English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut to pieces, Lazy Jack wins a bride, and a cake escapes from the oven

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1965 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, what did Mr. Fox chop off, like, proper gross?

1. a hen's wing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a rich man's head — no support
3. a lady's hand with a ring on it — no support
4. a lady's hand — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what made the deaf girl finally laugh, innit?

1. a cat falling off the roof — score -1
2. a donkey with legs in the air — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. a man sliding down stairs — score 5
4. a dancing cat — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1956, line 18: «Old word: "spur up" means hurry, like pricking a horse with spurs to make it go faster.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did Jack lose in the brook, like his wages?

1. a penny — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. his wages — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. a pie — score 0
4. a cup — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1965, line 14: «Jack loses his penny in a brook because he had "never having had any money before."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «brook» (+2). Against it: the same doer «jack» (-2). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, who gets chopped into a thousand bits at the end?

1. Jack — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Mr. Fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the fox — score 0
4. Lady Mary — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 429, line 9: «Koshchei chops Ivan into little pieces, puts them in a barrel "smeared" with pitch, and flings it into the blue sea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chop» (+2). Against it: the same place «little pieces» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gutted for Jack, what did he do to the cheese, lol?

1. put it in his cap — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. left it in the sun — score 7
3. carried it on his head — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. dropped it and then carried it home — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 820, line 13: «WHAT Jack cooks: a crow, which he puts into "the old wooden shoe" because he has no pot or pan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «put» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did Lady Mary hide behind so Mr. Fox wouldn't see?

1. a barrel — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a cask — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a box — no support
4. a chair — 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 ✗

Lol, what did the old woman bake for the little boy?

1. a Johnny-cake — ✓ the right answer · score -5
2. a bread roll — no support
3. bread — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. a bun — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 102, line 11: «Why: the father says the boy is "a burden to him" and sighs that he "will never get your bread by that."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did Jack's mum call him when he messed up the cheese?

1. a lazy good-for-nothing little lout — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a stupid lout who never learns — no support
3. a stupid lout — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a silly goose — 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 ✗

Mate, what does Mr. Fox keep saying when she tells her dream?

1. It is not so, nor was it ever so at all — no support
2. It is not so, nor it was not so — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It was so, and it was true — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Ah, it is not so, nor it was not so, my dear — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 249, line 9: «WHY HE WENT: "I must needs try the issue of it" means he had to test whether the dream was true.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «dream» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the little boy meant to do with the oven?

1. cook the cake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. light the fire — no support
3. watch the Johnny-cake — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. clean the oven floor — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, where did the Johnny-cake roll off to?

1. down the hill road — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. the window — score 2
3. into the garden shed — score 2
4. the open door of the house — ✓ the right answer · 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 1965, line 5: «The deaf girl laughs at the donkey's legs, speaks again, and marries Jack, and then a Johnny-cake jumps out of the oven and rolls off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «johnny cake» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, when his mum got cross, what did Lazy Jack do for his porridge?

1. hired himself out — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. went to sleep — no support
3. ate all the porridge — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. sat by the fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 14: «Two young hedgehogs eat «oatmeal porridge out of wooden bowls», stand up and duck their heads «respectfully» when Rat and Mole come in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same thing acted on «oatmeal porridge» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what object did Lady Mary conceal herself when Mr. Fox entered the hall?

1. a large wooden cask near the door — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a cask — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a barrel — no support
4. a pillar — 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 ✓

By what means did Lady Mary's brothers and friends dispatch Mr. Fox?

1. by hanging him high — no support
2. by cutting him into pieces — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. by burning him alive — no support
4. by chasing him out and cutting him up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1965, line 11: «Her brothers and friends cut Mr. Fox "into a thousand pieces" after she holds up the hand and ring.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+3); the same thing acted on «mr.» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What occupation did Lazy Jack's mother pursue to sustain the household?

1. cooking food — score -1
2. working as a cook in the big house — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. spinning — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. weaving cloth — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1642, line 9: «fact: The youngest brother is kind, and he says to the old man, "Oh, father, I could not suffer you to work, but you shall be overseer."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+1). Against it: the same doer «father» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which affliction did the rich man's daughter suffer until she was made to laugh?

1. deafness and muteness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. blindness — no support
3. deafness and sadness — no support
4. a fever — 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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