English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious lad calls up a demon and nearly drowns in water

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1953 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 ✗

Mate, what was the lad trying to nick from the master's room?

1. the gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the silver-making tools — no support
3. the gold-making kit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the master's gold coins — 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 ✗

Was that demon proper scary, innit? What did it look like?

1. a horrible monster with burning red eyes, horns and a stinking breath — no support
2. a huge hairy beast with claws — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. a tall shadowy man in black — score 2
4. fiery, burning-eyed beast — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 766, line 17: «Mother's words: "you should have cast friendly eyes on her," which means to look kindly at someone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «words» (+2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «look» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Reckon the lad was gutted when the water came up?

1. Yeah, he was really worried — no support
2. Yeah, he was bricking it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Nah, he was fine — score 5
4. No, he was calm and brave the whole time and never once panicked at all — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1545, line 7: «fact: The boat moves off by itself, "so quickly that the water foamed all round about," and it carries him "far, far away" to a white strand.», 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 «water» (+2); the same thing acted on «lad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Was it a geranium the lad had to water, or what?

1. Yeah, a geranium — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, a tulip — no support
3. Yeah, a rose — no support
4. No, a sunflower — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

How much water did the demon lug in, like?

1. barrels, loads and loads — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. gallons, quite a lot — no support
3. like a hundred barrels of cold water, over and over — score -4
4. loads and loads and loads, filling the room right up to the ceiling — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1953, line 4: «Beelzebub keeps fetching barrels, and the water climbs from the boy's ankles to his knees, waist, armpits and chin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «barrels» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, how high did the water get, up to his knees?

1. up to his shoulders — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. up to his chin, nearly — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. up to his chest, sort of — score 1
4. to his neck — score 1

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 1545, line 14: «fact: The princesses rise out of the earth a little more each morning, first to the waist, then to the knees, and at last "entirely out of the earth."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rise» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the lad's gaffer, anyway?

1. the old alchemist — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the master — no support
3. the great master — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a travelling magician — 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 ✗

Did the master get back in time, or was it a mardy wait?

1. a bit too late — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. just in time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. late — no support
4. too late — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, why was the book open in the first place?

1. master forgot to lock it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the lad picked the lock up — no support
3. it was left unlocked — score 1
4. forgot it — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1953, line 11: «Why he could not work magic: "I can do nothing," he said, "as I don't know the right words to utter."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «master» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the demon keep going on and on? Cos the lad was daft?

1. he kept on filling the room — score 1
2. cos he was angry — no support
3. the lad had asked for it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. he kept fetching water — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 1953, line 3: «The demon demands a task, and the terrified boy, unable to speak, points at a geranium and asks him to water it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «demand» (+1); the same doer «demon» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Which county nearly got drowned, do you reckon?

1. Yorkshire — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Lincolnshire — no support
3. Wales — no support
4. Lancashire — 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 ✗

What did the lad do in the end to stop the flood?

1. He ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He hid — no support
3. He just waited for his master — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He stayed on the table top — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1278, line 5: «At a gallows on a hill the Shifty Lad hangs the Black Rogue for fun, then tries to marry the widow and runs away when she refuses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shifty lad» (+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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the means by which the apprentice summoned the demon?

1. By pouring a mixture of herbs and blood into a copper bowl while chanting the master's name — no support
2. By kneeling before the mirror and whispering a prayer from the old family Bible in the cellar — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. By reading aloud a line from the black book — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By singing a hymn beside the open window — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1633, line 19: «Old word: "Purgatory" was once believed to be a place where souls were cleansed, but in this tale it is the home of the demons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «tale» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What task did the apprentice first set the demon in order to avoid being strangled?

1. To fill the chamber with water until the flower finally bloomed in the pot — no support
2. To fill a bucket from the well — no support
3. To sweep the floor of the room — no support
4. To water a geranium in a pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 719, line 6: «Who: Labakan, a former prince who now works as a tailor, is the main person in the first half of this part.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «labakan» (+2); the same property (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means was the demon finally dismissed from the master's chamber?

1. By the master throwing a silver cross at the demon while shouting loudly in fear — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. By the words spoken by the master — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. By a sharp blow from the master — no support
4. By the master reading a long incantation from the black book aloud in the chamber — 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 1838, line 14: «The Jogi is king of the demons, and he sits milking the cow day and night in a "milk-white pond".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «jogi king» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the approximate level of the flood when the master returned to the chamber?

1. Up over the top of the boy's head and almost to the cellar roof — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Right up to the ceiling of the chamber, filling the whole room entirely — no support
3. Around the pupil's chest — no support
4. Up to the pupil's chin — ✓ 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

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