English Fairy Tales, The Three Little Pigs: the wolf fails at three houses and ends up boiled in the pot

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1952 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, who got boiled in the pot, like proper?

1. a hen — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a pig — score 0
3. the sow — score 0
4. the wolf — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1952, line 5: «The third pig builds with bricks, beats the wolf to the turnips, the apples and the fair, and boils him in a pot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «boil» (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was the first pig's gaff made of?

1. stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. tin — no support
3. mud — no support
4. straw — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, who got the turnips first, innit?

1. the first pig — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the little pig with the big red hat — no support
3. the littlest pig who ran off first — no support
4. the little pig — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the pig buy at the fair?

1. a wooden bucket — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a big new butter-churn and some pigs — score -1
3. a brass lamp — score 1
4. a butter-churn — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1952, line 15: «At the fair at Shanklin, the pig buys a butter-churn, jumps into it, and rolls down the hill to escape the wolf.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «fair» (+3); the same doer «pig» (+1). Against it: the same action «buy» (-3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ere, what's on the tree in Merry-garden?

1. ripe golden apples and some pears — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. apples — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. red apples hanging from the branches — no support
4. lemons — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 725, line 7: «What: golden apples vanish from the king's tree, and a golden bird with golden feathers is the thief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «golden apples» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Blud, who sent the three pigs off?

1. a cow — score 2
2. the pig — score 3
3. the old sow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. the old goat — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1952, line 3: «Jack and his mother become rich, and then an old sow sends three little pigs out into the world to find their fortune.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+3); the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «three little pigs» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old sow» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Was the wolf well gutted when he got back?

1. yes — no support
2. yes, he fled off — no support
3. yes, he ran home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. no — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1145, line 3: «The wolf rises as she rises, and he learns she has taken his cheese home to her babies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «wolf» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Which gaff did the wolf huff and puff at and not blow down?

1. the stone barn — score -2
2. the straw — score -2
3. the brick house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. the wood house — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1288, line 15: «The wolf is "quite a friendly one": it rubs its nose against Walter's face instead of biting him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «friendly one» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yeah, what did the sow not have enough of?

1. enough food to feed them all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. wood — no support
3. food — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. money and food for the long winter — 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 ✗

Was Jack's mum bare scared when she saw the ogre?

1. yes, she fled — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. yes — no support
3. no, she laughed — score 4
4. yes, she froze — ✓ the right answer · 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 578, line 4: «Uncle Remus tells how Jack Sparrow flew about telling Brer Fox what Brer Rabbit had said about him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «jack» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what got hung over the fire?

1. the iron pot with water and onions in it — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the big black pot full of boiling water — no support
3. the pan of broth — score 0
4. the pot of water — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1713, line 8: «She tells the servants "to sharpen the knives" and to "hang a large kettleful of water" over a great fire.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «great fire» (+3). Against it: the same action «hang» (-3). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wot was the golden harp made of, like?

1. iron — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. solid gold with jewels on the strings — no support
3. gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. pure gold dipped in silver and wood — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, how did Jack and his mum end up?

1. quiet and cold — no support
2. rich and happy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. rich, happy, and living in a castle now — no support
4. rich and happy and very famous in town — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1952, line 3: «Jack and his mother become rich, and then an old sow sends three little pigs out into the world to find their fortune.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-1); the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Of what material was the second little pig's dwelling constructed?

1. furze — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. oak — score 3
3. thatch — score 3
4. ash — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 1262, line 12: «Two babies "exactly alike" lie in a cradle, and two tall plants with "brilliant shields" grow in the garden.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie» (+2); the same doer «two babies» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the wolf request upon arriving at the third dwelling?

1. a quick look in the cottage — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. admittance to the house — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. permission to come in and see the sleeping pigs — score -1
4. a warm meal in the kitchen — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1426, line 9: «What the wolf wants: Gaffer Wolf "had a very great mind to eat her up", but he "dared not, because of some faggot-makers hard by".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «great mind» (-1). The right option, 2, 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 final fate of the wolf, as recorded in the narrative?

1. He was boiled — no support
2. He was boiled and consumed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He ran home to his den — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. He was chased out of the wood — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1533, line 18: «Old word: "rival" means to equal or match someone, so "no one on earth could rival her" means no one was as lovely.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the learned man secure his book of secrets?

1. with a silver key — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. by a key — no support
3. with an iron key — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. with a lock — 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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