and the moral is "Those who will not work deserve to starve."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «master» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «bone» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Jack was proper hungry, yeah, so what did he say?

1. He had a little bread yesterday, no more — score -1
2. Hungry as a bear — score -1
3. He had nothing to eat since yesterday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He had not eaten a crumb since breakfast — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1948, line 11: «Jack says the old man has "nothing but cabbage for victuals", so the wife feels sorry for him and hands over the whole ten pounds.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old man» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jack came down the beanstalk like a rocket, bruv, or what?

1. Very fast — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Like a cat up a tree — score -2
3. Like a house on fire — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Like a bird — 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 1808, line 4: «Sunlight's magic stone and ring make a mountain and a tower that trap the old woman, and she falls and breaks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+1). Against it: the same action «fall» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did Jack wait before he sneaked into the house the third time?

1. In shed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Behind a bush — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Under the window — score 2
4. Outside — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1951, line 16: «On his third visit Jack waits "behind a bush" until the ogre's wife goes out with a pail, then creeps into the house.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jack hid in the copper, the sneaky little rascal, so where was he?

1. In a box — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Under the sink — no support
3. In the copper — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. In bed — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1536, line 6: «Jack goes to the castle because he has seen the Beanstalk and wants to win back what the Giant stole from his family.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Did the ogre's wife grass Jack up to her husband?

1. No, she covered for him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. No, she told — score 4
3. No, she was asleep then — no support
4. Yes, she did — 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 1948, line 12: «When the farmer asks for his money, his wife says she sent it "to her former husband in Paradise".», 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 «wife» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the ogre's wife think Jack was dinner, mate?

1. Yes, she thought he was a fine dinner — score 4
2. Yes, she thought he was dinner, but she decided to feed him bread and cheese first — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. No, she thought it was last night's boy, and she felt sorry for him in the end — score 6
4. No, she thought it was last night's boy — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 1122, line 10: «fact: Who: the Mothers of the Winds, the Moon and the Sun gave the first wife three apples.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «fact» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Which treasure did the ogre call for at the end?

1. His golden harp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. His iron pot — score -5
3. His hat — score -5
4. His gold — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1951, line 20: «The part ends as the ogre calls, "Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp," so the harp is the next treasure in the story.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object which Jack secures from the ogre's residence on the first occasion of his visit.

1. A silver cup — no support
2. A cup of silver — no support
3. A golden hen — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. A bag of gold — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1951, line 14: «Jack takes one bag of gold on his first visit, and on his second visit he takes the golden hen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «golden hen» (+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 · right ✓

State the manner in which the ogre's wife conceals Jack upon the arrival of her husband.

1. By placing him in the oven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. In the oven — no support
3. By putting him in a box — score 4
4. By hiding — 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 1951, line 3: «The ogre's wife feeds him, but when the ogre's heavy footsteps shake the house, she shoves Jack into the oven.», 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 thing acted on «jack» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Specify the signal by which the golden hen is caused to deposit a golden egg.

1. The spoken word "Lay" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A whistle — no support
3. A loud clap of hands — no support
4. Word 'Go' — 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 ✗

Describe the sound which awakens the ogre during Jack's second departure.

1. The thump of footsteps — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The cackle of the hen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The sudden loud squawk of the hen as Jack was running off — no support
4. The sound of a crash — 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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