English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 242 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, was Tom well wicked at footy, or what?

1. Yeah, he was alright — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he kicked it miles off the pitch — no support
3. Yeah, he was miles better than everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he was rubbish — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, how many muggers jumped him on the road?

1. Four of them, I think — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Four of them, innit — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Loads, mate — no support
4. Two, innit — 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 ✗

Did Tom leave those robbers totally skint?

1. Yeah, he nicked all their dosh — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he took every penny they had and their horses too — score 2
3. Yeah, he robbed them of coins — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, he nicked all their dosh and left them crying in the ditch — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 242, line 3: «Tom swings a big spar of wood, clears his way home, and meets four robbers who think he is an easy prize.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «four robbers» (+3); the same doer «tom» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the tinker a mardy git or a sound bloke?

1. Mardy git, total nightmare — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Git, they fought all day — no support
3. Mardy git, they never got on — no support
4. Sound bloke, they ended up best mates — ✓ 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 ✗

Tom's beer run, that's dead long innit?

1. Yeah, twelve miles each way, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, twenty miles there, fine — no support
3. Yeah, twenty miles there, knackering — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, like forty miles round trip with a cart and beer — 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 ✗

Why'd Tom take the short cut past the giant?

1. Cos it was like half the distance — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cos he wanted to see the giant — score -1
3. Cos the far road was flooded — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Cos it was quicker — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 242, line 15: «Tom finds that the way kept by the giant is "nearer by half," so he takes it secretly.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «tom» (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the giant have a massive club?

1. Yeah, he fetched a heavy wooden club — no support
2. Yeah, he grabbed it from the cave — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, he went back into his cave and dragged out a huge club — score 2
4. Yeah, he went back in his cave for it — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 152, line 5: «Once he is harmless, the Cottager grabs his club and chases the Lion off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «club» (+3); the same action «grab» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Tom just nick the cart and fight with it?

1. Yeah, he unhitched the horse and flipped the whole cart over as a shield — score 2
2. Yeah, he flipped it upside down for a shield and then used the wheel as a weapon — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, he flipped it upside down for a shield — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Yeah, he tipped it over to block the blows — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 242, line 17: «Tom turns his cart upside down and takes "axle-tree and wheel for shield and buckler."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «axle tree» (+3); the same doer «tom» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did the giant beg for mercy at the end, like?

1. Yeah, he begged for a drink first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he begged for his life first — no support
3. Yeah, he begged for a drink first and then tried to run off — no support
4. Yeah, he cried out for water and begged Tom to let him live — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Was the cave full of loot, then?

1. Yeah, silver and gold, proper heaps — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, loads of silver and gold, plus his dad's old sword — no support
3. Nah, just a few old rags — no support
4. Yeah, just some dusty old bones — 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 ✓

Did the whole village go mental for Tom?

1. Yeah, they had bonfires and a proper party — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, they just stared — no support
3. Nah, they stayed in — no support
4. Yeah, they cheered him and sang a song — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Tom ended up loaded and dead famous, yeah?

1. Yeah, he built a huge stone house for him, his mum, and all his mates — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, he bought a grand farm for his mum — no support
3. Yeah, he built a sick house for him and his mum and gave the rest to the poor — score 4
4. Yeah, he built a sick house for him and his mum — ✓ 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 242, line 16: «The giant roars "I'll make you an example," and heads hang on a tree as a warning to others.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «tom» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, did Tom's mum get a proper house in the end?

1. Yeah, a brand new house with wheat land and a barn full of grain — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, a brand new house with wheat land — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Nah, she moved to a cottage in town — no support
4. Yeah, a new cottage by the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 228, line 16: «Where: the new house is "a few miles from the capital, surrounded by an immense park," filled with wild beasts for hunting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «new house» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following describes the manner in which Tom dealt with the four highwaymen?

1. He slew two and grievously wounded the other two — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He slew three and grievously wounded the fourth one as they all ran off — score 3
3. He slew one and fled from the rest — score 3
4. He killed two and hurt the others badly — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 242, line 13: «Tom takes "a gate-rail for his staff", and the two fight "like two giants" until both are bruised.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal consequence of Tom's combat with the tinker?

1. The two men became steadfast friends and the tinker travelled with Tom — no support
2. The two men became steadfast and sworn friends — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The two men were bitter, sworn foes — no support
4. The two men fought on bitterly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 242, line 5: «He fights a tinker with gate-rails and they become friends, then he carries beer for a Lynn brewer and kills a giant who guards the short road.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+5); the same thing acted on «friends» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did Tom gain possession of the giant's treasure?

1. He slew the giant with his club and then searched the cave for loot — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He chased the giant out of the cave — score 2
3. He slew the giant and entered the cave — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. He slew the giant in battle and then carried the gold out of the cave — 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 242, line 5: «He fights a tinker with gate-rails and they become friends, then he carries beer for a Lynn brewer and kills a giant who guards the short road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «giant» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What became of the giant's former land after Tom's victory?

1. All of it was given to the poor as common land for their sheep and cows — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was turned into a royal park for deer — no support
3. Part was given to the poor as common land — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Part was given to the poor as common land and the rest went to Tom — 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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