English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 16: the old Woman flees the bears, and Jack fools the Welsh giant with pudding

Tests: 5 of 15 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 19 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1957 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 ✓

test: Mate, who woke the old Woman up, proper loud?

1. Papa Bear — score 5
2. The Little, Small, Wee Bear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. The Wee Bear — score 5
4. The Father Bear, the big one — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1735, line 4: «The Princess is freed, promises to return in a carriage, and leaves the Irishman a little rod that can wake the sleeping men.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «wake» (+3); the same thing acted on «sleeping men» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Ey, where'd the old Woman bolt to, innit?

1. The doorway — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The window — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The kitchen — no support
4. The window, the big one — 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 ✗

test: Wot's the giant Cormoran's height, like, in feet?

1. Nineteen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Eighteen feet tall, roughly, I reckon — no support
3. Eighteen — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Eighteen feet, like — 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 ✗

test: Bruv, how deep was the pit Jack dug, yeah?

1. Twenty-two feet — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Twelve feet deep — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Twenty feet — score -2
4. Ten feet — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1708, line 19: «Old word: "abyss" means a very deep, bottomless pit, and today we would say a chasm or a deep hole.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «deep bottomless pit» (-1); the same property (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Oi, what did Jack blow on his horn, geezer?

1. Tara, tara, tara — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Tantivy, Tantivy, loud as anything — score 0
3. Tantivy, Tantivy — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Tantivy, Tantivy, geezer, blow it proper — no support

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 265, line 14: «The Childe cries "The vow! the vow!" and blows another blast on his horn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «horn» (+3). Against it: the same action «blow» (-3). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Mate, what was the reward, like, for the giant?

1. A pile of gold coins — no support
2. The giant's treasure, every last coin, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. A bag of money and the giant's lands — no support
4. The giant's treasure — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1957, line 15: «fact: What was the reward? The magistrates promised "The giant's treasure," and later gave Jack a sword and belt.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «treasure» (+2). Against it: the same doer «giant» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

test: Bro, who vowed to get revenge on Jack, innit?

1. Blunderbore — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Bruno — no support
3. Bloodmouth — no support
4. Thor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1957, line 11: «fact: Where is Jack's home? "in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

test: Ay, where'd Blunderbore's castle sit, proper?

1. In a lonesome wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Deep in a lonesome wood, proper far — no support
3. In a lonesome wood by a dark black lake, innit — no support
4. On a stony hillside — 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 ✗

test: Yo, how many giants did Jack choke with rope?

1. Two giants, both proper big — score -3
2. Three giants, the lot of them — score -3
3. 1 — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. Two — ✓ the right answer · 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 1500, line 5: «Jack chokes both giants with a rope, frees three ladies, gives them the castle, and walks on to Wales, where a giant lets him sleep.», 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 action «choke» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Wha did Jack find locked up in the castle, like?

1. Three fair ladies, all locked up tight — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Three fair ladies — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Two fair ladies — score 4
4. Three fair ladies in chains, proper sad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1911, line 7: «What: the Fairy builds the castle while Helena sleeps, and "before sunset it was all furnished inside."», 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 thing acted on «castle» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Mate, what was the Welsh giant planning, honest?

1. To drown Jack at dawn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To trap Jack — no support
3. To eat Jack — no support
4. To bash Jack in his sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

test: Oi, what did Jack stick in the bed instead of himself?

1. A billet of wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. A bundle of straw — score 4
3. A sack of flour — score 4
4. A pillow — score 4

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 1819, line 3: «The prince shoots four arrows to share them out, then flies off on the magic bed while they hunt for the last one.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «magic bed» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

test: Bruv, what was the giant's breakfast, in gallons?

1. Hasty pudding — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cold stew meat — no support
3. Four gallons of hasty pudding, like — no support
4. Hasty pudding, four gallons, proper hot — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Ey, what did Jack say slapped him in the night?

1. A moth with its wings — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. A great big rat with her long tail — score -1
3. A rat with her tail, proper nasty, innit — score -1
4. A rat with her tail — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1816, line 6: «Who: a boy who says "I am your son, born in the night," and a tall man named Mogarzea.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

test: Yo, what did Jack rip open with his knife?

1. The wooden chest — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The old purse — score 5
3. The bag — score 5
4. The leather bag — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 65, line 7: «Toad boasts: «Been in prison—got out of it, of course! Been thrown into a canal—swam ashore! Stole a horse—sold him for a large sum of money! Humbugged everybo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3); the same thing acted on «horse» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

exam: To which county does the farmer's son Jack belong, according to the narrative?

1. Cornwall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Northumberland — no support
3. Yorkshire — no support
4. Gloucestershire — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

exam: What was the principal reward proffered by the magistrates to the slayer of Cormoran?

1. The giant's treasure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Gold coins — no support
3. The castle's silver plate — no support
4. A bag of money and the giant's lands — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

exam: What did the Welsh giant intend to do to Jack during the night, according to his muttered verse?

1. Smash his skull open — no support
2. Dash his brains out — ✓ the right answer · score -7
3. Break his neck quickly — score -5
4. Kill him — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1957, line 19: «fact: Old word: "quoth" meant "said," and "magistrates" were local judges; we now say "judges" or "magistrates" for court.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

exam: What quantity of hasty pudding was contained in the bowl presented to Jack at breakfast?

1. Four gallons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Four quarts — no support
3. Three gallons — no support
4. Four gallons of hot hasty pudding — 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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