Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the Giant learns to love, frees the children, and dies under the blossoming tree

Tests: 0 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2035 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 ✗

wait, the Giant was proper mean to the kids, right?

1. yeah, he told them to go away now — score 3
2. yeah, he shouted at them and built a massive wall to keep them out forever — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. yeah, he shouted at them to get out — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. yeah, he shouted at them and threw stones at the poor children in the garden — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2035, line 7: «What: he cried "What are you doing here?" in a very gruff voice, and then he built a high wall round the garden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+2); the same thing acted on «high wall» (+2); the same doer «giant» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, why did the Giant put up a massive wall?

1. cos he wanted the garden for himself — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. cos he wanted the garden all to himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. cos he was grumpy — no support
4. cos he liked being on his own — 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 ✗

so like, who was the Snow and Frost chillin with?

1. the North Wind and the Hail and the Spring too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the North Wind, the Hail and the Autumn all together — no support
3. the North Wind and Autumn — no support
4. the North Wind and the Hail — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what was the linnet doing outside the window?

1. singing like mad — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. singing for the boy — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. singing its heart out in the old apple tree — no support
4. perched on the wall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2035, line 16: «Old word: "linnet" is a small songbird, so the Giant thought its singing was "the most beautiful music in the world."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the boy in the tree actually small or nah?

1. yeah, he was too tiny to reach the branches on his own at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. yeah, too tiny to reach the branches — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. yeah, he was just too short for it — score 0
4. yeah, the boy was tiny and the tree was far too high above him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1816, line 14: «He claims the axe might "split open the heart of the tree," so he makes a cut in the bark first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «cut» (+2); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the Giant do when he saw the boy crying?

1. he felt sad and sat still — score 1
2. he shouted at him again — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. he felt sorry and went down — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. he went down — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2035, line 3: «One morning a linnet sings, the Giant looks out, and he sees the children back in the trees and a small boy crying under a frozen tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the Giant knocked the wall down, yeah?

1. yeah, with a hammer — no support
2. yeah, with a big axe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, with a big stick — no support
4. yeah, he used a big axe to smash the whole wall down — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2035, line 13: «The children came back when they saw "the Giant was not wicked any longer," and he took "a great axe" to the wall.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «great axe» (+2); the same doer «giant» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

when the kids came back, what came with them?

1. the Spring came back too — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the Spring came back too with all the birds and blossom — no support
3. the Spring — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. the flowers came back too — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 535, line 12: «How did Zeus get in? He "descended through the roof of the tower in the form of a shower of gold."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «descend» (+3); the same circumstance (+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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what marks did the boy have when the Giant saw him again?

1. bruises on his right hand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nail-prints on both his hands and feet — no support
3. nail-prints on his hands — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cuts across both his palms — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the Giant still sad at the end, bro?

1. nah, he was grumpy with them — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. nah, he was happy with the kids — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he was happy — no support
4. yeah, he stayed sad and alone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1488, line 17: «The war is about how to break eggs, and the rebels called Bigendians are the ones who want to break them at the larger end.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ones» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

so did the Giant die or nah?

1. yeah, he died peacefully under the tree after the children had gone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he died — no support
3. yeah, he died under the tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, he fell asleep in the snow — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which corner of the garden did the Giant first perceive the child in distress, and under which kind of tree?

1. the shady side, under a silver birch covered in snow — no support
2. the farthest corner, beneath a frost-covered tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the back corner, beside a bare and frozen oak tree — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. the farthest corner — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1664, line 4: «The queen, in her haste, eats one onion skin and all, peels and eats the other, and her first child is born as a hideous lindorm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Giant's action towards the child signify with respect to his own transformation?

1. It signified his repentance, his gentleness towards children, and his wish to share his garden with them — score -4
2. It signified his repentance and his acceptance of love — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. It showed his anger at the children and his pride — score -6
4. It signified that he had at last repented and fully accepted the love of the children around 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 -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2018, line 17: «Old word: a laddie is a boy in Scots talk, so "the little laddie" means the little boy who holds the rod.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «boy» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Giant come to understand the cause of the prolonged winter in his garden?

1. He recognised that his own selfishness was the cause — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He recognised, after seeing the boy, that his own selfishness and the high wall were the cause — score 3
3. He learned that the North Wind had caused it all — score 2
4. He was told by the children who came over the wall that the winter was caused by his selfishness — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2035, line 18: «Old word: "Paradise" means a perfect, happy place, like heaven, and the child said his garden "which is Paradise."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what condition was the garden found by the children when they ran in at the close of the tale?

1. It was full of blossom and singing birds, and the Giant had been buried quietly beneath the tree by the children — score 0
2. It was in full blossom, and the Giant lay dead beneath the tree — ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. It was covered in snow, and the Giant stood smiling beside the gate — no support
4. It was in full blossom with every tree in bloom, and the Giant lay dead beneath the blossoming tree in the far corner — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1824, line 8: «Where: the palm garden is a "circle of palm trees" with "six chattees full of water," and the genii sleep there in huge numbers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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