Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2021 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, did Tom actually chuck the guard in the canal, like, proper?

1. Yeah, he flung him in the canal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nope, he just pushed him — no support
3. Nope, he dragged the guard down to the canal and let him go free — score 2
4. Yeah, he threw the guard in — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2021, line 11: «Tom takes the guard "by the scruff o' the neck" and flings him into the canal.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «canal» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what was the deal with the bugleman, the big brass thing?

1. He said whoever makes the princess laugh three times wins her — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. He told everyone that any man who makes the princess laugh three times before the whole court will be her husband — score 0
3. He announced whoever amuses her three times takes her hand — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He said whoever gets her to smile three times weds her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1930, line 1: «Jack my Hedgehog guides the old King safely home and claims the first thing that meets him, which turns out to be his own daughter.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «guide» (+2); the same doer «hedgehog» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the princess actually laugh at the swordsmen, or nah?

1. Nah, she only smiled once — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, she laughed a little bit — score 4
3. Nah, just a smile — no support
4. Yeah, she gave a big sweet laugh — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 711, line 11: «Why the princess smiles: she says "You must stay here till my father comes," and Niels hopes things "might not be bad for him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smile» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who's Redhead, the little jealous mate?

1. The envious fella who wants to marry her — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The jealous fella who wants to marry her and who sent the wolf to the walls — no support
3. The envious fella who wants to marry her and who plotted against Tom at the gate — no support
4. The jealous lad who wants the princess — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2021, line 12: «Redhead is "an envious wizened bit of a fellow" who wants the princess for himself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same thing acted on «princess» (+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

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Tom get a wolf deal sorted or what?

1. Yeah, the wolf danced and was sent off to the hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The wolf got a jig and went back up the hills — no support
3. He had the wolf dance a jig, then sent it back up the mountain and out of Dublin for good — no support
4. He had the wolf dance and sent it back to the mountain — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

How big was the wolf, like, massive?

1. About the size of a calf — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Big as a full grown ox — no support
3. Size of a yearling heifer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Like a pony — 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 ✗

What did Tom play to get everyone's feet going?

1. A drum — ← Mova's choice · score -4
2. Harp — no support
3. His bugle — no support
4. His flute — ✓ the right answer · 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 330, line 19: «OLD WORDS: A "tom-tom" is a drum beaten to send signals, and "mocassins" are soft leather shoes, spelled "moccasins" today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «tom tom» (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 4, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the king said yes to Tom, yeah?

1. He said yes and asked him to banish the wolf quickly — score 4
2. He said "halves or alls" and told him to get rid of the wolf — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He laughed, said 'halves or alls,' and told Tom to get rid of the wolf and marry the princess — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He said 'halves or alls' and then ordered Tom to remove the wolf from the city walls at once — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1963, line 16: «The king marries his daughter to the hero, and "they all lived happily all the rest of their days".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the three-headed giant give Tom a gift, like, a proper one?

1. Blue balm for burns and cuts — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yellow cream that heals small wounds — no support
3. Some healing oil — no support
4. Green ointment that stops burns and wounds — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

What did the boys do to Tom in town, the cheeky ones?

1. Put their tongues out at him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Put their tongues out at him and followed him down the street — score 3
3. Put their tongues out at him and threw stones at his goatskin coat — score 3
4. Shouted rude words at him — score -1

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 1753, line 15: «The boy's trouble: he meets a beardless man at four mills, and that man always gets there first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same action «trouble» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did Tom say the second time she laughed?

1. "I have two halves of your daughter" — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. I claim two parts of your girl — no support
3. I've split your daughter in two — score -3
4. I have two halves of your daughter and the other half is mine too — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2021, line 16: «The second laugh comes when Redhead is caught dancing and bawling, and Tom says "I have two halves of your daughter."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7). Against it: the same thing acted on «two halves» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Tom just ask the wolf nicely to leave, or what?

1. He asked the wolf politely to leave, then spat in his fist and waved his club over it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He spat in his fist and waved his club — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He yelled and swung his stick — score -2
4. He spat in his fist and waved his club at the wolf until it ran off — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1853, line 7: «What: the vizier's son pretends to be ignorant and asks the old woman "Has this city a name?", and she says it is Ivory City.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition did the King of Dublin set for the hand of his daughter?

1. Making her laugh three times before the whole court of Dublin — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Making her laugh three times — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Winning a joust at dawn — no support
4. Making her weep three times — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 697, line 18: «Why: the minister thinks "What a wife she would make for the king", so he asks for her hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Who first informed Tom of the wolf that plagued the walls?

1. Redhead — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Tom — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The giant — score 1
4. The guard — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1321, line 13: «Why: The giant wants a boy because the king's son promised "The first boy thou hast when he is seven years old."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «son» (+1); the same receiver «first boy» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the three-headed giant bestow upon Tom?

1. A pot of silver powder — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. A bottle of green ointment — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. A green jar — score -2
4. A flask of blue tonic — score -2

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 2018, line 7: «What: the prince promised him "the first son you have when he is seven years of age," and the giant holds him to it.», 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 doer «giant» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome of the princess's second laugh?

1. Tom claimed two halves of her — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. The king gave him a kiss — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. Tom claimed two halves of her, and the whole court cheered in the hall — score -4
4. Tom claimed two halves of her and the king gave his blessing — score -2

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 1838, line 11: «The Princess can read, so she writes a new message on a second potsherd: "Take care of this lad, giving him all he desires."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «give» (-1); the same doer «princess» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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