English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1963 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 so the hero just walked past the monster beasts, did he run or nah?

1. nah he just walked straight through them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. yeah he sprinted past them all at full speed — no support
3. nah he strolled straight through them, dead calm, no bother — no support
4. nah he crept round the edges quietly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 489, line 5: «He chooses her three times, walks backwards out of the water, and brings her to her father's village, where the priest's house is.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, the ettin had three heads, how many did the hero chop off, proper?

1. just the top one — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. all of the heads — score -3
3. all three of them — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. he chopped off the first two only — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1963, line 3: «At the Ettin's castle he answers three riddles, with a bowl, a bridge and a ship, and then chops off the monster's three heads with an axe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «man» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the golden arm husband gutted at the funeral or what?

1. yeah he was properly gutted and cried all night — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. nah he pulled the longest face — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. nah he pulled the longest face ever seen at a funeral — score -1
4. yeah he cried — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1955, line 6: «fact: Jack's first helper is the King of the mice, who says "I am the King of all the little mice in the world."», 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 «king» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv what's the answer to "what's the thing without an end", I'm stuck

1. air — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a spoon — no support
3. a pin — no support
4. a bowl — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the ghost goes "what you done with the arm" and he says what?

1. I HAVE IT NOW — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. GIVE IT BACK! — score -5
3. THOU HAST IT, AND THOU SHALT PAY! — score 0
4. "THOU HAST IT!" — ✓ 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 1762, line 17: «She throws off her long cloak and everyone sees it is the queen.», 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 «long cloak» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

the ploughman's wife, was she dead nice or proper mean?

1. very greedy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. kind — no support
3. good-hearted — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nice — 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 ✗

so tom got bagged for nicking cherry stones, what did the boy do?

1. he dropped the bag hard — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. shook the bag hard — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. shook it — score 4
4. ran off — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1277, line 15: «The boy says, "I never spend Hallowe'en yet without cracking a nut," and this noise draws the people out of the farmhouse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did tom end up in the pudding, did he fall or get chucked?

1. he tripped on the step — no support
2. he was chucked in by the cook from the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. he slipped in the batter and went under — no support
4. he slipped in the batter — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 749, line 1: «Tom wakes up inside a cow after the cook carries him off in a bundle of hay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+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

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

the ettin hits the princess how?

1. with a rod — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. with an iron club — score 2
3. with a heavy rope — score 2
4. with a silver wand — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1527, line 19: «"Archers" are soldiers who shoot with bows and arrows, sent to seize the old man, the Princess and Frisk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «soldiers» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the old sheep man reckon about the ettin?

1. he's gone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his end is near — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he's dead — no support
4. he is very strong — 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 ✓

the riddle about the dead carrying the living, what's the answer, mate?

1. a ship with men inside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a coffin — no support
3. a boat — no support
4. a tree with birds inside — 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 ✗

so the queen of fairies, was she up for the baby or did she ignore him?

1. she kissed him and named him, then rode away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. she kissed him, blessed him and named him Tom — score 5
3. she kissed him and named him — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. she gave him a silver ring — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1179, line 7: «What: the Lion Fairy takes the queen away, and the queen learns to ask for help from others.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «lion fairy» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

the golden arm lady, was she rich or what?

1. young, fair and rich, with a golden arm — score -1
2. tall, dark and proud — score -1
3. young, fair and rich — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. young, fair and rich, and very sad — 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 1751, line 6: «WHO: Elsa is a poor girl, and Kisika is the daughter of a rich lady who lives in a garden in the wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «rich lady» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which entity did the young man's wand render lifeless on the path to the Ettin's castle?

1. a monstrous beast with three heads — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. a fierce hound — score -2
3. a monstrous beast — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. a monstrous beast guarding the path — no support

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 1872, line 9: «The storks are sad because they "could not rid themselves of their new forms" and cannot return to the palace as the Caliph and his Vizier.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same receiver (-1); the same action «return» (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the husband in the second tale retrieve the golden arm from the deceased?

1. by bribing the grave digger — no support
2. with a spade — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. by digging up the body at night — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. by stealing the golden ring — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1918, line 19: «Old word: "steed" means a horse, and "conveyance" means a way of travelling, like a bus or a car today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «way» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the ploughman's wish regarding his offspring?

1. a son as small as a bean — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. a son no larger than a thumb — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. a child the size of a hand — score 0
4. a son no larger than a thumb, yet clever — 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 1938, line 7: «What: the wife keeps wishing for more power, first king, then emperor, then pope, then god.», 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 «king» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did the hero surrender to the old woman before receiving the wand in exchange?

1. a piece of his johnny-cake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. the whole johnny-cake from his travel sack — score -4
3. a piece of his bread roll — no support
4. a piece of his johnny-cake and his last coin — 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 1958, line 10: «An old woman calls out, "He has owed me twopence these seven years," and the prince pays her too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1); the same receiver «old woman» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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