English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 249 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, so this pedlar bloke, where's he from, innit?
- 1. London — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Swaffham, in Norfolk — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Norwich — no support
- 4. Thetford, in Suffolk — 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 ✗
wait, he walked all the way to London just cos of a dream?
- 1. Nah, he rode there on a horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, three nights in a row, and then he walked all the way back again — no support
- 3. Yeah, he trudged for ages — no support
- 4. Yeah, three nights on the trot — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
did the shopkeeper actually laugh at him or nah?
- 1. Yeah, he laughed proper hard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, he mocked him loudly — no support
- 3. Nah, he didn't laugh at all, he just looked a bit puzzled and sent him off politely — no support
- 4. Yeah, he laughed so hard he nearly fell off his stool and called his mates over — 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 ✗
what did the shopkeeper's dream say, like the actual place?
- 1. An oak in an orchard in Swaffham — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. An oak in a field in Norfolk — score 2
- 3. A great oak standing in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham, Norfolk — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 4. A pear tree in a field by Norwich — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 249, line 14: «WHAT THE SHOPKEEPER SAID: he dreamed of "a great oak-tree" in an orchard "behind a pedlar's house" in Swaffham.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «orchard» (+5); the same circumstance (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the treasure was just chilling under his own tree?
- 1. Yeah, at the far end of town — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, in the woods — no support
- 3. Nah, in a field — no support
- 4. Yeah, right behind his house — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
how mad was the treasure, like was it massive?
- 1. Proper massive, a prodigious one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Proper massive, a huge pile of gold — no support
- 3. Massive, like absolutely enormous, more than he could ever carry in one trip home — no support
- 4. Proper massive, a huge chest of gold coins and jewels that filled three carts — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
did he forget about his mates back home after getting rich?
- 1. Nah, he built the church again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Nah, he moved to London town — no support
- 3. Yeah, he ignored them all — no support
- 4. Nah, he gave a bit of it to the church and then moved to London to live in luxury — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 249, line 18: «WHAT HE DID: he "built up again the church at Swaffham", so he did not forget his duty when rich.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «build up» (+5); the same thing acted on «church» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, why is he in stone at the church?
- 1. Cos he's got his pack and dog — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Cos he's got his pack and his dog, and they're the bits people remember him by in the village — no support
- 3. Cos he built the whole nave — no support
- 4. Cos the townsfolk wanted to remember him with his pack and dog after he rebuilt the church — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 249, line 5: «The pedlar hurries home, digs under the oak tree, finds a huge treasure, and later rebuilds the church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rebuild» (+2); the same thing acted on «church» (+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 ✗
his dog was with him the whole time, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, it followed him around — no support
- 2. Nah, it stayed in Swaffham — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Nah, he left it home — score 4
- 4. Yeah, always at his heels — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 218, line 3: «A friendly baker lets him stay, and his clever trick with bad coins makes the shop famous.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same doer «dog» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
so the whole thing's a proper lesson, innit?
- 1. Yeah, don't ignore your own back garden — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, it's just a silly story — no support
- 3. Nah, just a funny tale — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Yeah, check what's at home first — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 5: «That, says the story, is why rhinos have baggy, folded skin and a very bad temper; it is a funny revenge tale with a little lesson: "Them that takes cakes ...…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «skin» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
was London Bridge really covered in shops back then?
- 1. Nah, just a few shops by the end — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, shops from one end to the other — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, shops on both sides, plenty — no support
- 4. Nah, only a couple of houses — 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 ✗
did the salmon really swim under the arches?
- 1. Nah, the story just made it up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, salmon swam under the arches all the time, and people caught them from the bridge — no support
- 3. Nah, it's only written that way in the story, but nobody has ever seen a fish in the Thames like that — no support
- 4. Yeah, it says so in the story — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
did the pedlar know he'd find the gold before he dug?
- 1. Yeah, sure — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he was just hopeful — no support
- 3. Nah, no idea — no support
- 4. Nah, he had no clue at all — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following describes the location of the pedlar's treasure, as stated by the shopkeeper in the narrative?
- 1. An oak in Swaffham — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Behind a pedlar's house — no support
- 3. An oak-tree in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A pear tree in a field behind a merchant's barn in the town of Lynn — 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 ✓
What, according to the narrative, was the outcome of the pedlar's decision to return home and dig beneath the oak?
- 1. He found treasure — score 1
- 2. He dug up a vast hoard and then sold his shop to move away — no support
- 3. He unearthed great riches and later bought a grand house in London — no support
- 4. He discovered a prodigious treasure and later restored the church — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 249, line 5: «The pedlar hurries home, digs under the oak tree, finds a huge treasure, and later rebuilds the church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «church» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
In what manner does the narrative characterise the pedlar's response to the shopkeeper's account of his dream?
- 1. He laughed loudly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He argued back and was publicly furious — no support
- 3. He refused to believe it and left in anger — no support
- 4. He remained silent and was privately overjoyed — ✓ 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What commemorative object, according to the narrative, was placed within the church of Swaffham in honour of the pedlar?
- 1. A brass plaque naming the pedlar and his famous dog — no support
- 2. A large stone statue of the pedlar, carved with his pack and dog, set in the church of Swaffham in his memory — no support
- 3. A stone statue of the pedlar with his pack and dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. A tall carved stone figure of the pedlar with his pack and dog, placed in a niche in the church wall at Swaffham in honour of his generosity — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 245, line 18: «Old word: "flout" means to mock or scorn, so "do not flout poor Tattercoats" means do not mock her.», 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); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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